The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 10:00 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 on the debate stage. For Chrystia Freeland, Frank Baylis, Carina Gould, and Mark Carney, the French language debate was the first opportunity for a joint discussion on the campaign's key issues. But in the end, the issue was Mark Carney's French. Janice McGregor has more. Before the debate was even over, conservatives pounced on one moment in particular when Carney

intended to say he agreed with the point Frank Bayless had made about Hamas, but it came out as Carney saying, we agree with Hamas. Freeland, standing beside him, had to jump in and clarify what he meant so the error didn't stand. Here's how Carney and Bayless summed it up for reporters. I said that we all were in agreement against Hamas, or at least the intention. We all get tripped up in different second language or third languages and that. I'm absolutely certain Mr. Carney did not mean to say he supported Hamas in any way.

At several points in the debate, rather than leave him to suffer for his miscommunication, Christopher Freeland intervened to help Carney get his message out. Now that's very helpful behavior for a loyal lieutenant, but it's going to be interesting to see what liberal supporters make of these two rivals looking so chummy. Their debate ended with a hug, not a handshake. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is increasing his country's military spending at a rate not seen since the end of the Cold War. Starmer says the increase will mean, on average, an additional £13 billion added to the defence budget every year for the next 10 years.

In total, that's a commitment of more than $170 billion US. Starmer is calling it the start of a new era. A new approach to defense, a revival of our industrial base, a deepening of our alliances, the instruments of our national power brought together, creating opportunity, assuring our allies, delivering security for our country. Starmer's defense initiative comes as the Trump administration is in the process of

shifting its foreign policy priorities away from Europe. Meanwhile, after a White House meeting with President Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron appeared last night on Fox News. And he says he's hopeful the war in Ukraine could soon come to an end. First to have a truth, I think it could be done in the weeks to come. During this period of time, we negotiate on security guarantees, land and territories, and it will be the responsibility of the Ukrainian president, reconstruction. Macron also says France and Britain are working on a joint proposal that would see the two

countries in the event of a ceasefire deploy non-combat troops to Ukraine. 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. We're getting more details now on Sunday's attempted murder of a six-year-old boy in Halifax, and it includes the fact that the suspect in the attack was known to police.

Kayla Hounsell has more. Kayla Hounsell, Hounsell's Lawyer It happened in the middle of the afternoon on a busy transit thoroughfare in downtown Halifax. A six-year-old boy stabbed multiple times, attacked by someone he doesn't know, taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. It's a very, very tragic incident. Halifax regional police constable Martin Cromwell says officers were called around 1-20 Sunday.

Police say one of the boy's parents was instrumental in ensuring the suspect remained on scene. Investigators have charged 19-year-old Elliot Chorney with attempted murder and possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace. Crown attorney Michael Cody is prosecuting the case. I confirm these are very serious allegations, of course very tragic. Court documents show Chorney is also facing a previous assault charge. Nova Scotia Health says she was allegedly involved in an incident at a Halifax hospital last month. Kayla Hounsell, CBC News, Halifax. And that is The World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.