The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/23 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: February 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/23 at 01:00 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 Claude Fague. Roman Catholics around the world are praying for their Pope this hour. The Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

in hospital in Rome. He was admitted just over a week ago with a lung infection. Megan Williams has the latest. The Vatican statement was alarming. As we know, the pope has double pneumonia and doctors said yesterday that he was not out of the woods. They did say, however, that he was not about to die,. They did say however that he was not about to die But that the danger was that his infection that is in his lungs the double pneumonia that he's suffering from that some of those

Germs could travel to other organs. We don't know if that has happened yet But what they are saying is that he had a prolonged respiratory crisis this morning. He couldn't breathe and so they had to give him, you know, what they called sort of high flow oxygen therapy. He's had a blood transfusion, he has anemia. What doctors are looking for right now is whether or not Pope Francis is going to be responding again to this treatment. It's pretty clear that he's going to be in the hospital for the long haul if he's able to make it through these next critical hours. The CBC's Megan Williams in Rome.

A Russian missile attack in Ukraine has claimed a life and injured several others. Ukrainian officials confirm Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight targeting the capital city of Ky Kiev and other parts of the country. A man died in hospital and a 30-year-old woman was seriously injured in the missile attacks on the central city of Krivorye, while three others were injured following a drone attack in the Odessa region. U.S. President Donald Trump has given the top general and senior military commanders new marching orders. Out the door!

Cameron McIntosh has more from Washington. Thank you very much. Thank you. Speaking at the conservative political action conference, President Donald Trump boasting about his first month back in office. We cannot stop now. We're going to push forward every single day. Which now includes firing the top U.S. general, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown, an African American. Trump announced it on his Truth Social platform,

thanking Brown for his service, calling him an outstanding leader and gentleman. Trump also announcing he's appointing a new chairman, Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Kaine, crediting Kaine with being instrumental in the defeat of ISIS during Trump's first term. In an unprecedented shakeup across the military's top ranks, Trump also fired the head of the Navy, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs, and General James Slife, Vice Chief of the Air Force, along with the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. Here at home, many Canadians are protesting against American tariff and

sovereignty threats by canceling their U.S. trips. About a million Canadians travel to the U.S. every winter. Campbell McDermid has more. Aside from during the pandemic, Bob Blumer has traveled to Florida every March for 20 years. The retiree from Coburg, Ontario loves the tradition. So why did he cancel this year? Basically just frustration and listening to Trump and all his rhetoric.

It's just, I thought there's no way I can go down and spend any money in the US. Blumer's not the only one. Florida realtors say Canadians are selling property in record numbers. Down in Hollywood, Florida, Canadian Richard Clave owns a group of motels catering to Quebecers. He says some guests have cancelled and others are reluctant to book for next year. I've seen a customer dropping a thousand dollar deposit to choose to go to Cuba instead. Trump's threats have come at the end of snowbird season, meaning their full impact on Canadian travel to the U.S. won't be felt until next fall.

Some industry watchers expect alternative vacation spots to see a boost in popularity. Bob Blumer, for one, says he's off to the Dominican Republic next month. Campbell McDermott, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fege.