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

Episode Date: February 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 13:00 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 this hour, I'm Julianne Hasell-Lood. One of the front runners in the liberal leadership race, Mark Carney, is criticizing the number

of Canadian politicians involving themselves in efforts to stop the U.S. from putting tariffs on Canadian goods. I have negotiated a number of situations in the past. I know how to manage crises. I know what you do in the order you can control things. It is not a good idea to insert yourself in the middle of a negotiation, give conflicting signals. Other candidates are doing that. It's not a good idea to do that. Full stop. Carney says the more strategic move is to leave the details to those leading the Canadian

government. This past week, all 13 premiers went down to Washington and talked to American politicians and staffers. And yesterday, Conservative leader Pierre Poliev spelled out how he would handle the situation, detailing many tactics already employed by the Liberal government. The Munich Security Conference wrapped up today with European leaders noting a growing gulf between them and the US. On the first day of the gathering, US Vice President JD Vance didn't focus on the issue

of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and Trump's efforts to reach an agreement to end the fighting, instead using his time to scold Europe for its hate speech laws and for letting too many migrants and refugees in their countries. Conference Chair Christoph Huytsgen. This conference started as a transatlantic conference. After the speech of Vice President Vance on Friday, we have to fear that our common value base is not that common anymore. I'm very grateful to all those European politicians that spoke out

and reaffirmed the values and principles that they are defending. No one did this better than President Zelenskyy. After U.S. officials suggested European leaders would not be invited to attend talks on Ukraine, France said it would invite them to an emergency meeting focused on the issue. Authorities say a mass stabbing in southern Austria yesterday was likely an Islamist attack, and that the suspect has been radicalized online and sworn allegiance to ISIS. Stephen Hoff has the latest. Austria's interior minister confirming that Saturday's deadly attack in the southern Austrian city of Villach was an Islamist terrorist attack.

That left a 14-year-old boy dead and five others wounded, three currently in intensive care. Authorities say the suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian refugee, had been radicalized online and recorded himself swearing allegiance to ISIS. Most of the people are shocked. Residents reacting today to the attack in the small Alpine city. What these terrorists want is to bring fear to the people. I have no fear.

The incident could have been much worse had another Syrian not intervened. The food delivery driver drove his vehicle at the attacker, interrupting the attack. The suspect remains in custody facing charges of murder and attempted murder. While the attack brings a long simmering debate on refugees back to the forefront in Austria. Stephen Hoff for CBC News, Vienna. 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 religious festival in the country's north.

Salima Shivji has more. 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. 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. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.