The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/24 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: December 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/24 at 13:00 EST

Choose clicks, choose the algorithm, choose doom scrolling at 3am, eyes tired, brain rewired, choose headlines that scream, choose fake friends, deepfakes, bots, and comment wars that never end. Choose truth bent and broken until you can't tell up from down or write from wrong. Choose the chaos, choose the noise. Or don't. Choose news, not noise. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Halley Cottenham. US weather officials say a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation is unfolding in Southern California.

A powerful storm pummeled parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara overnight. Across several counties, evacuation warnings and orders are in place. More than 7 million people in those areas are at high rate. risk of flash flooding. The rains and winds have knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes in businesses. Meteorologists say more rain will come on Christmas Day and continue into Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening retaliation after an officer was injured by an explosion in Gaza. Netanyahu is blaming the bombing in Rafa on Hamas and is accusing the group of violating the ceasefire. Amos officials insist the incident happened in an area

fully controlled by Israel and say the explosives were an unexploded Israeli bomb. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it is now up to Moscow to respond to the latest peace proposal. The new 20-point peace framework was reached during talks in Florida between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators, but as John Northcott reports, there are still other important details that have not been agreed upon. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky telling journalists that there has been, quote, significant progress towards finalizing the documents. Those documents, a 20-point plan reworked from the earlier contentious 28-point plan. Unlike that previous plan, this latest was hammered out between Ukraine and U.S. delegations. It's aimed at a deal that would include Ukraine, Russia,

the U.S. and Europe. It proposes that Ukraine would keep its army at its current strength of 800,000, with the U.S. and European allies providing security guarantees. Still outstanding, though, several significant issues, the future of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Donbass, as well as control over the Zapparisia nuclear power plant. So far, no robust response from the Russian government other than from President Putin's spokesperson who noted that the key aspects of Russia's position are well-known to their U.S. colleagues. John Northcott, CBC News, London. This holiday season, many Canadians are struggling with the cost of putting Christmas dinner on the table. Grocery prices continue to outpace inflation. Prime Minister Mark Carney

says it will take time and sacrifice to make life in Canada more affordable. He spoke with CBC Chief Political Correspondent, Rosemary Barton. Absolutely recognize the pressure on Canadians, the pressure, particularly low-income Canadians, pressure of food prices, pressure, just literally the cost of living. And there's a series of adjustments that we're taking. The first thing we did as a government was to cut taxes. To afford this, Carney says the government will have to trim the public service. The plan is to reduce the federal workforce by 10%. Carney says this will allow the government to cut costs

without cutting social programs that benefit lower-income Canadians, such as dental care, child care, and pharmacare. Carney says Ottawa also plans to increase federal transfers to provinces and territories. The holidays are a time associated with plentiful food and drink, and few know that better than one beloved bear. I am stout, round, and I have found, speaking poundage-wise, I improve my appetite when I exercise.

Winnie the Pooh turns 100 today, the jovial honey-loving toy bear, first made his debut in a children's story by English author A.A. Milne. Pooh catapulted to fame after Disney acquired the rights in 1961. His current voice actor Jim Cummings says the bear inspires an enduring nostalgia for many people. It's a pipeline, you know, back to kindergarten, back to five years old, six, four years old. You know, there's their tears that well up, and it's just, you know, I give out a lot of hugs. Pooh remains one of the world's most popular children's characters.

That is The World This Hour. For news any time, you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Hallie Con.