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

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

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

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fay the u.s is escalating its so-called war on drugs with u.s president donald trump confirming what is believed to be the first u.s. operation inside venezuela there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs the u.s targeted a dock on the venezuelan coast trump says it's where alleged drug boats load up before shipping off for various parts of the world. The move follows months of strikes against what the White House calls narco-terrorist boats in the Pacific and Caribbean. The Kremlin is calling for dialogue with Iran and urging all sides to avoid escalation. After U.S. President Trump warned Washington would support another massive strike on Tehran. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump suggested Iran may be trying to revive its weapons programs, a claim Tehran denies. Bangladesh has declared three days of morning for the death of its first female prime minister. Halada Zia has died at the age of 80. Her supporters describe her passing as a loss for the country and praise her role in moving Bangladesh from dictatorship to democracy. Ishaan Gurg has more on her political legacy.

Mother Zia was like a political guide to us, says one supporter. Hundreds like her gathered. outside the hospital in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where Khaledazia passed away on Tuesday. Doctors say they had been treating her for advanced cirrhosis of the liver and kidney complications. World leaders are paying tribute to her, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who says her contributions to improving relations between their two countries will always be remembered. As a nation mourns the loss of a leader who many credit for ushering in democracy in the country. In 1991, she became the nation's first female Prime Minister

and only the second in a Muslim-majority country. Her political rivalry with the now ousted PM Sheikh Hasina defined Dhaka's political scene for decades. Observers say Khalidazir's death represents the end of a generation of leadership that transformed the nation from a dictatorship to a democracy. Ishaan Gurg for CBC News, New Delhi. The debate over immigration in the UK has been reignited by a dual agenda. Egyptian British citizen. Al-Aabde El Fada arrived in the U.K. after years in an Egyptian jail.

But racist and anti-Semitic comments he made years ago have surfaced, sparking calls for him to be stripped of his citizenship and deported. World Report co-host John Northcott has more from London. Allah Abdel Fata was imprisoned for years in Egypt and was granted U.K. citizenship in 2021. The day after Christmas this year, he was allowed to travel to the U.K., but almost immediately. afterwards, tweets that he'd written more than a decade ago in which he appeared to attack supporters of Israel and saying he hated white people came to light. He has since apologized, but nonetheless, the damage appears to have been done. Reform UK's Nigel Farage is leading the charge, launching a petition calling for Allah Abdel Fattah to be deported and stripped of his British citizenship.

Chris Philip is Shadow Home Secretary. People who express that kind of hatred, who seek to incite violence, have no place in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Kirstarmer has said initially that he welcomed Elphita's arrival in the UK. His government now says it will review what they're calling information failures around the case. John Northcott, CBC News, London. Canada has moved into first place in their pool at the WIHF World Junior Championship. The Canadians got a hat trick from White Horse native Gavin McKenna

to route Denmark 9-1 in Minnesota last night. For McKenna, a potential first overall NHF. draft pick, a big night and victory were especially rewarding with loved ones in the building. It's a long ways from home wherever I usually play. So whenever you got some Eukonners in the building, and especially my family, it's that a little bit more motivation for me to play my heart out and do it for them. Canada's next game comes New Year's Eve against Finland. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague. Thank you.