The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: March 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 11:00 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 Fay. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer this morning announced the ceasefire plan for Ukraine

as European leaders, including Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, met in London. The CBC's Anna Cunningham reports from Downing Street. We are told that the focus is going to be on how Europe, along with Canada, can support and strengthen Ukraine's position ahead of any negotiations for peace and also ensuring that a deal doesn't sell out Ukraine. The Prime Minister of Britain has talked about this being an issue, wanting the US backstop. It's really a sticking point.

And he says that there have been intense discussions around this. European countries have to do more and provide a security guarantee, but I've always been clear that that is going to need a US backstop because I don't think it would be a guarantee without it. I don't think would be a deterrence without it. So the two have to go together. Evidently King Charles is interested in talking with President Zelensky, given that his country has given its full backing to Ukraine. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Israel has blocked all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.

The move comes after the first phase of its ceasefire with Hamas ended yesterday, and it's meant to put pressure on the militant group to accept a U.S. proposal for the extension of that first phase. Sasha Petrasek reports. Israel says that it has accepted a US proposal for a continuation of the first phase of the ceasefire that ended yesterday through Ramadan and through the Israeli holidays of Passover

that would take us close to the end of April on the condition that Hamas release half the remaining hostages now and release the remainder of those hostages at the end of that process. And Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said this morning that the next step is to cut off all aid until Hamas agrees to this US proposal. And our position is that during negotiations, hostages should be released. We will have to see whether there is a breakthrough as a result of this hardball. But in the meantime, people in Gaza seem to be the ones who are going to be left without aid, at least for the time

being. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. The Vatican says Pope Francis had a peaceful night and is resting in hospital. On Friday, the pontiff had suffered what was called an episode of respiratory difficulty. The 88-year-old, who is fighting double pneumonia, was put on a breathing machine. But according to the Vatican, he has not suffered further crisis since, adding that the Pope's medical picture remains complex. A private company has successfully landed a lunar vehicle on the moon.

Y'all suck to land it. We're on the moon. Firefly Aerospace just became the first commercial company in history to complete a fully successful moon landing. Firefly Aerospace, a startup company that began their quest to get to the moon a decade ago landed the Blue Ghost Lander on autopilot this morning on the moon's northeastern edge. The two meter tall lander carried ten experiments to the moon's northeastern edge. The two-meter tall lander carried 10 experiments to the moon for NASA.

The lander was launched in mid-January. And finally. Elon, we love your outfit. Very official and respectful. I love when he gets that chainsaw right next to my head. Thanks. Donald, what are you doing in my office? Part of SNL's cold open last night featured Canadian Mike Myers as Elon Musk alongside James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump.

This was Myers' first appearance on the sketch comedy show in ten years. He also appeared for the clothes of the show in a black t-shirt that read, Canada is not for sale. Calgary's Tate McCray was the musical guest. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fig.