The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/12 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: February 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/12 at 10:00 EST

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From CBC news, it's the world this hour I'm Joe Cummings Another Canadian lobbying campaign is underway today in Washington. The premiers are in the U.S. Capitol looking for congressional support in their fight against the Trump administration's tariff threats. Federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is also on Capitol Hill. He is scheduled to meet today with White House Trade and Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick. What the Americans have said to us privately and what they've said publicly is that we have a number of weeks to work together.

And President Trump's words were very precise to structure an economic deal with Canada. So that's exactly the conversation that we're going to continue today. Incidentally, Howard Lutnick is a vocal supporter of the Trump administration's tariff initiatives. Now referencing US President Donald Trump, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair says he will not tolerate anyone suggesting that Canada is not a real country or that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state. Blair is in Brussels today at NATO headquarters. In all the years that we have been a member of NATO, Canada is never a country that has

ever had to ask for help or been threatened by our alliances. That's not really the relationship that Canada has with the nations of the world. But we've been there for others and every time our allies and our friends needed us, we were there. Blair is in Brussels with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They met earlier today with NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta. Yes, we were there. Aaron Ross Powell, CNN, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New

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Strategy, he says, was behind Ukrainian forces sweeping into the Russian territory east of Ukraine in August of 2024. They have something that Russia wants. Russia has something that they want. They can do a trade. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Guardian newspaper he plans to offer the Russian territory in exchange to help end the war.

That has been a priority for President Donald Trump. Zelensky is expected to meet Trump's second-in-command, J.D. Vance, at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, called the idea of a land trade nonsense. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. With both sides accusing the other of violating the agreement, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire appears to be in jeopardy.

Hamas claims humanitarian aid is being withheld from Gaza, and as a result, this weekend's hostage release will be delayed. But it's a warning that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling unacceptable. Sasha Petruszek has the latest. If Hamas doesn't return our hostages by Saturday noon, Netanyahu said in a video address, the ceasefire will end, though he's been vague on how many hostages he expects. All of this has raised tensions among hostage families protesting with signs that read don't blow the deal and among the majority of

Israelis who are desperate to see the remaining 76 hostages freed. You must release them, I would like to say, yesterday. We can fight the Hamas later. Mediators from Qatar and Egypt are scrambling to save the ceasefire. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. The puck drops tonight for the start of the Four Nations Face-Off Tournament. The event essentially is replacing the annual NHL All-Star extravaganza. In Montreal, Canada is taking on Sweden and tomorrow it's Finland and the United States. The Round Robin Tournament concludes with a championship game set for February 20th

in Boston. And that is The World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.