The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: February 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 11:00 EST

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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 Neil Kumar. European leaders are set to meet in Paris as soon as Monday for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine.

That follows today's conclusion of the Munich Security Conference. There are concerns that Europe is being frozen out of President Donald Trump's plans for peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. CBC's Anna Cunningham reports from London. Europe is deeply concerned. Leaders now scrambling to present a united front against a backdrop of thoring relations between the US and Russia, a country that has been a pariah state in the West for three years since Vladimir Putin's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Washington says a delegation from Russia is set to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

in Saudi Arabia for peace talks. But this is a war on European soil. And Europe is not at the table, seemingly frozen out by the US. As this 61st Munich Security Conference concludes, it will go down in history as the moment the US, under President Trump, moved away from the transatlantic alliance, a relationship in place since the end of World War II, ensuring a partnership and reliance for security between Europe and the US that many believed kept the world a stable place. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. At least 18 people are dead after a stampede at a train station in India. It happened

in the capital New Delhi as Hindu pilgrims were making their way to a festival in the country's north. Salima Shivji has the details. The chaos broke out on two New Delhi platforms Saturday night. The crowds rushing forward, scrambling to board a train, when people started falling and screaming. It was a nightmare, one witness said. and screaming. It was a nightmare, one witness said. Everyone was pushing and people were falling all over us, this man says. My wife died right there in front of me.

Outside the hospital where victims were taken, one woman collapsed in grief, tears in her eyes. Another man spoke to reporters in a daze. My mother, she just got crushed and died, he says. Most of the victims were women. The cause is under investigation. But survivors of the stampede say several train departures were delayed, leading to overcrowding. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai.

In Austria, police say a stabbing rampage in the town of Vlok on Saturday was carried out by someone with possible ties to the Islamic State. A 23-year-old Syrian man has been arrested. Police say the suspect was radicalized online and at this point they believe he acted alone. A 14-year-old boy was killed and five others were injured in the attack. Two of them, seriously. Saturday Night Live will mark its 50th anniversary with a three-hour special tonight. The comedy sketch show aired for the first time on October 11, 1975. Steve Futterman has more from Los Angeles. When it first came on the air in 1975,

Live from New York, it's Saturday night! no one knew what to expect. 50 years later it's become part of North American culture. From the beginning there has been a strong Canadian connection, starting with the man who came up with the concept, Lorne Michaels. I was hired in April 1st, 1975, and I used the first three months to sort of find the people that I wanted,

and I hired everyone. The Canadian Connection has included some of the show's most popular performers, Dan Ackroyd, Martin Short, Jim Carrey, and Mike Myers. Alright, welcome to Wayne's World. Here's your host, Wayne Campbell. Wayne's World went from SNL to a feature film. 50 years later, the show remains popular. Last night, NBC ran the first episode.

And tonight, a three-hour live special, which will include appearances by many of those who have starred for the last half century. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is who world is our. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kubar.