The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 16:00 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, 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 Gamansing 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 Gamansing, CBC News, London. To Munich, Germany now, where as many as 28 people were injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd. We have a meeting of the Werdie, who are on the side of the road to Königsplatz. The premier of Bavaria says police believe it was a deliberate attack. a crowd. The premier of Bavaria says police believe it was a deliberate attack.

The driver of the vehicle has been detained. He's a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan whose application had been rejected. He was known to police for drug and shoplifting offenses. Munich is under heavy security as it prepares to host an international security summit this weekend. The reciprocal makes tariffs really fair. Donald Trump said he was going to impose reciprocal tariffs today. Instead, he ordered a study on the effect of those tariffs on any countries

that put those charges on U.S. goods. Among Trump's targets, this country. Canada has been very bad to us on trade, but now Canada is going to have to start paying up. Canada is going to be a very interesting situation because, you know, we just don't need their product and yet they survive off the fact that we're, you know, we do 95 percent of what they do. He also repeated he still wants Canada to become a U.S. state, but Trump admitted tariffs may drive prices up in the short term. Inflation is already on the rise in the U.S., hitting 3.9% in January.

The study on tariffs should be done by April 1st. In less than a month, members of the Liberal Party will choose a new leader and candidate's next Prime Minister. Today, candidates have been talking about tariffs and when to call a general election. Karina Roman has more from Ottawa. Liberal leadership candidate Christia Freeland says and went to call a general election. Karina Roman has more from Ottawa. Liberal leadership candidate Kristi O'Freeland says

the government needs to push back and push back hard on the Trump administration, once again calling for dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs and a 100% tariff on Tesla vehicles. Freeland also says there shouldn't be a March or April federal election arguing if she wins the leadership, she can hit the ground running because she's a sitting MP. Candidate Mark Carney, who does not have a seat, is less definitive on ideal election timing. You never take a decision before you need to take a decision. Let's see what the situation

is in the middle of March. Candidate Karina Gould says holding off on an election might have merit if Canada is in a full-blown trade war with the U.S. But we are also in a minority government, so it's actually not just up to the government. At least one of the opposition parties would have to agree to hold off bringing down the government. None have said they're willing to do that. Carina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa.

A Toronto-based artificial intelligence firm is being sued for copyright infringement. The Toronto Star and several other major media organizations accuse the company, Coheer, of scraping copies of their articles from the internet, then using them to train their AI system, all without permission or compensation. The suit calls for compensation of $150,000 for every article that was taken. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.