The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: December 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 15:00 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 Mike Miles. Mexican officials have carried out a number of raids seemingly 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 Paradkar, a lawyer alleged to have counseled wedding to carry out that murder. Baratker has denied all wrongdoing. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. Police in Quebec say divers have recovered the bodies of a man and child from a freezing pond. They'd been missing since last night after a snowplow 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 in. A relative who saw it happen called 911, kicking off an hour's long search. King Charles has delivered his Christmas message from Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey. This year's holiday speech focused on themes of unity and diversity. Carolyn Bargut reports. King Charles' Christmas message was full of religious sentiment, showcasing his majesty's strong Christian beliefs. He also used his holiday broadcast to send a message of unity.

As I meet people of different faiths, I find it enormously encouraging to hear how much we have in common, a shared longing for peace and a deep respect for all life. If we can find time in our journey through life, to think on these virtues, we can all make the future more hopeful. This year has had its challenges for the king. In late October, he stripped his younger brother, Andrew, of his title and his royal home amid ongoing controversy over his links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Charles also recently revealed that he has responded well to his cancer treatment, and that is now in a positive phase. Caroline Bargoot, CBC News, London. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 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 as Ahmed al-Ahmid, the Syrian-Australian man disarmed one of the shooters before being wounded himself. And that is The World This Hour.

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