The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: December 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 17:00 EST

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles police in quebec say divers have recovered the bodies of a man and child from a freezing pond the man in his 40s and his three and a half-year-old nephew had been missing since last night after a snowplow fell in it happened in st zanolm about 140 kilometers north of montreal a relative who saw it happen called 9-11 kicking off an hour's long search 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 drug smuggling allegations, and U.S. authorities believe he is hiding in Mexico. Mandy Sham with more. 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 king. 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. Rescues and evacuations continue in Southern California

battered by heavy rains and flooding. Officials have declared a state of emergency for several counties, and they say about 8 million people are at risk. Steve Utterman reports from Los Angeles. It is a very wet Christmas day here in Los Angeles. After a brief break overnight, the latest storm cell hit in the late morning, prompting new concerns. The first wave on Christmas Eve resulted in mudslides, rock slides, and debris flows. One of the hardest hit areas was the small town of Ritewood in the San Bernardino Mountains. It was essentially cut off. There have been several deaths. In San Diego, a man was killed by a falling tree, his daughter overcome with emotion. How do you go home on Christmas Eve and tell your kids that their grandpa's dead? I still can't find the words. There is a high alert in areas that were hit in January's fires. With vegetation burned out, there is little to hold barren mountains in place. The rains are expected to continue into Friday.

Steve Futterman, CBC News, Los Angeles. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he spoke with top U.S. officials about ways to end the war with Russia. Stelensky says he discussed new ideas with Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Whitkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. The conversation comes after Ukraine presented its own draft peace plan earlier this week. However, key territorial questions remain unsolved. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.