The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: March 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 17:00 EST

Hey, this is Jamie Poisson and I host another CBC News podcast called Frontburner. I've been listening to World Report for years now. It's the perfect way to get a sense of what's going on in Canada and around the world in just 10 minutes. Frontburner is a bit different. We dive deep into one story every day. Often, it's one of the stories you might hear on World Report, explored over 20 or so minutes. If you're looking to round out your listening diet, check us out. Find Frontburnner wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Jasmine Sepulis. There are more mixed messages on tariffs coming from the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump had said he'd impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada on Tuesday. But now his Commerce Secretary is suggesting that may not exactly be the case. Katie Simpson explains. Both Mexico and Canada have done a reasonable job on the border. They're both working hard on the border. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged the security changes made along both the northern and southern U.S. border, but he insists the president is still not satisfied with the amount of fentanyl entering the U.S.

He's sort of thinking about right now how exactly he wants to play it with Mexico and Canada and that is a fluid situation. There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada, exactly what they are. We're going to leave that for the president and his team to negotiate. The tariff threat remains despite less than 1% of all fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities comes across the northern border.

While Lutnick suggests the tariff rate may still be up for negotiation, Donald Trump has said it will be 25% on Canadian goods and 10% on Canadian energy. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. European and NATO leaders wrapped up a summit in London today with concrete plans to help support Ukraine. The British Prime Minister organized the summit before Friday's angry meeting between Trump and Zelensky, giving the discussion even more significance. Anna Cunningham has more.

This summit was about how to put words of support for Ukraine into action. Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed here by Western leaders just days after he was thrown out of the White House. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who organised the meeting, unveiled a full-step plan for peace in Ukraine. It includes continued military aid, Ukraine at the table for negotiations, and a coalition of the willing to defend Ukraine. Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says a strong military presence

will be needed when war is over. And all participants, including Canada, said their countries need to rapidly increase defence spending. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. We urgently have to re-arm Europe. For President Zelensky, today will have been reassuring. He even met with King Charles on his Sandringham estate.

Zelensky dressed in his trademark informal shirt. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Also in London. I do not perceive my country as better than others, but definitely not worse than others. Speaking through a translator, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to reporters about his meeting with Donald Trump on Friday, a meeting during which Trump yelled at him, and that ended with the Ukrainian delegation kicked out of the White House. Zelensky was asked if he was willing to meet Trump again, if that meant he would have to apologize. The people have lost their lives, and it is impossible to bring it back.

And it is very painful for us and all that we want from partners is the constructive dialogue so that they remember who the aggressor is. Trump has repeated Russian propaganda messages calling Ukraine the aggressor and Zelensky a dictator. In fact, Russia invaded Ukraine. Zelensky won the election in 2019 and the Ukrainian Constitution does not allow for elections during wartime. The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in stable condition and did not need mechanical ventilation today but doctors say the 88 year old is still in danger. The Pontiff has been in a Rome hospital for more than two weeks,

battling double pneumonia. And the 97th Academy Awards will be handed out tonight in Los Angeles, and there are Canadian nominees. Quebec director and producer Denis Villeneuve and producer Tanya La Pointe are nominated for Dune, Part 2. And a Vancouver producer is nominated for the film Anorah. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Jasmine Siputis.