World Report - January 8: Thursday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

Protesters, ICE agents scuffle a day after fatal shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good. US President Donald Trump tells New York Times US could maintain oversight of Venezuela for "much longer" than a year. Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro agree to meet at White House after phone call. Russian strikes on energy facilities and mines have left nearly 800,000 in the dark across southeast Ukraine. Nearly 30,000 Ukrainians in Quebec face an uncertain future as the province tightens residency rules and cancels fast-track immigration programs. Australia launches a public inquiry into antisemitism following a deadly Hanukkah mass shooting at Bondi Beach. New research shows patients who stop weight-loss drugs like Ozempic regain the weight and lose health benefits in under two years. 

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This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Minnesota is on edge. Protesters scuffled with ICE agents this morning outside of federal building in Minneapolis. They are still on the streets after a night of demonstrations demanding justice for Renee Good.

A member of our community was killed in this very spot protecting her neighbors. The 37-year-old woman was shot during an immigration raid yesterday. Now the Trump administration is doing damage control. And the CBC's Willie Lowry is tracking the latest in our Washington Bureau. Willie, the White House and officials in Minneapolis have very different takes on why Renee Good was shot. What are they saying? Yeah, one event, multiple videos, and two very different perspectives of what happened.

President Donald Trump posted about the incident at least twice on social media calling the killing justified. His Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem accused the woman Renee Nicole Good of weaponizing her car. This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents, an act of domestic terrorism. State and local officials, however, are incensed over the Trump administration's characterization of events and the loss of life. Here's Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. Renee Nicole Good should be alive. She was killed by an ICE agent, and the video footage that we have seen with our own eyes. It was a very different story from what we're hearing from Christy Knoe and Donald Trump. Multiple law enforcement agencies are now investigating. What is the latest there?

The FBI is investigating the incident here in Washington Democratic House. minority leader Hakeem Jeffries has been saying the masked ICE agent who pulled the trigger should be criminally investigated to the full extent of the law. That's a sentiment shared by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye, who is demanding immigration and customs enforcement officers leave the city. At the state level, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it too will investigate ICE's use of force and whether any laws were broken. Thank you, Willie. My pleasure. He's Willie Lowry in Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump says it is not clear how long the United States will maintain oversight of Venezuela. In an interview with the New York Times, he said it could be much longer than a year. Trump said his administration would be taking oil, getting oil prices down, and giving money to Venezuela. He also said his officials are getting along very well with Venezuela's interim president, Delci Rodriguez. But it is not clear how well the U.S. president is getting along with the leader of Colombia. President Gustavo Petro spoke to Trump on the phone yesterday after encouraging the citizens of Colombia

to demonstrate against U.S. military action in South America. As Paul Hunter reports, that conversation appears to have eased the tension between Trump and Petro. We spoke on the phone, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, for an hour or more, describing his surprise call with U.S. President Donald Trump late yesterday. The same Donald Trump, Petro, had recently described as having a senile brain, part of a verbal cage match between the two leaders in the days prior, but

especially since the U.S. under Trump moved in on Venezuela, arresting its president, Nicholas Maduro. Trump later seeming to suggest the same could follow in Petro's Colombia. The issue there, said Trump, drug trafficking. Tensions escalated quickly. Now, maybe not so much. In a surprise post on his truth social platform yesterday, Trump himself wrote, It was a great honor to speak with the President of Columbia who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had. I appreciate his call and tone. Petro telling a large crowd in Bogota that he told Trump, much of the ill feelings between the two,

stemmed from lies told by his political opposition. All of it, after a day of national protest in Colombia, Colombia, organized by Petro against Trump. One Petro supporter telling CBC News that one of the demonstrations, Donald Trump is a man who is insane and has a sick mind. Trump says he'll meet with Petro at the White House sometime soon. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Kukata, Colombia. Ukraine says nearly 800,000 homes and businesses are in the dark this morning

after a series of Russian strikes. Ukraine's acting energy minister says the strikes targeted energy facilities in Nipro-Petrovsk region in the country's southeast, and the area was in a near total blackout overnight. Nearly 300,000 Ukrainians have fled the war for Canada, and about 10% of them have been living in Quebec. But those who hope to stay say it's becoming increasingly more difficult in that province. Natalia Waxel has more. Ina Chervatenko welcomes her last client for the day. She's a massage therapist working in Montreal.

Chervathenko came to Quebec in 2022 after fleeing the war in Ukraine. But she says that even after learning French and planting roots in the province, her family's future here is uncertain. Like many Ukrainians, Chervathenko came to Canada under the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel, a temporary status that allowed Ukrainians to work or study. She was then hoping to apply for permanent residency through the Quebec experience program, also known as PEC. But late last year, the province cancelled it. The consequences of PEC closure is tremendous.

Alexandra Mendecova is an immigration consultant. She says the only option for those wishing to stay in Quebec is the skilled worker selection program, a pathway that is very selective. Realistically, the only one options for them is to move outside of Quebec. A petition at Quebec's National Assembly calls for permanent residency status for these Ukrainians. In a statement, the Immigration Ministry says it can't comment on the petition because it's still in the process of gathering signatures. Michael Schweck is the president of the Quebec chapter of the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress. We have been in contact with the provincial

government. Schweck says he plans to meet with the immigration minister at the end of the month to discuss the future of those wanting to stay in Quebec. Natalia Weiksel, CBC News, Montreal. Australia will hold a public inquiry into anti-Semitism after the attack of Bondi Beach. Our government's priority is to promote unity and social cohesion and to go forward knowing that just like people who gathered that night on Bondi Beach were committing to that light will prevail over darkness. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Commission will investigate the role of anti-Semitism

in the attack. It will also look at its prevalence in Australian society. Fifteen people were killed in the shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration. The father and son accused of carrying out the attack were allegedly inspired by ISIS. A report is due December 14th. That date will mark one year since the attack. Close to a million Canadians are estimated to be taking GLP1 medications for weight loss. They are drugs that mimic a natural gut hormone that controls blood sugar, slows down digestion, and makes you feel full.

Now new research is showing what happens when you stop taking them. CBC's Jennifer Lagrasa has more. It just wasn't good enough for me to continue on with it. Months after starting Ozempic, Heather White quit cold turkey. The Toronto residents said side effects, nausea and digestive issues were too much. The whole period was a struggle. And she's not the only one to ditch the meds. Around 50% of people are discontinuing treatment within 12.

months of starting. Sam West is the lead author of new research published in the British Medical Journal. It found that people who stopped taking a weight loss drug regain the weight, returning to their original size in less than two years. Certain health benefits from the drugs, like lower blood pressure, were also reversed when people got off. In comparison, people who quit diet and exercise programs regained the weight at a slower rate. What we found particularly shocking was just how fast weight was regained after people stopped taking medication. Sometimes they can't stay on medicine because they've lost coverage or access to the medication or they have side effects.

Sonia Rikert is a family doctor in London, Ontario. She says people are often surprised to hear that weight loss drugs are a lifelong commitment. Obesity is a chronic disease. And like most of our other chronic diseases, like high blood pressure, We wouldn't imagine stopping high blood pressure medications. One major drawback, majority of the studies in this new research didn't track people for longer than one year. Jennifer Lagrasa, CBC News, Toronto. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report.

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