World Report - November 24: Monday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: November 24, 2025

Protecting Ukraine's sovereignty is a key priority during ongoing peace talks in Europe to end Russia's war.Venezuela says Trump administration's plan to designate "nonexistent" Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization is "ridiculous."Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro back in jail after ankle monitor was violated. Senior federal government source tells CBC News, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith may sign an agreement on Alberta's energy sector Thursday. Booking.com cancelled a Formula One fan's $4K hotel reservation, then offered her same rooms for $17K. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the death of Bollywood start Dharmendra marks the end of an era in Indian cinema. 

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In either case, come hang out with us by following Because News, anywhere you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Protecting Ukraine sovereignty is a key priority during ongoing peace talks to end Russia's war. U.S. President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan continues to raise concerns among European leaders. Many are gathering in Stockholm today

for the fourth Crimea platform summit. And this morning, they heard from Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The CBC's Crystal Gomancing has more. Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen. In a video address from Ukraine, President Vladimir Zelensky said if Russian President Vladimir Putin

gets what he wants in an effort to end the war, then every country is at risk. fear that war, not peace, could again become humanity's everyday reality as in dark times. Zelensky met with multiple leaders over the weekend in an effort to steer the U.S. towards what he says is a dignified peace for Ukraine. Parts of the 28-point peace plan were leaked last week, which included Russia being granted land in the east, including areas it has not managed to take militarily and restrictions on the side. of Ukraine's army.

Essentially a tethered goat, a juicy target. Alex Younger is the former head of the British intelligence service, MI6. He says Ukraine clearly can't sign the deal floated last week, but is curious to see if there's enough there to allow all sides to move forward. The strength of security guarantees is in exact proportion to Ukraine's willingness to make concessions. Following talks in Geneva this past weekend, a joint statement was released. saying the two sides would continue to work together and drafted a refined peace framework. The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitri Paskoff, says Moscow has not received any information.

Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. The Trump administration has just added Venezuela's Cartel de Los Soles to its list of foreign terrorist organizations. It could have serious ramifications for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The United States says he is tough. to the organization. The CBC's Willie Lowry is in our Washington Bureau. And Willie, what do we know about this group of Cartel de Los Solis? First, that it's not a cartel, at least in the way many might think. The term refers to military and government officials within the Venezuelan regime who are corrupt and involved in illegal activities. The name

first surfaced in the early 1990s as a reference to the Sons on the epaulets of high-ranking generals. The U.S. has long accused Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro of corruption and views him as the leader of what it refers to as Cartel de la Solis. In a statement ahead of the foreign terrorist organization designation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the cartel of being quote, responsible for terrorist violence throughout our hemisphere as well as trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe. The designation allows the U.S. to block and seize assets, implement sanctions, and makes it more difficult for the group to operate. How the U.S. will decide who its members are remains to be seen.

Maduro has denied any involvement in the drug trade, and in a statement, Venezuela rejected the terrorist designation, calling it ridiculous. There are reports Washington is getting ready to enter a new phase of operations in Venezuela. What can he tell us about that? President Donald Trump has publicly mused over the idea of regime change in Venezuela, he dispatched the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean and is said to have authorized covert CIA operations within the country. A report over the weekend suggests Washington is on the precipice of ramping up its actions. Trump, meanwhile, says he hasn't ruled out

sending in the military since September the U.S. has launched at least 21 strikes on alleged drugboats in the Caribbean, killing an estimated 83 people. Thank you, Willie. My pleasure. The CBC's Willie Lowry in Washington. Brazil's former president, Jaya Bolsonaro, is back in jail, and some people in Sao Paulo are celebrating. Dozens of people sang and marched in the streets yesterday. They carried a giant inflatable of Bolsonaro in prison stripes, and they carried signs that said they were opposed to the former president being granted amnesty. Bolsonaro had been under house arrest, but on Saturday, a judge

ordered him to be detained. He had tampered with his ankle monitor. Bolsonaro told the court he was not trying to escape. He claimed he was hallucinating. There was a wire inside the monitor. A senior federal government source tells CBC News, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Daniel Smith are expected to sign an agreement on Alberta's energy sector on Thursday. At this, point, the source says that date is still subject to change. There is still plenty of pipeline opposition in British Columbia. Benit Breach takes us through some of the concerns. We have been very clear that we don't support this project. Definitive opposition from some of BC's coastal First Nations to an energy plan that could bring some tanker traffic on the northern

BC coast, according to sources. Maryland Slet is the president of the coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, which represents eight BC First Nations. This is our home. We rely upon a healthy ocean to sustain our way of life. She says it's been alarming to not be included in key conversations. The Alliance is calling on the federal government to uphold a tanker ban. Currently, oil tankers are banned from carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil or persistent oil products as cargo in BC's North Coast. BC's Premier David Eby has also slammed the pipe.

plan. He says it would jeopardize billions in economic activity and raise more environmental concerns. Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked about the pipeline at the G20 summit in Johannesburg. He says discussions are ongoing. There is a prospect of an agreement. It's not yet finalized. He says there is a commitment to make Canada less reliant on the U.S. and to reduce emissions from the oil sands. These projects are done in a way that benefit and have the full support of indigenous as peoples and are consistent with our climate goals. Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the two governments need to move with some urgency for energy development.

Beneath-Breach, CBC News, Vancouver. A Formula One race fan is raising a red flag over a popular travel booking website. A woman says she booked her family into a Montreal hotel, but she ended up having her reservation canceled. She says booking.com told her there was a pricing mistake, but a CBC go public investigation found that meant the price quadrupled weeks after the booking was confirmed. Yvette Brand has the story. The roar of the race shared with family, some coming from the Netherlands.

That was Erica Mann's goal. She was in a race to get a room at a Montreal hotel near the Formula One site before prices took off. When I did find this, I was super excited and jumped right on it. But that excitement was short-lived. Weeks after booking accommodations for 4,03,000, $300. Her reservation was canceled by booking.com. The hotel told her that price was an error. That's because special event pricing, higher rates during peak demand, was supposed to have kicked in.

So she could have the room she'd reserved, but only if she agreed to pay four times what she originally confirmed. Which was just like a whopper. Like that was just like so outstandingly outrageous that I almost couldn't believe it. Man spent hours on hold fighting to keep her booking, but both the hotel and the booking site refused to honor the original price. Digital rights lawyer David Fuhr. It's so unfair, right? I mean, she'd done the research, she'd found the deal,

she'd compared it to others available, and she'd booked it, and she thought she was done, and she was not. He says Canada's consumer laws do little to protect people burned by surge or event pricing, and many of these booking sites have fine print in the terms and conditions that protect them, not the consumer. Man went to go public. After that, booking.com helped her, but she says the whole situation has shaken her faith in the website. Yvette Brand, CBC News, Vancouver.

And there's more on this story at cBCnews.ca. Bollywood star Darmendra has died. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says this marks the end of an era in Indian cinema. Throughout his career, Darmendra appeared in more than 300 films. He played the larger-than-life hero, patriotic, and fearless. And he was a charmer in romantic films. Fans loved him. Girls were known to sleep with pictures of him under their pillow.

And he was constantly on lists of the most handsome men. Narendra died today in Mumbai. He was 89 years old. That is World Report. I'm Marcia Young.