The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 10:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg the once bustling bondi beach fell silent today as australians marked one week since a deadly mass shooting the nation held an official day of reflection to honor the 15 people killed and the dozens injured during a hanukkah festival at the beach phil mercer reports from sydney australia is sharing its grief to remember its worst mass shooting in three decades A day of reflection comes at the end of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. It's a time traditionally associated with faith and resilience. Rabbis in Bondi are urging Australians to come together. My name is Noach, Konsapolski, I'm a local figure over here in Sydney.

There's tremendous grief, but there's tremendous love. As Australia reflects on one of its darkest days, it's also recognising heroism. There were bystanders who rushed to help the victims, including Boris and Sophia German, who died after trying to disarm one of the attackers. They're going to live through us now. We're going to be their heroes and live Jewish, strong and proud. In recent days, life at Australia's most famous beach is beginning to return to what it was before the attack. But for others, life will never be the same. Phil Mercer for CBC News at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

South Africa is dealing with its second mass shooting in a month. This one happening overnight, and Beck's doll, about a Becker's doll, 40 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. At least nine people were killed, 10 others injured. Police say two vehicles pulled up to a tavern and several suspects got out. Here's what local police commissioner Fred Kekana told South Africa's public broadcaster. Ten males alighted, nine of them with pistols, one of them with AK-47 rifle. They entered the tavern and randomly. shot at the patrons unprovoked. What's not clear yet is why it happened. As Ottawa and Alberta

pushed forward on a new westward oil pipeline, Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing heat over his government's climate pivot. That's including from his own former cabinet minister, Stephen Gilbo. In a year-end interview with the CBC's Rosemary Barton, Carney was asked directly if he's abandoning his environmental goals. I'm not really sure what you're getting out of it. What the country, it's not about me, what the country is getting out of it is action. The country is getting investment, investment in clean energy, investment in nuclear, investment in carbon capture. Investment in carbon capture. Most people will hear that and, of course, they think, well, what does that actually mean?

It means the equivalent of taking 90% of the cars and trucks off the road in Alberta. These are major investments. And you can see that full year-end interview with the prime minister today on Rosemary Barton Live on CBC News Network. from Cambodia and Thailand met in Malaysia. We'll meet in Malaysia tomorrow for talks aimed at ending their cross-border violence. A short-lived U.S. deal collapsed earlier this month. The border dispute dates back more than a century to the French colonial era. Adam Bemma has the latest. Residents along the border flee their homes after being ordered to evacuate by the Cambodian military. The violence continues, even as the foreign ministers from both sides, prepare for

renewed peace negotiations. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is hosting those talks in Malaysia tomorrow. ASEAN hopes to get both countries to renew the ceasefire signed in October. That deal broke down earlier this month. Both the U.S. and China are urging the two countries to come to terms. And at a Friday news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for Cambodia and Thailand to respect the earlier ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump. And we are cautiously optimistic that we can get there by Monday or Tuesday of next week.

We're hopeful. Since the December 7th breakdown of the ceasefire, fighting has forced more than half a million people from their homes on both sides of the border. Dozens of civilians and soldiers have reportedly been killed. Adam Bemma for CBC News in Chiang Mai, Thailand. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fag. Thank you. Thank you.