The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/28 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: December 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/28 at 09:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.C.A. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Ukrainian president, Volodymy Zelensky, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at Marlago today to discuss the progress of peace negotiations with Russia

to end the nearly four-year-long war. Zelensky got a pledge of support from Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday following the meeting in Halifax where Carney announced $2.5 billion in funding. Carney says that money will help unlock access to funds from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Meantime in Ukraine, days of heavy Russian bombardment have left thousands without power across the country. Moscow has intensified its attacks to put pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky as he attempts to negotiate a peace plan with U.S. President Donald Trump. Ukrainians are watching the meeting closely, including European leaders. Anna Cunningham reports from London. In Ukraine's capital Kiev, there is hope that peace is around the corner, but also a sense that those hopes have been dashed before. The latest Russian strikes on Kiev were designed to send a message from the Kremlin.

Speaking to his military command late Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that without peace will resolve all the problems before us by military means, he says. Like Canada, European leaders are reiterating their full support for peace in Ukraine. Some EU member countries who share borders with Russia and Ukraine are being cautious. Poland recently announcing it is investing in new anti-dron measures. Finland too has been strengthening its lengthy border. But Russia remains critical of the EU. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telling the Russian State News Agency

tasks that any European troops deployed to Ukraine would become legitimate targets for Russia's armed forces. News London. It's Election Day in Myanmar. This is the first one since the military seized power nearly five years ago. The military is supervising the vote. It comes as a civil war rages across most of the country. Ontarians will now be able to put more products into their blue box starting in 2026. The province is now moving towards a privately operator recycling program.

Michelle Song reports. Coffee cups. They'll be going to various mills. Starting January 1st, Ontarians can throw into the blue bin coffee cups, deodorant sticks, and toothpaste tubes, among other new products. Circular Materials manages Ontario's recycling program. Alan Langdon is the CEO. We need to collect as much packaging as possible to ensure that we can meet material management targets. Ontario's new system takes the cost of recycling away from municipalities and puts it on to the companies who produce packaging, like big retailers.

A recycling model now adopted by several provinces like Quebec and Nova Scotia. When it comes to this new list of products, waste management experts say it's one thing to collect them, but that doesn't mean it's all being turned into something new and could be diverted back to the landfill. Cal Lacken is a professor at York University. Everything that you recycle loses some of its value and loses some of its properties. And so recycling should really be our last option and our focus should be on waste reduction. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. French actor and singer Bridget Bardot has died at the age of 91.

Bardot first became known internationally for her film career, typically, as a sultry sex symbol. She rose to fame in 1956 with the movie and God-created woman. She then went on to appear in dozens of films through the 1950s and 60s. In 1963, she released the song La Mahadraig, which remains one of her best-known hits. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.