The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/15 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: February 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/15 at 15:00 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 this hour, I'm Julianne Hasellwood. A teenager is dead and four others are wounded after a stabbing in southern Austria. Police are calling it a random attack. Stephen Hoff has the latest. A 23-year-old refugee has been detained in the city of Villach in southern Austria after he's accused of stabbing five people. A 14-year-old was killed,

and two others were seriously injured. Authorities describe the victims as Austrian. It remains unclear if police are searching for any other suspects, and in a briefing, authorities say they hadn't identified a motive for the attack. The stabbings come as Austria debates how to handle an influx of refugees entering the country. The governor of the state said the perpetrator must face the most severe consequences, while the leader of the far-right Freedom Party is calling on authorities to immediately halt asylum and deport any migrants who commit a crime. Coalition talks between the

Freedom Party and the center-right People's Party collapsed last week, leaving Austria without a government for the last 139 days. Stephen Hoff for CBC News, Vienna. The latest hostages for detainees swap up relatively smoothly today. Three Israelis were exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian detainees, but a social media post from Donald Trump is casting doubt about whether there will be any more releases. Sasha Petrasek has the latest. For days it wasn't clear if Israeli hostages would be freed today, but this morning three men climbed onto a Gaza stage surrounded

by armed uniformed militants, Hamas backing down on a threat not to release any more hostages. Hostage supporters watched in Tel Aviv. It was very emotional. It was very hard to see. I'm afraid for the next one and the next one. Indeed this afternoon, more doubts about whether there would be a next release in a week's time with US President Donald Trump suggesting on social media that Israel should take action since Hamas didn't release all hostages as he had demanded.

A Hamas representative responded, hostages will only be freed if Israel abides by the ceasefire agreement and timetable. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. At a security conference in Munich, Germany. On the European side, we have to step up, we have to spend more and they are right. The decision we will take as soon as we have agreed on those targets will be a number much more than 2 percent. NATO Secretary General Mark Root says Europe needs to step up its defense spending, suggesting

that the US is right to say NATO members are not spending enough. Before Donald Trump took office, he criticized NATO for its 2 percent spending target. The US president said allies should commit 5% of their GDP to defense. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is speaking at a Flag Day rally in Ottawa this hour. He's taking aim at US President Donald Trump and his attacks on Canada. The unjustified threats of tariffs and 51st statehood of Donald Trump have united our people to defend the country we love. Pauliev is also taking name at the apparent frontrunner in the race for the liberal leadership, Mark Carney. The city of Halifax will get 10 new firefighters next year and possibly more.

Halifax City Council approved the measure in its $98 million fire and emergency budget, saying lessons were learned from the wildfire in 2023. Counselor Nancy Hartling. The Tantalum wildfires was $165 million in insurable damage. The cost of being behind the eight ball can never be overstated. I think that as a core service, we should be continually committed to doing the right thing for the folks in Halifax and for

Halifax Regional Fire. The Gentile and wildfire forced more than 16,000 people to evacuate and damaged or destroyed about 150 homes. And that is your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour seven days a week. And for news anytime visit visit our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.