The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/18 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: February 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/18 at 20:00 EST

It's the epitome of classical ballet, beloved the world over. The National Ballet of Canada invites you to experience Swan Lake, revel in Tchaikovsky's glorious score, and an unforgettable production directed and staged by Karen Kane, whose vision emphasizes the love story at the heart of the ballet. Presented by Nicola Wealth Management, on stage March 8th to 22nd, tickets are selling fast. Secure your seat now at national.ballet.ca. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington.

The Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the Delta flight that crashed yesterday. But the two longest runways at Toronto's Pearson Airport remain closed. All 80 people on board the jet survived, but two passengers remain in hospital. Thomas Dagla has the details. Officials won't speculate on what caused the crash, but Pearson Airport points out in recent days it received more snow than all of

last winter. Airport Authority CEO Deborah Flint says 20 Transportation Safety Board investigators have now arrived to determine what went wrong, with help from U.S. officials and aircraft maker Mitsubishi. We do expect that the investigators on site will be reviewing the aircraft on its current configuration on the runway for the next 48 hours. Delta Airlines now says 21 passengers in all were taken to Toronto area hospitals. In court to catch with the local paramedic service says crews treated patients for back sprains and head injuries.

Some headaches, nausea and vomiting due to the fuel exposure. Firefighters say they had to board the plane to rescue some passengers, but most managed to walk away on their own. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. A BC judge says the RCMP breached the charter rights of three Indigenous women arrested at a Witsuwet'en blockade in November 2021. He says the officers involved were racist during the raid at the site of the coastal gas pipeline. Last year, the judge found the trio guilty of criminal contempt

of court for violating an injunction. Because of the police conduct, the protesters will have their sentences reduced. Senior RCMP officials have apologized for the behavior of the officers. The Vatican says Pope Francis appears to have double pneumonia. That further complicates treatment for the 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church. Megan Williams has more from Rome. The Vatican says tests, including a chest x-ray and CAT scan, reveal the Pope has pneumonia in both lungs.

Francis was hospitalized on Friday for bronchitis and has taken a turn for the worse. The Vatican says the infection isn't the only problem the Pope is facing. He has a chronic lung condition, airways are damaged, causing infections and mucus buildup. That requires specific drugs, which adds complexity. Despite this, the Vatican says Pope Francis is in good spirits. Earlier, the Vatican announced the Pope has accepted the resignation of Canadian Bishop Jean-Pierre Blais, who was named in a class action lawsuit alleging sexual abuse. Blais maintains his innocence and the Diocese of Baycomo says his resignation is unrelated

to the allegations. Megan Williams, CBC News, Rome. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with being involved in a coup attempt after his 2022 election loss. The prosecutor general alleges dozens can talk to the plan to keep him in power despite losing to current president Lula da Silva. He also says Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plot to poison Lula. If the Supreme Court accepts the charges, Bolsonaro will stand trial. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to start working together to end the war in Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other American officials met with a Russian delegation in

Saudi Arabia. We're not going to pre-negotiate an end to this conflict. These are the kinds of things that have to happen through hard and difficult diplomacy and closed rooms over a period of time. Rubio says the two countries have agreed to reestablish diplomatic missions and restore staffing at their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. This needs to be a permanent end to the war and not a temporary end as we've seen in the

past. We know just the practical reality is that there is going to be some discussion of territory. Ukrainian President Lodymyr Zelensky was not invited to the meeting. He postponed his scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia in order not to give legitimacy to the talks. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.