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Episode Date: December 30, 2024

Former US President Jimmy Carter is being remembered as a tireless statesman.Berlin accuses Elon Musk of trying to exert influence over German election.South Korea orders air safety probe after worst crash in country kills 179.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being remembered as a man of faith, an advocate for diplomacy, and a tireless statesman. He died yesterday following a long battle with cancer. Megan Fitzpatrick is tracking reaction from our Washington bureau. So, Megan, tell us more about how Americans are remembering the former U.S. President. Well, they're remembering him for his work in and outside of Washington, during his presidency, but also long after. He was a one-term president from 1977 to 1981, and he did face many challenges during that time, including high inflation, tensions around the world, the Iran hostage crisis.

So the ups and downs of his presidency are being highlighted. But Carter was long known for the work he did after he left the Oval Office, and that included establishing the Carter Center in 1982. It's a humanitarian organization dedicated to diplomacy, human rights, and fighting disease around the world. He traveled the world as a diplomat seeking to broker peace in conflict zones, and as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity building houses. He was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. President Joe Biden paid tribute to his friend of more than 50 years last night. He forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promoted free and fair elections around the world.

He built housing and homeless for the homeless with his own hands. Biden was asked if there was anything the next president, Donald Trump, can take from Carter, and he answered decency. Have you heard about any plans for the funeral? Memorial services are expected to span several days in multiple locations, both in Georgia and here in Washington. There will be a state funeral here in D.C. President Biden has declared January 9th as a national day of mourning. There will also be public observances in both Atlanta and here in Washington, D.C. that might include him lying in state in the Capitol building, but those details haven't

been finalized yet. And then Carter is expected to be buried in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Okay. Megan Fitzpatrick reporting for us from Washington. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Megan Fitzpatrick reporting for us from Washington. Thank you. Thank you. U.S. President Joe Biden is using his final weeks in office to send more military aid to Ukraine. He announced another $2.5 billion in security assistance today. It is unclear if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will continue to support Ukraine.

He has said he wants to bring the war to a swift end. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is approaching the three-year mark. The German government is accusing U.S. billionaire Elon Musk of interfering in the country's upcoming election. This is following an op-ed written by Musk, published this weekend in a German newspaper. In it, he gives his support for the AFD, Germany's far-right party. Anna Cunningham has more details for us this morning from our London bureau. Anna, what more can you tell us? Well, Angie, this has come directly from a spokesperson for the German government today accusing Elon Musk of trying to influence the federal election. We know that that's due to take place on February the 23rd. And they have come to this conclusion because of an opinion piece that he wrote.

It was published at the weekend in Germany's Welt-Am-Sontag newspaper, along also with recent posts that he's made on his own social media platform, X. Now, if you take a look at those posts, initially Elon Musk said only the AFD can save Germany, the AFD being the right wing alternative for Deutschland party. But he took that view a step further in this guest op-ed. He's praised the party's approach to regulation, taxes, market deregulation, and he's denied it was an extremist party. It is worth noting, though, Angie, that since 2021, Germany's domestic intelligence agencies classified the AFD at the national level as a suspected extremism case.

So what's the fallout been since the publication of Musk's op-ed? Well, look, it's been quite big. The commentary editor has resigned. Eva Marie Kogel posted on her own ex-account saying she'd always enjoyed heading the opinion department. But after this piece by Elon Musk was published, she stepped down. At the moment, one opinion piece authored by Elon Musk published in a well-known German newspaper, accusations of

trying to influence an election and a big debate now in Germany about democracy, journalism and freedom of expression. Anna Cunningham for us from our London Bureau. Thanks, Anna. Thanks. A team of US investigators will join local authorities in South Korea to find the cause of Sunday's plane crash, where all but two of the 181 people aboard died. The black boxes have been retrieved and are being analyzed, and South Korea's acting president has ordered emergency safety inspections of the country's entire airline operations.

Yana Lee has the latest. The bereaved have been huddling in a lounge at Muang International Airport, on standby to receive the latest updates from officials. 179 of the 181 people aboard Jeju Air Flight 2216 died on Sunday. The Boeing 737-800 crashed into a concrete wall and burst into flames. Only the tail remained partially intact. Fingerprints and DNA have had to be used to identify the victims. My daughter was only in her mid-40s. It's just unbelievable. Why did he

have to crash into the wall like that, asks a parent. On Monday, a transport ministry official shared the last moments that could be heard from the cockpit. At 8.59 a.m., the pilot reported an emergency declaration and go-around due to a bird strike. The pilot declared May Day three times. Though the bird strike theory gains ground, there are still more questions than answers. Jeju Air, Boeing and Muang Airport will all be put under scrutiny as investigators try to find out if everything was done to prevent the loss of life. The worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil is a major test for the country's acting president. Choi Sang-mook was placed in the role just two days before the crash

and is simultaneously having to deal with a constitutional crisis. Yenna Lee for CBC News, Beijing. Here at home, an aircraft that was sitting on a Halifax airport runway after a fiery landing has been removed. On Saturday night, the Air Canada flight from St. John's experienced a suspected landing gear issue. The Transportation Safety Board has now completed its review of the plane and regular flight operations have resumed. Well, imagine a future where your packages are delivered by drones, where drones also inspect aging infrastructure, and so much more. The technology is mostly ready to go, but it's taken until now for Canada's aviation regulations to catch up.

But with updated rules coming soon, all that is one step closer to becoming reality. Georgie Smyth has that story. We're in visual line of sight of the drone right now. I can see the drone. For pilots like Ian Wills from Coastal Drone in Langley, BC, being able to see the drone they're flying has been an important requirement from Transport Canada. But the regulator is now cutting the red tape for complex longer distance flights, making it more straightforward for operators. Because we're not going to have all this mountain of paperwork that we're going to have to do for every flight. The changes mean things like large-scale drone deliveries and aerial surveys will get easier.

Ryan Coates helped craft the new regulations as the executive director for remotely piloted aircraft systems for Transport Canada. We've seen the technology become more sophisticated, we've seen drones become larger and more capable and there's been a call for more regulations to enable routine operations of what industry would call beyond visual line of sight. That's the term for flights when a drone leaves the pilot's field of view and can fly kilometres away to a totally different location. Those rules will be most lax in sparsely populated places, meaning Canada's smaller, more remote communities could stand to gain the most.

While the laws will be published shortly, they won't officially launch till fall. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. And finally. A little snippet of Bloom by Akilah, number two on CBC's Music's Top 100 Canadian Songs of 2024. It's been a good year for the Toronto singer. She won a Juno for the traditional R&B soul recording of the year for her song Hello, and capping it off with this accolade.

That was blue, he's my pain Always tell the truth, can't you miss a man? Yeah, what is it you see? What is it you see? Tell me, why do you believe in you? You can tune in tomorrow to hear the number one Canadian song of 2024. For now, here's a bit more of what our colleagues at CBC Music call the sweetest love song of the year, Bloom by Kila. And that's the latest national and international news from World Report. For news anytime, go to cbcnews.ca. I'm Angie Seth. This is CBC News. dot ca i'm angie seth this is cbc news for more cbc podcasts go to cbc.ca slash podcasts