The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/24 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: December 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/24 at 04:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's plan to deploy U.S. National Guard troops in Chicago. The top court delivered an order that said the president could only send the troops in exceptional circumstances. Steve Futterman reports. It was a rare Supreme Court defeat for Donald Trump. A court in a six to three decision allowed a lower court ruling to stand, preventing National Guard troops from being deployed in Chicago. Four months, Chicago and the Trump administration had been in a high-profile battle. In October, Attorney General Pam Bondi attacked lawmakers who were trying to stop troops from being sent to the windy city. I wish you love Chicago as much as you hate President Trump. Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed the decision.

He has repeatedly said that the courts were likely the city's final. hope. The courts are still a check. Maybe our only check. Maybe our only check on this out-of-control administration. The ruling by the High Court is the first time it's weighed in on the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard in a number of American cities. The court said at this stage, the Trump administration has failed to identify what authority would allow it to deploy the troops. Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. Two people are dead after a fire and explosion at a nursing home near Philadelphia, another 20-hour in hospital, video shows flames shooting out of the building. William Ty lives nearby. I was sitting at home watching basketball

game. I thought the airplane or something fell on my house. I heard a loud caboon. And my wife said, whoa, you hear that? I said, yeah, I heard it, huh? So I went in the back of my house and something didn't fall on my patio, and the kitchen explode back there. A gas leak is the suspected cause. Prime Minister Kier Starrmer has released his annual Christmas message, and this time he touched on the state of the economy. I know many across Britain are still struggling with the cost of living. Helping with that is my priority. Last year, Starrmer spoke about the war in the Middle East, but this latest Christmas message avoids international affairs. Here in Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney will release his Christmas message later today. Yesterday, he released a separate

message to Canadian Armed Service members who are spending Christmas away from home. Our sovereignty and our security are not guaranteed. They're defended by you every single day. And in a more dangerous and divided world, we are ever more grateful for your service and your sacrifice. More than 3,000 Canadian service members are deployed outside the country. Preparations are underway in Gaza's only Catholic Church to celebrate the first Christmas since the ceasefire began in October. Sasha Petrissik reports. Latin hymns and prayers in Arabic fill the stone hall of the church, along with lights and a huge Christmas tree. But the roof is still scarred from an Israeli strike in July, Christians who numbered only 1,000 in Gaza.

when the war started, have paid a heavy price. Fatten Salfitti lost her son and husband. There's no happiness here, she says, through tears. No Christmas preparations, no nothing. The ceasefires brought some relief, but airstrikes have not stopped entirely, and living conditions are nothing short of catastrophic, says visiting Cardinal, Pierre Batista Pizabala.

Still, he sees. a glimmer of hope. We saw that the resilience of these people is what at the end will prevail. Sasha Petersick, CBC News, Toronto. Environment Canada's warning of extremely cold temperatures in the coming days in parts of Yukon, the Northwest territories, BC, and the prairies. It has Yukon's energy grid stretched to its limit.

People are being told to prepare for power outages just before Christmas. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.