The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/07 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: January 7, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/07 at 06:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings a week of national morning has been declared in venezuela in the wake of last weekend's raid that saw the u.s capture president nicholas maduro here is the country's acting president Dalsi Rodriguez. I've made the decision to declare a seven-day morning period to honor and glory the young men and women who died offering their lives,

defending Venezuela, defending President Nicolas Maduro. It's for them our recognition. It has wounded my soul the images of the bodies, but I know they were martyred for the supreme values of this republic. Venezuelan officials say, dozens of military members were killed in the raid, and the Cuban government says 32 of its military and police officials deployed to Venezuela were also killed. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump says Venezuela will be turning over $2 billion worth of crude oil to the United States.

On social media, Trump says the oil will be sold at market price, and he's insisting the profits will benefit the people of both countries. Venezuela has a glut of oil. It hasn't been able to sell since the Trump administration recently imposed a blockade on its oil tankers. Now to the reaction in Greenland, to the ongoing threats being issued by the Trump administration. The latest being President Trump's claim that he would be willing to use the military to take control of the Danish territory. Juanita Taylor has more. We don't want to be Americans. We are Galachid. We are Greenlanders.

That's Sarah Olsvig, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council in New Greenland, An international NGO representing 180,000 Inuit of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Chakotka in Russia. Inuit have been fighting for the self-government arrangements for our rights. Olsvig rejects U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland. People of Ghanashit and Inuit, we have already been through colonization. And we know what it means when the interests of others and more powerful nations and peoples affects us negatively. Trump has had his eye on Greenland. since its first term in 2019.

We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. In a statement issued Tuesday, the White House said it's discussing options to acquire the island as a national security priority necessary to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. Oneida Taylor, CBC News, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Citing in part a spike in crime rates, the Ontario government last year closed the province's safe injection sites. But a recent study is suggesting a more nuanced picture, with researchers in Toronto finding that in neighborhoods where the sites were located,

overall crime rates plateaued or even declined. Jennifer Ewan has more. It's the worst thing that could ever happen to a community. Ontario Premier Doug Ford on banning supervised injection sites near schools back in August 2024. His government insisted they were linked with higher crime rates. Now a study is offering data to the contrary. Crimes did not increase. McGill University Professor Demeter Panagio-Toglu tracked robberies, assaults, and grand thefts around several Toronto safe injection sites.

Except break-ins, she says crime rates either stayed the same or even declined. Keith Hambly is the CEO at Fred Victor Center, one of the safe injection sites in the study. I think we are there to be a good neighbor, to hear people, what their concerns are. That site is still open, but most of the injection sites have now closed. And this new data doesn't appear to be changing Ontario's policy, according to a statement from the government. Panagiotoglu wants more research on other factors that affect how safe people feel near injection sites. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. A winter storm system now into its third day is upending the lives of millions of people across Europe.

Snow ice and freezing temperatures are forcing widespread train delays and flight cancellations. The Dutch airline, KLM, alone, has cancelled at least. 600 flights. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.