The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/31 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: December 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/31 at 02:00 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 is expressing optimism about the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. During an interview with Fox News, he said he's hoping the agreement moves to the next phase. I think we have to give it a chance. There's an attempt to bring an international force. So far, it hasn't come to fruition, but we'll give it a chance. because if it can be done, again, as the President and I have said, if it could be done the easy way, fine.

And if not, it will be done another way. The Palestinian militant group Hamas signed the ceasefire agreement in October. In it, Hamas agrees to disarm and return the living and dead Israeli hostages that it captured. In return, Israel promised to withdraw from Gaza in stages. The deadline is almost up for Health Canada's new mandatory food labels, By January 1st, pre-packaged foods, high in sugar, sodium, and saturated fat will have to be clearly labeled on the front of the package. Kayla Hounsel explains.

We've all been there. You're in the grocery store reaching for the junk food. You're thinking maybe you shouldn't have it. And now there's a reminder right on the front of the package. New black and white labels showing a magnifying glass and the words high in sugar, high in sodium, or high, insaturated fat. Health Canada announced the new labels three and a half years ago, but come January 1st, they'll be mandatory on pre-packaged foods that contain more than 15% of the

suggested daily value of these so-called nutrients of public health concern. Dietitian Leah Cahill cautions the labels could cause stigma. The foods that these labels are going to be on are ones that are often chosen due to their lower price or their high accessibility. And some people have less control and power over that. But she says studies show these kinds of labels do work over time. Kala Hounsel, CBC News, Halifax. Wednesday is New Year's Eve and CBC Radio will be broadcasting a live special. The program begins at 8 p.m. Eastern until 3.30 a.m. Eastern. In Uganda, efforts are underway to try to protect the declining lion population, but too often the lions are still coming into deadly contact with people and farmers.

As Michael Baleca reports, technology is offering some help. Low grows, ramble through the grass as the pride of lions shares a meal, but lions here are under pressure. Uganda's lion population has fallen to just under 300 over the past 15 years, according to recent studies. Now, GPS tracking callers are offering new hope. The callers stream real-time location data to a monitoring system called Earth Ranger. Bashil Hanji, the communications manager for Uganda's wildlife authority, explains why this data matters. So we collect data, first of all, to understand the roaming range,

but also in terms of monitoring to ensure their safety. The GPS callers are designed to let the lions roam freely. For now, their future depends on careful monitoring to help people and wildlife live side by side. Mike Kobaleke, CBC News, Kampala. A former politician who once wore his indigenous regalia in the U.S. Senate Chamber has died. Ben Knight Horse Campbell served three terms in the U.S. House. starting in 1987, representing Colorado.

He then served 12 years in the U.S. Senate. Campbell was a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, and in 2004, he proudly appeared in feathered headdress on the U.S. Senate floor. Let me take a moment of personal privilege to thank my colleagues for allowing me last night's unanimous consent request to appear on the floor of the United States Senate in the traditional clothing of a Cheyenne chief. This is a very special day in the lives of all Native American, and a very special day in my life, too.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, dead from natural causes at the age of 92. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.