The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Canada is joining Ukraine's European allies in insisting that Kiev be involved in any talks aimed at ending the war against Russia. It follows yesterday's telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump says Putin wants the war to end, and Washington will soon be opening peace talks with Moscow.

Crystal Gamansing has more. It's not Americans who protected Ukraine three years ago when Russia started full-scale invasion. It was not American Marines who stopped Russians near Kiev. It was the Ukrainians. Ukrainian MP Alexei Goncharenko says Ukraine will not be sidelined in talks about its future and ending the war. That conviction was echoed today by NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, including Canada's Bill Blair. It is essential from our perspective that Ukraine must be part of that negotiation and

that we're going to continue to support them to enable them to be in the strongest possible position to achieve that just and sustainable peace. Gontorenko also wants sustainable peace but says giving up Ukrainian territory is not acceptable. No, it will never happen, never ever. NATO is also feeling the pressure from the US for Alliance members to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. After diplomatic stops this week in Paris and in Brussels,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in Ottawa for a cabinet meeting today on the ongoing threats from Washington. Janice McGregor has more. The prime ministers obviously spent the last few days taking the temperature in Europe, talking to allies, also staring down Donald Trump's threats. The economic disruption of these tariffs hits at the same time as the White House is also disrupting diplomacy on Ukraine, on Gaza, warming back up to India again. But perhaps the most important input into today's cabinet meeting is what Finance Minister

Dominic LeBlanc brings back from his face-to-face with the incoming Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick yesterday, as well as Trump's economic advisor, Kevin Hassett. LeBlanc said Canada's work on the fentanyl crisis is in what he called a positive lane, that this meeting gave them a sense of what metrics the Trump administration will use to review Canada's actions on the border. He said they've got a better sense now of what lies beyond the terror of threats too. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Across the country for millions of Canadians it is a cold wintery day.

It's a city bus in Regina battling the elements across most of the prairies. It's another day of extreme cold with temperatures anywhere from minus 20 to minus 30 and that's without the windchill. For most of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick it's heavy snow. Some regions dealing with as much as 40 centimeters. Schools are closed for the day and flights are being delayed or canceled. That's in Canada. In California it's heavy rain and considering the recent wildfires, heavy rain is a problem. Steve Futterman explains.

Steve Futterman, Futterman's Lawyer, California, 5 weeks after the Southern California fires, heavy rains are the worry today. With the foothills and mountains in the fire areas now without any vegetation, there is fear that there could be landslides, mudslides, and debris flows. Those who live in vulnerable areas are concerned. This man lives in fire ravaged Pacific Palisades. The Palisades, of course, there are many types of homes that are on severe slopes and that could be a big problem for them. The first rains came yesterday, but they were relatively light. The National Weather Service

forecasts much more severe storms today and tomorrow. This rain event does present a higher risk to our residents, particularly those that are living within the burn scars. L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna says officials are prepared. Our search and rescue teams, volunteers on patrol, and incident management teams have all placed on standby. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is The World This Hour.

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