The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/27 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: December 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/27 at 16:00 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 Kate McGilfrey.

The Prime Minister met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Halifax today. After the meeting, Mark Carney announced an economic aid package for the war-torn country. Two and a half billion dollars worth of economic assistance that helps unlock financing from the IMF, from the World Bank, from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to begin this process of rebuilding. While speaking with the media, Zelensky reiterated Ukraine's commitment to peace. He says Russia is dragging its feet on putting an end to the war and thanked Canada for its support. We need to stop this war in any way, and we need two things, pressure on Russia and sufficient strong support for Ukraine. Zelensky made his Canadian stop on his way to the U.S., where tomorrow he'll meet with Donald Trump and try to make inroads on a peace deal.

Meanwhile, the consequences of the war with Russia continue to be felt in Ukraine. Overnight, Russia attacked Keeve with missiles and drones. One person is dead, 27 others were wounded. The CBC's John Northcott has more from London. Whether or not cooler heads prevail in ongoing diplomatic discussions, the war itself in Ukraine remains hot. A 10-hour bombardment that saw deaths, power outages, and large swaths of Kiev, About a third of the city forced to go without heat and temperatures hovering around the freezing point. Around 1 a.m. local time on Saturday morning, Russia launched what has been described,

according to monitors, as a mass attack with hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles. The country's president, Vladimir Zelensky, said that in all, some 500 drones and 40 missiles were used by Russia. In pleading for greater allied aid, Zelensky called the attacks during the holiday season sick. He said that while Russia may be speaking of peace, it is the missiles that he argues are delivering their true message. John Northcott, CBC News, London. A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has 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, and 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. Police in northeastern Alberta have arrested a man. RCMP had issued a dangerous person alert for him earlier today. They had described him as armed and told people to stay away and to call 911. Police say he shot at multiple individuals near Grand Prairie, Alberta. No other details have been released. And the last of the Dionne Quintuplets has died at age 91. Annette Dion, along with her sisters, Emily, Yvonne, Cecile, and Marie were global sensations where they were born in 1934 in Ontario. They were the first quintuplets known to survive past infancy. They were then 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. That is the world this hour. For news anytime, head to our website. CBCNews.ca. I'm Kate McGilfrey.