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

Episode Date: March 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/03 at 03:00 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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Prime Minister Trudeau joined European and NATO leaders at a hastily organized summit in London

to discuss ways of supporting Ukraine that don't depend on contributions from an increasingly reluctant America. As Tom Perry reports, the consensus is NATO and Europe need to do a lot more to look after their own security. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brushing past reporters as he arrived at the London summit where he was greeted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We are at a crossroads in history today. Starmer met this week in Washington with US President Donald Trump.

Trump has made clear he's far less interested than past presidents in defending Europe and harbors a deep skepticism about supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia. Starmer says it's time for Europe to step up with a plan to end the fighting and guarantee Ukraine's security. The UK is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air. Together with others, Europe must do the heavy listing. But to succeed, this effort must have strong US backing. To try to win that backing, Starmer has announced a sharp

increase in UK defense spending and is calling for a coalition of the willing to join the UK, France and others in a plan to protect Ukraine. Tom Perry, CBC News, London. US Commerce Secretary Howard Ludnick says tariffs will be levied on Canadian and Mexican goods on Tuesday, But it's not clear if President Trump will make those tariffs 25%. They have done a lot so he's sort of thinking about right now how exactly he wants to play 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.

Lutnick also says the U.S. will levy an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods. One day after phase one of the Gaza ceasefire ended, Israel is again blocking all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. It's trying to pressure Hamas into accepting a new U.S. proposal to extend phase one through Ramadan and Passover, and calls for more hostages to be released. At the same time, negotiations on a second phase would continue. Here's Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sarr. We fulfilled all our commitments until the very last day, which was yesterday.

And our position is that during negotiations, hostages should be released. Hamas has rejected the proposed extension. In Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards were owned by the movie, Anora, which was the night's big winner, taking home five awards, including Best Picture. Eli Glasner has more on this year's Oscar winners. While many had expected the Academy Awards to be a night of surprises, the Oscars played out pretty much as expected with Enora winning five out of six nominated categories including some of the biggest awards, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, and Best Actress. Now that category was a bit of an upset. Many expected Demi Moore to win

for her role in The Substance, but it was Mikey Madison who took home the Best Actress Prize for playing the sex worker named Anora. It's quite the result for a small, scrappy film with only a $4 million U.S. budget. Samantha Kwan is the Canadian producer of Anora. She had a message for other filmmakers. We made this with very little money but all of our hearts to all of the dreamers and the young filmmakers out there. Tell the stories you want to tell. Tell the stories that move you. I promise you, you will never regret it. Other big winners included Adrian Brody for his role in The Brutalist and Zoe Zadania

winning for her role as a lawyer in Amelia Perez. Eli Glaster, CBC News, Los Angeles. And there will be a federal by-election in the riding of Halifax on April 14th. That seat was held by liberal Andy Fillmore from 2015 until last August. Fillmore is now the mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. no municipality. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.