The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/08 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/08 at 01:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. We begin with a tragic story in Minneapolis. A 37-year-old woman was shot dead Wednesday. No! No! Shame! Renee Nicole Good was killed during a confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE agents. Christy Nome is the Secretary of U.S. Homeland Security. She says Good was trying to interfere with agents, and the deadly response to her was justified. She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle, and she attempted to run an officer over. This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents, an act of domestic terrorism.

The ICE officer fearing for his life and the other officers around him, and the safety of the public fired defensive shots. He used his training to save his own life and that of his colleagues. But critics of ICE dispute that account of what happened. Jacob Fry is mayor of Minneapolis. They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly. That is bullshit. This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.

The Trump administration has been deploying more. immigration agents to major U.S. cities, and this latest death in Minneapolis is at least the fifth link to immigration crackdowns. The White House is laying out a more detailed plan for Venezuela after capturing the country's president. U.S. officials now want to take over the country's oil. Katie Simpson has more. Step one is the stabilization of the country. We don't want it descending into chaos. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. has a three-point plan. It's aiming to execute. Once the country is stabilized in step one, he described a second phase to rehabilitate Venezuela's oil industry. Ensuring that American, Western, and other companies have access to the Venezuela market a way that's fair.

The Trump administration says Venezuela has agreed to hand over up to 50 million barrels of oil to be sold at market value, with the U.S. determining how the money is spent. This is an insane plan. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy is among the lawmakers given a classified briefing about the Trump administration. administration's strategy. They are talking about stealing the Venezuelan oil at gunpoint. Trump is set to meet with American oil executives Friday as he looks for private sector buy-in to his plan. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. The White House says its plan to annex Greenland is moving at full speed. White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt says if diplomacy doesn't work, the U.S.

could take it by force. He views it in the best interest of the United States to deter Russian and Chinese aggression in the Arctic region. And so that's why his team is currently talking about what a potential purchase would look like. There is immense grief in Nova Scotia over the shocking death of a young boy. The child was mauled over the weekend by three dogs. Kayla Hounsel has more.

He was such a sweet boy. Drew Nickerson was 13 years old. A grade 8 student riding his bike home from a friend's house when police say three large dogs ran out into the road and attacked him. They were all friends. The dogs knew Drew. Drew knew the dogs. Trish Harris is a friend of Drew's mother, Don. Don told me that's what Drew really, really liked about living there. He loved the outdoors. The RCMP says the attack happened in the community of Welshtown in southwestern Nova Scotia just after 5 p.m. on Saturday. Drew was airlifted to Halifax. He died Monday.

Drilling down on exactly how that occurred, I just can't comment on that as of yet. Staff Sergeant Mark McPherson says neither his detachment nor animal control had received any previous complaints about the dogs involved in the attack. All three have now been euthanine. Kayla Hounsel, CBC News, Welshtown, Nova Scotia. Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an official visit to China starting next Tuesday. Canada is eager to resat relations with Beijing after years of tension. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.