The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world is our. I'm Joe Cummings. The four candidates looking to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party faced each other last night in the first debate of the leadership campaign. The debate was in French which for frontrunner Mark Carney proved to be a problem at times. Tom Perry reports. It was a remarkably polite affair the four candidates for liberal leadership avoiding any harsh attacks on each other, focusing instead on who would be best to take on a common foe,

U.S. President Donald Trump. Former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pointing out she negotiated a new North American free trade agreement with the first Trump administration. Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, at times, stumbled in French. We agree with Hamas. We agree with... We don't agree with Hamas.

But we serve Hamas. Carney's rivals correcting him during a discussion on the Middle East when he mistakenly said he agreed with Hamas. The two other contenders, businessman and former Liberal MP Frank Baylis and former government house leader Carina Gould, both more fluent and more comfortable on this night. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. The English language debate is set for tonight again in Montreal and you can watch it live on CBC News Network or on the CBC News app.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is announcing plans to dramatically increase the country's defense spending. I can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War. We will deliver our commitment to spend 2.5% of GDP on defense, but we will bring it forward so that we reach that level in 2027. Starmor says the increase will mean an additional £13 billion added to the defense budget every year for the next 10 years.

In total, that's a commitment of $170 billion U.S. He says the goal is to increase defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2035. This comes as the Trump administration is in the process of shifting its foreign policy priorities away from Europe. Incidentally, Stummer will be in Washington tomorrow for talks with President Trump. 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. By some estimates, 80 percent of the components in Russian military drones are coming from China. Beijing says the Canadian measures lack any basis in international law. The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kareem 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.

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