Global National: Dec. 13, 2022 | Nuclear fusion energy breakthrough paves way for clean power future

U.S. scientists say they've completed the first successful net energy gain from a nuclear fusion experiment, claiming it as a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest for near limitless clean power. As Eric Sorensen explains, while the technology is nowhere near ready to be used on a global scale, it's still considered a huge step towards harnessing the process that powers the sun.

Defence Minister Anita Anand presented what she calls an "ambitious roadmap" to reform the Canadian Armed Forces' culture. Mercedes Stephenson looks at the defence minister's plan, and whether it addresses concerns from the former Supreme Court of Canada justice who released the original report on the military's history of sexual harassment and misconduct.

New York officials say the Bahamas police have arrested FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried, following the company filing for bankruptcy. Jackson Proskow explains what prosecutors are accusing Bankman-Fried of, and how the crypto platform's collapse hurt millions of investors' finances.

Plus, a U.K. teenage girl with an aggressive form of Leukemia is now cancer-free, thanks to a new gene-editing therapy. Mike Drolet reports on how the revolutionary technology works, and the possibilities it offers to change the lives of those with types of cancer long thought to be incurable.

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