The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/19 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: February 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/19 at 09:00 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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. U.S. President Donald Trump is dismissing Ukraine's complaint that it has yet to be invited to join talks on ending the war with Russia. I think I have the power to end this war. But today I heard, oh, well, we weren't invited. Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it three years.

You should have never started it. You could have made a deal. In response, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is insisting that President Trump is being misinformed by the Kremlin. Here's Zelensky speaking today through an interpreter. We are seeing a lot of disinformation and it's coming from Russia. Unfortunately, President Trump, with all due respect, is living in this disinformation space. Incidentally, Zelensky is expected to meet today with Keith Kellogg.

Kellogg is the US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, and he arrived in Kiev overnight. With the Trump administration pulling the United States out of the World Health Organization, scientists around the world have concerns as they start work on a flu vaccine for next year's flu season. Jennifer Yoon explains. For flu shots to get to Canadians' arms, it takes a whole lot of scientists from around the world working on it every year. They're supposed to meet next week to come up with next year's flu vaccine. But there might be a key player missing.

We are communicating with them, but we haven't heard anything back. Maria Van Kurkhove, who leads the World Health Organization's efforts to prevent epidemics, doesn't know if American scientists will be there next week. She says she's reached out to US agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration to radio silence. American epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, who's been to several of these meetings, is alarmed. He says it's crucial U.S. scientists are there. These kinds of interactions are how we come up with the best formulations for vaccines.

While experts really want Americans to show up, the WHO says the meeting will go on with or without the U.S. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. Sentencing is scheduled today for Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa. King was found guilty in November on five charges, including mischief and disobeying a court order. The Crown is seeking a 10-year sentence, which would be the maximum penalty. His defense is asking for time served and probation. Travelers can expect more delays again today at Canada's busiest airport, Toronto's Pearson International.

Investigators are still on the ground examining the details of this week's plane crash. A Delta Airlines flight crash-landed on Monday injuring 21 people. The Transportation Safety Board says it has sent the plane's data recorders for analysis, and airport officials expect the wreckage to remain on the runway for at least another day. A BC judge has ruled partially in favor of three demonstrators who say their charter rights were breached when they were arrested at a protest blockade against the coastal gas link pipeline. Jackie McKay reports. Even though we didn't get the state proceedings, I really consider this a victory nonetheless.

Defense lawyer Francis Mahon says it's rare for a court to find an abusive process. The accused are Slato, a wing chief of the Gittimton clan of the Wet'suwet'en nation, Shailen Sampson, a Gitsan woman with Wet'suwet'en family ties, and Corey Jaco, who is Gone Gehega from Akwesasne. Justice Michael Tammann of the BC Supreme Court says a reduction in sentence would be appropriate because of serious acts of racism that occurred. RCMP officers compared Slato and Sampson to orcs and ogres in audio recordings played in court. The officers didn't know they were being recorded at the time. The justice also says the RCMP should have obtained warrants before entering the cabins to arrest the accused.

These acts breached their Section 7 charter rights. The judge will take all of this into account when sentencing happens in the coming months. Jackie McKay, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.