The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 15:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. The premiers are heading to Washington to convince U.S. officials not to impose the Trump administration's latest tariffs. President Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports starting March 12th. Ontario's Doug Ford started his day with an address to the US Chamber of Commerce. No matter if it's Democrat or Republican, I have yet to hear one elected official down here and say, that's a great idea. Let's attack Canada economically. It's never been said. I've yet to meet one CEO and I've talked to endless CEOs

say let's go after Canada. Ontario opposition parties argue Ford's trip to Washington is inappropriate during an election campaign. But the PC leader says he can simultaneously run for re-election and take these actions as Premier. They either have him out by Saturday at 12 o'clock or all bets are off. Donald Trump is doubling down on his threat to Hamas, release all remaining Israeli hostages or in his words, let all hell break out. Israel's prime minister agrees, Benjamin Netanyahu telling his military today to prepare to fight again.

Trump is also pushing his controversial plan for the U.S. to seize control and redevelop Gaza. We're going to take it, we're going to hold it, we're going to cherish it, we're going to get it going eventually where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East. Trump spoke before meeting Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House. Afterwards, the King rejected the idea of displacing the Palestinians from Gaza. Here at home, a dramatic police takedown in the Kitchener-Waterloo area has become a sensation on social media. An officer was allegedly threatened by a man with a hatchet during a traffic stop.

Karis Mapp has the story. He just tazered him. He didn't do s***. He's gonna act. Holy s***. In the now viral video, a man can be seen walking around in stopped traffic, waving a hatchet at a Waterloo Regional Police officer. The officer had previously attempted to taze him, but it didn't work. When the man confronts the officer with a hatchet, the officer draws his firearm until

the man is eventually subdued by a taser. Now, Police Chief Mark Crowell is reflecting on the situation and praising his officer's actions. We're very proud of the brave actions that the officer involved had and the responding officers that followed. The officer has spoken to us and reinforced he was really trying to reach the person at a personal and emotional level to stop them from fighting to break through their level of violence and so on and unfortunately it carried out. The 27 year old man in the video is now facing six charges including possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and resisting arrest. Kara Smapp, CBC News, Kitchener. Cases of influenza are high and rising in Canada.

Emergency rooms across the country are seeing that firsthand. Alison Rothcott has more. We're seeing a lot of cases in our emergency department. In the busy emergency room at the Montreal Children's Hospital, Dr. Jesse Pappenberg, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, says we're in the throes of an intense flu season. Right now on our hospital wards at the Montreal Children's Hospital we've had several hospitalizations in children due to influenza over the last few weeks some of which have had have required

intensive care unit admission so there have been some very severe cases so far this year. The latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows flu cases rising with widespread activity in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec which reported more than 4,000 cases last week alone. Papenberg says this year's flu vaccine is estimated to be about 50 percent effective against the two main influenza strains circulating and that getting it can help prevent serious illness. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. can help prevent serious illness. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal.

Fifty-one people are dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local authorities. Armed militants attacked a group of villages in the eastern Congo. Conflict has raged for decades and violence recently surged again. More than 120 armed groups are fighting in the region, mostly about control of mines with valuable minerals. Local authorities expect the number of dead to rise. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.