The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/27 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: December 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/27 at 14:00 EST

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Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a $2.5 billion aid package for Ukraine. He made the announcement during a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier today. Under President Zelensky's leadership, we have the conditions, the possibility of a just and lasting peace. Zelensky was in Canada for a stopover as he makes his way to the U.S. a meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday. Zelensky is set to discuss the 20-point plan for peace with Trump, including security guarantees for Ukraine. Russia attacked Kiev with missiles and drones overnight,

leaving one person dead and 27 others wounded. A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has now come into effect after weeks of deadly clashes. It's the latest attempt to cool off a border disagreement that dates back more than a century. Dominic Volitus reports. This latest ceasefire, between Cambodia and Thailand

came into effect at noon local time. The agreement freezes front lines and bans military reinforcements for at least 72 hours. If it holds, both sides have pledged the safe return of the thousands of people displaced from the affected

border regions. Thailand has also agreed to return 18 Cambodian soldiers it's held since July. The breakthrough came after three days of talks with diplomatic encouragement from the United States and China. The new ceasefire ends 20 days of fighting that's killed more than 100 people and displaced more than a million others. Cambodia and Thailand have long contested sovereignty

at various points along their shared 800-kilometer border. Clashes erupted again earlier this month after a previous truce brokered in part by U.S. President Donald Trump broke down. Dominic Volitus for CBC News, London. Charitable giving in Canada is starting to look More like high finance, the neighbor is helping neighbors. National data shows donations are increasingly concentrated among fewer and wealthier donors. Colin Butler reports from London, Ontario. We are currently we're tracking about a half a million dollars behind. United Way Elgin Middlesex CEO Kelly Zigner says the half million dollar hole is where

middle class line workers from the GM cammy plant Shuddernan Ingersoll used to pitch in. Charitable giving hit an all-time high of $12.8 billion in 2023, according to stats can. Yet the number of people giving hit a 20-year low. Experts call it charity squeeze, where billions flow from a shrinking pool of wealthier donors to certain charities, while others often smaller, lesser-known, face rising demand and fewer contributors. It's been a tough year, I'm not going to lie. Shine Foundation CEO Tiffany Houston. It has to do with the times.

Fewer donors, more need, and a system increasingly shaped by the few rather than the many. For local charities, every dollar counts. Now, more than ever. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants Washington's attention. The United States, listen to me. Maduro's accusing the U.S. of trying to impose colonial domination and steal his country's natural resources. He says he's not having it.

He insists U.S. intervention in Venezuela will fail. Meanwhile, American military strength in the Caribbean is ramping up, with U.S. President Donald Trump blockading oil tankers, entering and leaving Venezuela. And the last of the Dionne Quintuplets has died. Annette Dion, along with her sisters, Emily, Yvonne, Cecile, and Marie were global sensations. They were born in Ontario in 1934 and were the first quintuplets known to survive past infancy. They were taken away from their parents when they were only a few months old by the Ontario government, which put them in a nursery-style exhibition called Quintland.

The sisters later said they were damaged by that experience, and that Dion was 91 years old. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery. Thank you.