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

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 12:00 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 dozens injured during a honica 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, Konsepolski,

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 in Becker's Dahl, 40 kilometers southwest of

Johannesburg. At least nine people are dead, 10 others wounded. Police say two vehicles pulled up to the 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 at this point is why it happened. As Ottawa and Alberta pushed forward on new westward oil pipelines, 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. Well, the holidays could be less cheerful for many Americans this year as the effects of President Trump's tariffs start to bite. Higher prices on food and gifts will cost each shopper about $130 more a year than last year on average. And that's according to online lender lending tree. It estimates that U.S. tariffs will increase total holiday expenditure for consumers and retailers by billions of dollars. Kate Fisher reports from Washington. It's American shoppers who are on the hook for most of the extra costs, an estimated $28.6 billion, according to the research by Lending Tree.

Gifts are more expensive and more money than I've seen than last year or the years before. I'm having to just allocate a lot more budget towards my holiday shopping. But U.S. President Donald Trump insists his aggressive economic policies are helping Americans. Tariffs are bringing us hundreds of billions of dollars. Certainly opinion polls show voters increasingly frustrated by Donald Trump's handling of the economy. And although there's a lot of time to go before November's midterm elections, the effects of his tariff policy may have long-term consequences at the ballot box. Kate Fisher for CBC News, Washington.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg.