The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/22 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: December 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/22 at 05:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Court documents in Australia say the two alleged gunmen in last week's deadly massacre at a Hanukkah celebration recorded a video that tried to justify the attack that killed 15 people. Meantime, the state of New South Wales has recalled its legislature to vote on some proposed new laws. Chris Minze is the premier of New South Wales. Today we're introducing new laws, tough new laws, to protect the community to crack down on hate and strengthen public safety. The legislation bans, the public displays of terror symbols, outlaws violence, incitement to violence in New South Wales and gives police stronger powers during public assemblies. Today, the 24-year-old suspect, Navit Akram, was transferred from hospital to a jail.

His father, an alleged accomplice, died during the shooting. Canceled flights or stranded passengers are just some of the consequences when airline workers are on strike or locked out. Canada's major airlines have all gone through this over the past two years. But as Denise Haydari explains, there could be rough skies ahead in 2026. Contract disputes aren't a tailwind for airlines as the new year approaches, even though Canadian travelers already faced big delays and cancellation. this year. We still got four or five major unions still in the pipeline. John Graddock lectures on the aviation industry at McGill University. He says Air Canada

will be negotiating with ground and baggage crew. Porter Airlines is bargaining with its workers. And Westjet, their flight attendants have a contract that expires December 31st. And Canadians are going to be faced with situations where these contracts could potentially disrupt travel through 2026 and maybe even 27. In preparation for departure. But industry and labor experts say, even though contracts are already being negotiated, it could be months before any land, with no timeline on when or even if passengers could end up grounded. And he's Hidari. CBC News, Calgary.

U.S. authorities continue the search for Ryan Wedding. He's the Canadian Olympian turned alleged cocaine kingpin. There's a $15 million reward for his capture. The FBI says the Sinaloa card. is protecting wedding in Mexico. The CBC's Jorge Barreira spoke with a cartel member about the case. We meet the cartel member in a safe house in Kuliacan, the capital of the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

For security reasons, we are not revealing his identity, and his voice has been distorted. He says he's heard wedding's name in the news and on social media, but he doesn't believe his cartel is protecting wedding. He says U.S. authorities have made wedding out to be a bigger deal than he actually is to make a big splash when they take him down. Wedding is also not top of mind for the Mexican military.

Major General Julis Gonzales Calzada leads the National Guard in Sinaloa. He says he has also heard of wedding. But the alleged Canadian Narcelsian Narcich. But the alleged Canadian narco is not on his radar in Sinaloa. Jorge Barrera, CBC News, Gulliakhan, Sinaloa. American rapper and singer Nikki Minaj had a very awkward moment this weekend. She appeared at an event organized by Turning Point USA,

the conservative group that was founded by the late Charlie Kirk. And while chatting on stage with Erica Kirk, Charlie's widow, she used hip-hop slang to compliment the American vice president. And you have amazing role. models like the assassin JD Vance our vice president

and when I say that I'm I trust me there's nothing new under the sun that I have not heard so you're fine Charlie Kirk was gunned down by an assassin in September

and that is your world this hour for CBC News I'm Neil Hurland.