The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/17 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/17 at 14:00 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 Stephanie Scanderis. A pair of intense winter storms has buried much of southern Ontario and Quebec in snow. In Toronto, the director of transportation operations and maintenance, Vincent Sforazza, says the cleanup efforts could take up to three weeks. Plowing snow on a one kilometer, one kilometer local residential road

takes approximately five to 10 minutes. And that's a vehicle traveling about 15 kilometers an hour. Snow removal on that same kilometer of road can take up to 10 hours. Quebec is also digging out after its second major snowstorm in just a few days and snow removal operations are struggling to keep up. In less than five days almost 40% of all the snow we're usually getting in the winter. Montreal spokesperson Philippe Sabarin says nearly 50 percent of the sidewalks are still buried. He's asking people to use public transit when they can and to avoid all non-essential travel.

The French president is welcoming European leaders and the NATO secretary general for an informal meeting on Ukraine in Paris. Macron spoke with the US president ahead of the meeting. Donald Trump stunned European allies in NATO and Ukraine last week when he announced he'd held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin without consulting them and would start a peace process. Today marks 500 days since Hamas launched its October 7th attack on southern Israel. And there are questions about what lies ahead for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and the future of the Gaza Strip. Sasha Petrasek has more from Jerusalem. In Tel Aviv they blocked roads this morning. In Jerusalem, they marched to Israel's parliament.

Families and supporters of hostages still held in Gaza, marking 500 days since their loved ones were abducted by Hamas militants. They are especially nervous that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will pull out of the ceasefire deal with Hamas and return to war. His hardline coalition partners are demanding it. U.S. President Donald Trump has encouraged it. But 15 months of devastating war hasn't brought the hostages back. And in Gaza, Palestinians fear more fighting will only punish civilians.

America is helping Israel with weapons, says Raja Abu Rajab in Rafah, but there's nothing left to destroy. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. The Pope's doctors say his infection is more complex than first thought. Francis has been in hospital since Friday, first admitted for bronchitis. Pope's doctors say his infection is more complex than first thought. Francis has been in hospital since Friday, first admitted for bronchitis. Megan Williams has this update on his condition. This evening in Rome, the Vatican said in a statement that the Pope does not have a

fever and that he's in stable condition. In an earlier update on his health today, the Vatican said the Pope was facing, quote, a complex clinical situation, which it described as a polymicrobial infection of the Pope's respiratory tract, which experts say could be pneumonia. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said the 88-year-old Catholic leader is in good spirits, though Italians and tourists today express concern. We lit a candle for him yesterday in church before we traveled to Rome. I hope that he's getting really good care. We wish him, you know, a quick recovery so he can get back to leading

the church. Knee problems have limited Francis's mobility and he's gained weight and suffered a couple of falls in recent months. In the Vatican message tonight the Pope said he was deeply moved by the many messages and prayers of support that he's received. Megan Williams, CBC News, Rome. Today is the deadline for liberal leadership hopefuls to pay their final installment of the entry fee. Each candidate must pay $125,000 to stay in the race. CBC News has confirmed all five remaining candidates have raised the money they need. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. [♪upbeat music playing.♪