The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/27 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: December 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/27 at 01:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. We begin with breaking news from Southeast Asia, with Thailand and Cambodia signing a new ceasefire agreement to stop the fighting along their border. That's Cambodia's defense minister announcing the truth taking effect at Saturday noon local time. That's one hour ago. The agreement calls for an to military action by each side and no violation of each other's airspace. More than 100 people have been killed in the latest round of clashes, which began more than

three weeks ago. Thailand and Cambodia have contested ownership of lands along the border for more than a century. It's been another restless night in Kiev. Officials say the Ukrainian capital was under mass Russian attack. That bombardment coming as President Vladimir Zelensky is planning an in-person meeting Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss ways of ending the war. He says the agenda will include security guarantees and discussions about territory. John Northcott now with more. Announcing that he had spoken on Christmas Day to Trump's special envoy, Steve Whitkoff,

and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Zelensky said, quote, we are not losing a single day, adding a lot can be decided before the new year. Zelanski said later that he will be meeting with Trump on Sunday, No official word from the U.S. administration yet, but some reports, including from Ukrainian media, suggests Zelensky could travel to Florida for a meeting at Mara Lago with Trump. And now there's word that senior Russian officials have spoken to their U.S. counterparts. Meanwhile, the war continues with Ukraine using British-supplied storm shadow missiles to strike a major Russian oil and gas facility, and overnight Russian drones damaged foreign vessels in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.

John Northcott, CBC News. London. Full last of the five Dionne Quintouplets, Annette Dion is dead. She passed Christmas Eve after days of worsening health. Her death comes four months after that of her sister, Cecile. Annette Dion was 91. Boxing Day brought a blast of winter weather with a deep freeze, gripping Canada's north and east. Snow and freezing rain also left tens of thousands without power in southwestern Ontario. Angela McKinness reports. London, Ontario Fire Chief Gary Mossberg, says hundreds of calls have been coming into 911 after freezing rain coated the city in ice. We're incredibly swamped right now with lots of trees down on electrical wires on homes.

The freezing rain started in the morning and kept going into the late afternoon stretching from Kitchener to Windsor. By the time it stopped, thousands of people across southwestern Ontario were in the dark. The number of power outages continued to climb Friday night as more trees cracked. under the weight of ice. Catherine Arnott is with London Hydro, where the damage was especially bad. Our lines and forestry crews have been dispatched, and they're working to isolate the areas. Emergency crews were also responding to calls for help on the roads, including rollover crashes near the 401. Police continued to tell people to stay home, with temperatures not expected to rise until Sunday. Angela McKinnis, CBC News, London, Ontario.

RCMP say 19 Haitian migrants were detained after illegally crossing from the U.S. into Quebec Thursday night. The group included a one-year-old and a three-year-old. Police say eight people were taken to hospital. Six had to be treated for frostbite. All have now treated, sorry, applied for asylum in Canada. RCNP also arrested a man they suspect it was going to pick up the migrants on the Canadian side of the border. Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for UK alt-rock band The Kiar, has died. One of many hits he played on after joining them in 1990, following a stint as part of the road crew.

Bermonte was due to tour with the band in the UK and Europe in 2026, but the band suffered, he says he suffered a short illness over Christmas. Perry Bumante was 65. That is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.