The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 14:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. The new U.S. Defense Secretary called out Canada and European nations today for not spending enough on defense. The verbal jab from Pete Hegseth came near the end of a NATO conference in Brussels. Hegseth says the U.S. is a hard power that will enable Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine. Crystal Gimensing reports.

Carrot or stick on either side to induce a durable peace. Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, adopted the NATO line, Endurable Peace in Ukraine. Hagseff said the U.S.'s military might, combined with his president's negotiating skills, will lead to a deal between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky said it's important that everything does not go according to Vladimir Putin's plan. Mark Ruta, NATO's secretary general, said Putin must understand the West is united and... ...that Ukraine is getting all the support it needs to prevail.

For the security of all allies, Hegseth said defense spending needs to increase. We must make NATO great again. A clear on-brand message, the U.S. will no longer be the world's main protector. Crystal Comansing, CBC News, London. Dozens of people were injured when a car plowed into a crowd in Munich today. The attack comes as the city prepares to host foreign leaders for an international security conference and Germany prepares for a national election. Rebecca Collard reports.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz just hours after the incident saying the attackers should be punished and made to leave Germany. Police say a white Mini Cooper overtook a police vehicle and plowed into a group of demonstrators. A suspect has been detained, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker whose application was denied. The attack happened just hours before international leaders, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, began to arrive in Munich for the annual Munich Security Conference.

Some 5,000 officers are deployed in the city to ensure the conference's security. Germany is just 10 days away from a federal election, where security and migration have been top issues. Rebecca Collard for CBC News, Berlin. Donald Trump has signed a memorandum putting reciprocal tariffs on any countries that place tariffs on American goods. Economists say the move could depress growth and spur higher inflation in the United States and around the world. Trump claims such tariffs level the playing field and will encourage

domestic manufacturing. He also warns sending merchandise through another country to avoid tariffs will not be accepted. Trump has already announced tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports starting on March 12. On March 4, Canada and Mexico are facing 25% levies on everything they send to the U.S. Four earthquakes struck an area west of Fort St. John, BC just this week. Two of the tremors measured 4.4 and 4.2 on the Richter scale.

John Cassidy is an earthquake seismologist with Natural Resources Canada. He says BC's energy regulator confirms the increase in activity is linked to hydraulic fracking. Certainly when you see earthquakes in the magnitude 3 the larger, there'd be a close eye kept on this region for the next little while. But it is always monitored and there are quite a few seismic stations in that part of the province because we know that these events have been happening for many years now. Cassidy says the quakes were very shallow and happened close to fracking operations.

A federal court is hearing arguments on whether the current suspension of parliament is illegal. At the prime minister's request, the governor general prorogued the house last month. That has allowed the Liberals to select a new leader. Two Nova Scotia men are arguing there is no reasonable justification for parliament to be prorogued. The hearing is expected to last two days. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.