The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/30 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/30 at 00:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida Monday to discuss the next step for the American-brokered peace deal in Gaza. But as Karen Paul's reports, some key sticking points remain. We talked about Hamas and we talked about disarmament. And they're going to be given.

a very short period of time to disarm. Was Israel withdrawing its forces? Well, that's a separate subject. Trump is focused on implementing phase two of the ceasefire. He helped broker between Israel and Hamas. It includes a more permanent end to the conflict by disarming Hamas and other armed groups, an international stabilization force,

and Israeli withdrawal, one of Netanyahu's big sticking points. As well, the creation of a temporary Palestinian governance, authority to manage daily affairs. Trump and Netanyahu are going to great lengths to show their relationship is strong. But despite all that, there is deep disagreement about what to do in Gaza. The Americans fear the Israelis are slow walking this peace process and that the whole thing could unravel, tarnishing one of the president's big accomplishments this year. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Washington. Meantime, there is growing pessimism over the prospects of peace in Ukraine.

Russia accuses Ukraine of launching a drone attack against one of President Vladimir Putin's residences. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, that claim is a lie. Shopkeepers in Iran are protesting against the collapse of the national currency. The Iranian Rial is at a record low against the U.S. dollar. Protesters denounce the country's economic instability, which has been hit by American and European sanctions tied to Iran's nuclear program. An ongoing power outage has caused a northern Manitoba First Nation to declare a state of emergency, and they're not expected to have power again until Wednesday evening.

Gavin Axelrod has reaction. They've got to take this us and treat this as an emergency. Pimichikamak-Kree Nation Chief David Monias is pleading for help after a widespread power outage hit the community Sunday night. Chief Monias says they're working to provide food, water, warmth, and shelter to residents. But in the meantime, like, people are getting cold and people are sick people, and we have people in dialysis that need to be taken care of. Manitoba Hydro spokesperson Peter Chura says a power line snapped about 10 kilometers north of Pimichikamak. The outage has left

more than 1,000 customers without power. Work was done Monday to clear an access road to the site of the downline. The repair includes reconnecting the power line over the Nelson River, and it has to be done during the day. It's in a remote area with some challenging terrain. and crossing a river especially makes it a difficult, more time-consuming project. Manitoba Hydro expects to have power restored by Wednesday evening. The Canadian Red Cross is sending heaters and generators to help out people who are still in Pimichikamack. Gavin Axelrod, CBC News, Winnipeg. A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against the Vancouver white caps and Major League soccer.

The lawsuit alleges the club misled fans with ads for a match that featured Lionel Messi. Yosmin Rania reports. Vancouver fans said white caps ads led them to believe Argentine legend and inter- Miami captain Lionel Messi would be on the pitch. But two days before the game, event organizers announced he wasn't coming. I wish Messi had come to that game. One Vancouver fan ended up filing a proposed class action lawsuit against the White Caps and Major League Soccer,

alleging promotional materials featuring Messi drove ticket prices to as much as 10 times higher. Now there is a proposed settlement, but it doesn't include any money for ticket holders. Instead, the White Caps and MLS have agreed to update ticketing policies to make it clear that player lineups are subject to change any time before or during a game. They will also make a $475,000 charitable donation to three sports organizations. Yasmil Ganea, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.