The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 08:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.

The NATO defence ministers are in Brussels today for talks on the war in Ukraine. Canada's is resolved that we will be there for Ukraine to ensure a just and durable peace. As Canada's defence minister Bill Blair, his comments coming the day after US President Donald Trump spoke on the telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump says Putin wants the war to end and the United States will soon be opening peace talks with the Kremlin. But NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insists that any peace deal shouldn't be imposed

on Ukraine. We all want Ukraine to be in the best possible position when those talks start, to make sure that they can be concluded successfully. And as also Pete Hex had said yesterday, the new American Secretary of Defense, it is crucial that whatever comes out of those talks, it is durable. Ruda also says that Russia can't be allowed to capture any Ukrainian territory in the future. Canada's premiers are calling yesterday's joint visit to Washington a success.

And while they did get into the White House, there was no meeting with President Trump and no indication that they got their message across. Janice McGregor explains. The meeting that got the most attention when they cleared their schedules to sit down with two of Trump's more junior officials at the White House may be remembered more for increasing tensions, not decreasing them, with the White House Deputy Chief of Staff chiding the premiers afterwards on social media that there was no agreement that Canada won't be the 51st state and that they need to take the president at face value.

Yukon Premier Ranch-Polais said he came away with a clear sense of what's going to be required to deal with this administration on its very short timelines. If you're essentially sitting down and you're trying to cut the pie up differently with this president, you know he's going to want the biggest piece, if not all the pieces. So you better figure out what the next pie looks like that you're going to put on the table. The premiers did photo ops and scrums for the reporters back home, but otherwise it's not clear yet what the $85,000 that the Council of the Federation spent on hiring a Trump-connected

lobbyist to open doors for them actually delivered. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Washington today. He'll be talking to President Trump about the deportation of illegal Indian migrants. And of course, they'll also be talking about tariffs. Salima Shivji reports. As his plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped down with a wave, greeted by members of the Indian diaspora. Modi is in

Washington today for high-level talks. He'll be hoping to avoid any outrageous demands from US President Donald Trump. A dear friend, Modi calls Trump, but one fixated on trade. So when India, which is a very big abuser... It's a sticking point with the US President branding India the tariff king. Trump might also pressure New Delhi to buy more American oil. But also simmering is the issue of illegal immigration. Protests in India flared up last week after an American military plane deported 104 Indians, handcuffed and shackled for the entire journey.

India is keen to show the Trump administration they're open to taking back illegal migrants. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Amritsar. Across the country for millions of Canadians it is a cold wintery day. It's a city bus in Regina spinning its wheels across most of the prairies it's another day in the deep freeze and for most of Ontario Quebec and New Brunswick it's heavy snow some regions dealing with as much as 40 centimeters with schools closed and flights delayed. It's a good start for Canada at the Four Nations Faceoff Tournament.

In Montreal last night, that's the tournament getting underway with Canada defeating Sweden 4-3 in overtime, Mitch Marner with a game winner. Next up on the schedule, the US will play Finland, that's tonight, and then on Saturday, it's Canada against the United States. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.