The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 12:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 12:00 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. The four candidates looking to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and Prime Minister are back on the debate stage again tonight. This time it's an English language debate. Last night it was in French. And while Christia Freeland, Frank Bayless, and Karina Gould all appeared comfortable in their second language, Mark Carney ran into some trouble.

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 Baylis 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 language, isn't 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, Chris 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 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. Stammer says the increase will mean on average an additional 13 billion pounds added to the defense budget every year for the next 10 years. In total, that's a commitment of roughly $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. Meanwhile, after a White House meeting with US 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 war in Ukraine could soon come to an end. First to have a truce, 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.

Following a directive from the Trump White House, Americans using Google Maps are now seeing the Gulf of Mexico labeled as the Gulf of America. And it turns out something similar has been happening with the names of some provincial and national parks here in Canada. Liam Britton has the story. So I thought, well, how can this possibly be true? That's what Kiki Grabowski thought when she read a post on social media saying that Google Maps had started labeling provincial parks like Elk Falls near her Campbell River, BC home as state parks.

Well, that's our sovereignty. That's our country. Those parks belong to Canada. They are not state parks. On Google's help forum and social media, thousands of users noted the errors affecting parks across the country. But Google told CBC, quote, The vast majority of these parks have had their existing labels for several years. We're actively working to update labels for parks in Canada to avoid confusion. The concerns come in a time of tension between Canada and the U.S. As Monday turned to Tuesday, a number of formerly incorrect state parks had been reclassified as provincial parks or just plain old parks, perhaps a sign of Google

charting a new course. Liam Britton, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is The World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. And for news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.