The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 12:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 12:00 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, it's the world is our. I'm Joe Cummings. We're expecting U.S. President Donald Trump to sign an executive order today for reciprocal tariffs to be placed on countries planning to match any American tariff action. This has the potential to send shockwaves through the world economy. And it comes as Canada's premiers continue to call 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 has more. 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 the Prime Minister's comments about the government 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. UConn Premier ranch said he came away with a clear sense of what's going to be required to deal with this 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. Still with news from the Trump administration.

The A's are 52, the Nays are 48, confirmation is confirmed. That is the Senate confirming Robert Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump's health secretary. It was a close vote, 52 to 48, with enough Republicans in the end voting to put the prominent vaccine skeptic in the Trump cabinet. Now to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. He is insisting he will never accept a peace proposal imposed by Russia. The main thing is that everything does not go according to Putin's plan. Zelensky is saying Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to keep peace talks strictly between

Moscow and Washington. It follows a telephone conversation yesterday between Putin and US President Trump. Here's Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair. The alliance has been remarkably strong and resolved to provide Ukraine with the tools that they need to defend themselves against the illegal invasion that was perpetrated upon their country. That resolve remains. But we are also watching very carefully of the ongoing discussions that have been taking place between the president and Mr. Putin.

It is essential from our perspective that Ukraine must be part of that negotiation. That's Blair speaking today at a NATO defense minister's meeting in Brussels. President Trump says it's only a matter of time now before Washington opens talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine. As many as 28 people, including children, have been injured after a vehicle was driven this morning into a crowd in Munich, Germany. Police are calling the incident a deliberate attack. Rebecca Collard has the details.

An intersection in Munich now strewn with debris. A smashed car and a child's stroller laying on the ground. According to police, a car was driven into a crowd around 10.30 a.m. local time. A police spokesman says the person driving the vehicle has been detained. The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker and police say there is no longer any danger to the public. The attack came just hours before leaders and dignitaries arrived for the annual Munich Security Conference, including US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Zelensky. The city is already under tighter than usual security. The attack also comes just 10 days before German federal elections, where migration and security have been top issues. Rebecca Collard for CBC News, Berlin. And that is World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week.

And for news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.