The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/03 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: January 3, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/03 at 17:00 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 this was one of the most stunning effective and powerful displays of american military might and competence u.s president donald trump on a u.s military operation in venezuela overnight there were strikes in the capital and president nicholas maduro and his wife were captured they've been taken to new york to be tried on drug and terrorism charges the question of And now, who runs the country? Here's Trump's answer.

We're there now. We're going to stay until such time as the proper transition can take place. We're going to run it, essentially, until such time as a proper transition can take place. While Trump says he targeted the Maduro regime because of drug trafficking, he also says it's about oil. We built Venezuela oil industry with American talent, drive, and skill, and the socialist regime stole it from us. constituted one of the largest thefts of American property in the history of our country. In 1976, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry, pushing out American oil conglomerates and giving oil leases to Venezuelan companies. Trump says the U.S. will now tap the country's vast oil reserves to sell to other countries. Meanwhile, international reaction to these

strikes ranges widely, from outright denunciation to more muted apprehension. The U.N. Security Council is planning a meeting on Monday. Julia Chapman has more. Almost every response from world leaders has included the words international law. Some explicitly accuse the U.S. of breaking it. Left-leaning Latin American countries

along with Russia, China and Iran are all critical of the U.S. action. Among America's allies, there is less condemnation, but plenty of expressions of concern. Here's British Prime Minister Kirstarmer. I want to establish the facts first. I want to speak to prison.

Trump. I want to speak to allies. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez says the US action sets a dangerous precedent. Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a man with few allies. But while many are celebrating his removal from power, there is unease among some governments about how it was carried out. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney has yet to comment, but Foreign Affairs Minister, Anita Anand says Canada's calling on all parties to respect international law and stand with the Venezuelan people in their efforts to uphold the rule of law and democracy. She adds that Ottawa has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Maduro regime. Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav congratulated President Trump for arresting

Maduro, saying he should live out his days in prison. Power has now been restored to a northern Manitoba First Nation after a four-day outage. But as Gavin Axelrod reports, the damage to buildings and infrastructure is significant, and hundreds remain out of their homes. More than 100 homes in Pimichikamakri Nation are considered severely compromised in the aftermath of the power outage. Damaged when pipes burst, sewage backed up, and most of the houses in the community are without running water. Chief David Monias has put out a plea for help with repairs of critical infrastructure, for plumbers across the prairie provinces to help with repairs, and he's asking for support from the military. Right now, at the fair minimum, I'm looking

at about $44 to $45 million of repairs that are required. Indigenous Services Canada has said it will provide financial support to Pima Chick and McCree Nation to address damaged infrastructure. In the meantime, Monia says there's still no timeline for when thousands of evacuees will be able to go home. Gavin Axelrod, CBC News, Winnipeg. And finally, in Berlin, a fire has left about 45,000 homes and 2200 businesses without power,

and it will be days before they can get it back. A spokesman for the Berlin utility says they think repairs will be done on Thursday. The fire damaged cables that ran across a bridge in southwest Berlin. Affected hospitals and care homes have emergency generators. Local police are investigating the possibility that the fire was set deliberately. That's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.