The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 11:00 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 is our. I'm Joe Cummings.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is no immediate end in sight to the trade war launched this week by the United States. I can confirm that we will continue to be in a trade war that was launched by the United States for the foreseeable future. But we are trying to reduce the areas and the impact that these tariffs will have on Canadian workers, but Canada will continue to stand firm and unequivocal that as long as there are tariffs on us from the United States that are completely unjustified, we will be responding strongly. Trudeau's comments

come the day after he spoke with US President Donald Trump. There has been a major American concession with the White House granting the auto sector a one-month reprieve, and it's being suggested there could be more car votes to come. But Trudeau continues to say the only acceptable outcome in this dispute is for the United States to completely drop all tariffs. Meanwhile, the Canadian First Ministers have opened talks on how to drop trade barriers here in Canada, and they've issued a statement that says, among other things, they're looking to make it easier for workers to have their job credentials recognized outside their home province.

Provincial trade and labor ministers have been directed to come up with a national credential plan by June 1st. A warning is being issued today by Canada's Cyber Intelligence Agency. It says foreign powers like China, Russia and Iran are likely to use artificial intelligence to spread disinformation during the upcoming federal election campaign. The Cyber Spy Agency says Canadian voters and politicians will need to be on guard for erroneous text messaging and video images. An emergency defence summit has opened in Brussels with the

European Union preparing for a future that doesn't include military cooperation with the United States. Anna Cunningham has more from London. We've seen all 27 EU nation leaders this morning in Brussels. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky is there also. He arrived flanked by the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. This meeting, von der Leyen says, is to cement the EU support for Ukraine and rearm Europe. This is a watershed moment for Europe. And Ukraine is part of our European family. It's also a watershed moment for Ukraine.

Europe faces a clear and present danger. The message that we're getting is very much about Europe bolstering its own alliances, certainly in the face of the US administration under President Donald Trump pivoting away from support for Ukraine. Discussions today certainly centering on boosting the EU defense spending by billions and that could include investment in the manufacture of weapons on the continent. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Global Affairs is looking to get a Canadian serving a prison sentence in Poland transferred back to Canada. The 18-year-old from B.C. who admits he agreed to work as a Russian spy was found guilty

of espionage back in December. Jonathan Gatehouse reports. He needs to come home. And Elaine Nelson's son, Lakin Pavan, had just left Vancouver for a backpacking trip to Europe when she received an earth-shattering call. I was told that Lakin had been arrested and charged with espionage against the Polish government. Polish court documents show the Canadian Army reservist wanted to volunteer for an aid organization in occupied Ukraine.

Instead, he was recruited there by Russian intelligence and sent to Warsaw to spy on the Polish military. His espionage career ended hours after he arrived when he got drunk in a hotel bar and confessed to police. Now 18 years old, he was convicted this past December and is serving a 20-month sentence. The family says CISUS and the RCMP had Lakin on their radar before he left. Neither agency would confirm or deny that. Global Affairs Canada is in talks with the Polish authorities and his family hopes Lakin will be home soon. Jonathan Gatehouse, CBC News, Toronto. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.