WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 12-26-25 (2/3)

Episode Date: December 26, 2025

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Millions of Americans living in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions are bracing for an intense winter storm to hit this weekend, Brian Hurley with the National Weather Service. It looks like it's going to be moving in for a lot of areas in earnest by the afternoon hours on Saturday, I'm sorry, and then continuing Friday night and really starting to pull out daybreak, if not maybe my mid-morning on Saturday.

Forecasters say the storm could bring a mix of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain, making travel difficult during a busy holiday weekend. Emergency crews are preparing for accidents, downed trees, and hazardous road conditions as the storm moves through. Hurley also provided an update on severe weather in California. He said on Christmas Day that the intense rain was no longer falling. The bad news is there's other areas of moisture coming through ahead of another front. The good news is it doesn't seem to be as intense. is what we saw on Christmas Eve.

Even so, parts of Southern California remain on edge after days of heavy rains soaked hillsides and burnscar areas. Flood watches remain in place along the coast, including Malibu, and evacuation orders are still active near recent wildfire zones in Orange County. Forecasters say another round of rain could worsen runoff. More than 100,000 customers in California lost electricity at the height of the storm. In India, hundreds of people protested outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi this week over the killing of a Hindu man. World's Kristen Flavin has more. 27-year-old Dupu Chandra Das was lynched and burned in Bangladesh earlier this month following allegations of blasphemy. Bangladeshi officials have condemned the killing and say seven suspects have already been arrested.

But many demonstrators from Hindu activist groups accused Bangladeshi authorities. authorities of failing to stop attacks on minorities. Police set up barricades and briefly clashed with protesters who tried to move closer to the diplomatic compound. For World, I'm Kristen Flavin. South African police say they've made more arrests as they investigate a deadly shooting at a pub near Johannesburg that killed 10 people. Officers arrested 11 suspects during raids in the town of Western Arabia, which many believed to be workers at illegal minds. Police say they found several unlicensed guns, including handguns, and an AK-47 rifle. Investigators say ammunition recovered during the raids matches the type used in

Sunday's shooting and is now being tested. The case has renewed focus on illegal mining in the area, which has fueled gangs, weapons trafficking, and violent crime. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts in biblical truth, visit worldradiot. News. Additional support comes from MediShare, America's leading health care sharing community, metashare.com slash world.