The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: December 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 13:00 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. bro.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. Mexican officials have carried out a number of raids seeming linked to their hunt for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding. The former Olympic snowboarder is on the FBI's

10 most wanted list over allegations of drug smuggling and U.S. authorities believe he is hiding in Mexico. Mandy Sham reports. Dozens of high-end motorcycles, two Olympic medals, meth and marijuana, just some of the items seized in a series of raids carried out by Mexican authorities. This is the most significant action taken by Mexico's government so far against the alleged Canadian drug kingpin. Though the government's statement doesn't identify Ryan Wedding by name,

it says the raids targeted a foreign Olympic athlete listed among the most wanted fugitives in the U.S., adding that the investigation involves transnational criminal activity. He is responsible for engineering a narco-terrorism program that we have not seen in a long time. FBI director Cash Patel accuses wedding of drug trafficking and killing a key witness against him. This week, an Ontario court granted bail to Deepak Pradkar, a lawyer alleged to have counseled wedding to carry out that murder. Bradker has denied all wrongdoing. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. Police in Quebec are looking for a missing man and child after a tractor fell into a Lake. It happened in St. Zanon, about 140 kilometers north of Montreal. Police say the tractor was

clearing snow from a trail near an ice rink when it fell into the water. A relative who saw it happened called 911. Divers have been searching the lake, but so far, without success. Authorities in Turkey have detained dozens of suspected ISIS members, claiming the terror group was plotting attacks at holiday attempts, events, rather, including Christmas and New Year's. The CBC's John Northcott has details from London. The Turkish prosecutor's office says it ordered the detention of some 137 people associated with ISIS who allegedly were involved in planning a series of attacks across the country over the holiday season, mainly on non-Muslims.

115 of those named were arrested in a sweep across Istanbul at more than 100 addresses. In addition to those arrested, officials say they also seized firearms, ammunition, and documents. ISIS is newly back in the headlines. Earlier this month, two American servicemen and a civilian were killed in Syria, resulting in a series of massive airstrikes described by the Trump administration as being aimed at dozens of ISIS targets.

Turkey shares a 900-kilometer long border with Syria and during the lengthy civil war as many as 30,000 foreign fighters crossed into Syria to join ISIS. John Northcott, CBC News, London. Australian Prime Minister, Anthony, Anthony Albanyese has announced plans for a National Bravery Award. It would recognize civilians and first responders who confronted what he called the worst of evil during the beachside shooting earlier this month.

Fifteen people attending a Hanukkah celebration were killed in an anti-Semitic terror attack. One of the people to be honored is Ahmed al-Akman. The Syrian-Australian man disarmed one of the shooters before being wounded himself. That is the Worldless Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.