The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: February 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 06:00 EST

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, The World is Sour. I'm Neel Kumar. Canada and the US squared off in their highly anticipated showdown

at the Four Nations Face Off in Montreal on Saturday night. There he goes Lurkin, it's a two and one, Lurkin scores! down at the Four Nations face off in Montreal on Saturday night. As seen on Roger's Sportsnet, the Americans got the go-ahead goal from Dylan Larkin late in the second period. The U.S. went on to beat Canada 3-1, securing top spot in the tournament and an automatic berth in next Thursday's final. Canada faces off with Finland on Monday and will need a win to advance to the final against the Americans in what is now a must-win in regulation for Canada. Here's captain Sidney Crosby. I thought we competed hard I mean you know like like we said all

you know the whole time here we just got to keep getting better and we got to learn from this one. We don't have a lot of time to think about it. It's a big one here coming up so yeah we battle hard and we've got to find a way to go get a win. That game is set for 1pm Eastern time on Monday as the tournament shifts to Boston. Sickening and shameful, that's what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is calling a video appearing to show medical staff threatening to kill Israeli patients and bragging about refusing to treat them. Now police have raided the home of one of those staffers suspended after the video. Phil Mercer reports from Sydney.

You have no idea how many Israeli came to this hospital and I sent them to Jahannam. For real? Nurses Ahmed Nadeer and Sarah Abdulebdeh were recorded by an influencer in Israel in an online chatroom speaking about sending Israeli patients to hell. The video was shared by Max Weifer. It appears to have been recorded in a hospital in Sydney on a social media platform that randomly connects users. I had a mission to accomplish, you know. I had to expose them.

And tonight the two Bankstown nurses have had their registrations formally suspended. Police have raided the Sydney home of nurse Ahmed Nadir, a refugee from Afghanistan. Australia has recently passed tougher laws against hate crimes, following a wave of high-profile anti-Semitic attacks. Phil Mercer for CBC News, Sydney. Dozens of refugees in Hong Kong who have waited years to start new lives in the United States have been left in limbo following Trump's executive order to suspend all refugee admissions and halt the US asylum programme.

It comes as major refugee aid groups are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order. Laura Westbrook reports from Hong Kong. This refugee center in Hong Kong has been busy since US President Donald Trump changed the fates of dozens of refugees with the stroke of his pen. Like John, who asked to remain anonymous, he is a genocide survivor from East Africa, who fled due to political persecution. I feel like it's sometimes not normal for your life to be controlled by somebody else. There are nearly 16,000 asylum seekers in Hong Kong. Only around 1% are granted refugee

status. Canada and the United States are the two key countries for taking in refugees from Hong Kong. But two months ago, Canada tightened its rules for private sponsorship of refugees, pausing applications for groups of five or more people. John says he still has hope that one day he will be free. But he no longer believes America is where he will be able to begin again. Laura Westbrook, CBC News, Hong Kong. In India, a stampede at a railway station in the country's capital late Saturday night

has left multiple people dead. According to reports, 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in the stampede in New Delhi. Many of the victims were believed to be Hindu pilgrims who were traveling to a festival in the northern part of the country. The stampede was reportedly triggered due to a platform change after some passengers slipped and fell on others while coming down from a footbridge that connects train platforms. And that is World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.