The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/04 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: January 4, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/04 at 09:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Crowds of people cheer outside the New York Detention Center, where Venezuela's Nichols Maduro spent his first night in U.S. captivity. The outset Venezuelan president is expected to be in court as early as tomorrow to face multiple drug-related charges. Maduro and his wife were taken by U.S. forces during an early morning

rate in Caracas yesterday. The country's Supreme Court has now appointed Venezuela's vice president as interim leader. But U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. is in charge of governing the country. We get the latest from journalist Manuel Rueira in Bogota. It's a strange situation because the fact that Maduro has been imprisoned doesn't mean that the same regime is not around. Basically, Maduro's closest aides are now appear to be run in the show. yesterday evening, the vice president was put in charge of the country by Venezuela Supreme Court. And she appeared on television in the afternoon saying that they want Maduro back, that they're going to keep on fighting, that they're not going to be a U.S. colony.

This was, you know, an effort by the vice president trying to give an impression, you know, these aides of Maduro that they're in charge now. in charge are they, we'll have to see in the following days. There's a bit of anxiety, a bit of just trepidation, people wondering what will happen next. Manuel Reda for CBC News. Venezuelans living in Canada reacting to the American military action. Veronica Gutierrez lives in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. She says she is still in shock, but is holding some cautious optimism.

Like, we have been living in this dictatorship for 26 years, and I lived there until I was 20, the infrastructure is completely destroyed. Yeah, the corruption was like really, really bad. We didn't have water. We didn't have power. Yeah, the question is like, is this okay to happen with Trump? She says her parents are currently visiting Venezuela, and they're not sure how they will get back to Canada. The British Defense Secretary says the UK has carried out airstrikes in Syria,

targeting an underground ISIS facility. John Healy says the facility was most likely being used to hold explosives and weapons. Along with the French aircraft, the U.K. planes bombed access tunnels, part of what Healy describes as the U.K.'s effort to stamp out any resurgence of ISIS. North Korea is serving notice that it intends to ramp up its nuclear program. Its latest move is to fire at least two missiles into the Sea of Japan, and it comes as its chief rival, South Korea, is reaching out to North Korea's main ally, China. Both countries are hoping to improve their economic and diplomatic ties while North Korea flexes its military might. Dominic Volitis. has more. The last time North Korea tested a ballistic missile was on November 7th. According to Japan,

Pyongyang launched at least two missiles yesterday, each flying around 900 kilometers before falling into the Sea of Japan. The latest launches came as South Korean President Li J. Miong arrived in Beijing for a state visit to China. And just hours after the U.S. United States attacked Venezuela. Analysts believe the North's missile tests are a message to China to deter close ties with South Korea, while acting as a warning to Washington that Pyongyang is not Caracas, that it is ready and able to respond to any aggression. Japan's defense ministry today condemned the launches and lodged a stern protest with North Korea. For CBC News, Bristol, England.

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