The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 07:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.

The four candidates looking to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and Prime Minister faced off last night in a French language debate in Montreal. And among the highlights was Christia Freeland talking about her experience dealing with US President Donald Trump. Because I've already done it. I've negotiated with Mr. Trump. I negotiated NAFTA, the new NAFTA, and we

succeeded in getting a better agreement. But Frank Baylis is suggesting a different approach. First of all, I don't think I'd bother go seeing him. No, I'm serious. I would send a delegation for discussion purposes, but I wouldn't put myself in a position where he can demonstrate that he wants to be intimidating. As for frontrunner Mark Carney, he struggled at times with his French, and at one point he misspoke when talking about the war in Gaza, and Freeland jumped in, correcting him.

We all agree on Hamas on a two-state solution. No, we don't agree with Hamas. No, we're against Hamas, absolutely. Yes, we're all against Hamas. We are. And then there's Karina Gould, who is critical of her own government's immigration policy. We have to be honest with Canadians. The government was too ambitious with the immigration targets over the past few years, and the Liberal Party sees the importance and the value of immigration. The English language debate goes tonight and you can

watch it live on CBC News Network or on the CBC News app. China's foreign ministry has lodged a diplomatic protest against Canada. It follows a new round of sanctions issued yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The sanctions target 76 Chinese individuals or entities that Ottawa claims are supporting Russia's military campaign against Ukraine. Beijing says the Canadian measures lack any basis in international law. A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Karim Khan is issuing a warning as armed rebels continue to capture territory

in the country's eastern region. Hundreds of people are reportedly dead, thousands injured, and the message has to be conveyed very clearly. Any armed group, any armed forces, any allies of armed groups or armed forces don't have a blank check. They must comply with international humanitarian law. Congo's prime minister says more than 7,000 people have been killed since M23 rebels took control of the provincial capital of Goma last month.

Another earthquake has struck off the coast of British Columbia. Emergency Info BC says the quake, which measured 5.2, was centered off northwestern Vancouver Island west of Port Alice. The agency says there was no risk of tsunami and there have been no reports of damage or injuries. It's the second earthquake in British Columbia in four days, a 4.7 quake, which registered on Friday along the southwest coast. The Canadian naval vessel HMCS Margaret Brooke is on its way to Antarctica. It's supporting a scientific expedition led by Canadian scientists and CBC News is the only media outlet aboard the vessel. Here's Susan Ormiston.

We're navigating the Beagle Channel. It's in the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel was named after an HMS Beagle ship in the 1800s and carried Charles Darwin here in 1833. This is a first. The Canadian Navy has never sailed this far south to the tip of South America and never hosted a science expedition like this. The icy continent is warming at an accelerating rate, not unlike the Arctic, and 15 scientists from Canada will be measuring the extent of those changes, drilling ice cores, taking sea and snow samples,

analyzing how much contaminants like microplastics have made it down here. You know, the Antarctic really helps to regulate our climate. It's hugely important and it's a pristine lab to gauge what's happening and compare it to the Canadian Arctic. Susan Ormiston, CBC News in Southern Chile. And that is World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.