The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 10:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

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 Peter Dock. Britain's Prime Minister is calling for Ukraine's allies to increase the pressure on Russia. Now is the time to engage in discussion

on a mechanism to manage and monitor a full ceasefire and agree to serious negotiations towards not just a pause, but a lasting peace. Keir Starmer hosted today's virtual summit of the so-called Coalition of the Willing. The group of 25 nations, including Canada, is committed to ongoing assistance to Ukraine. It comes on the heels of a proposed American ceasefire. Ukraine has agreed to it, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has not. Stammer wants the coalition to push Putin to negotiate. The group I convened today is more important than ever.

We agreed we will keep increasing the pressure on Russia, keep the military aid flowing to Ukraine, and keep tightening the restrictions on Russia's economy to weaken Putin's war machine and bring him to the table. The group has agreed that each country's military representative will meet to get together next Thursday in Britain. The United States has averted a possible government shutdown. The yeas are 54, the nays are 46, the bill is passed. That is the Senate speaker announcing the vote count in a stopgap spending bill.

Had the legislation failed to pass, the partial government shutdown would have started at midnight last night. It had support from a few Democrats, including Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer. He's facing harsh criticism from his colleagues for breaking ranks and siding with the Republicans. Schumer says he does not like the bill, but triggering a shutdown would be a worse result. His support

of the legislation is garnering some rare praise from his adversary, President Donald Trump, who calls Schumer's move really good and smart. Thousands of people packed the streets of Seoul today in support of suspended president Yoon Suk-yul. They want his impeachment dismissed. The Constitutional Court is preparing to make a ruling in the coming days. It all leads back to Yoon's decision to declare martial law last December. Although the period was short, it sparked outrage among many in South Korea. There have been both pro and anti-Yoon rallies leading up to the court ruling. Some have turned violent.

The acting president, Choi Sang-Mok, is calling for calm. A 100-meter security bubble has been established around the courthouse, and barbed wire was installed on the walls of the building. An elevated road under construction in Thailand has collapsed. At least four workers and an engineer were killed when the structure in Bangkok gave way. Another 24 people were injured. Traffic lanes were closed at the time of the collapse so no road users were hurt.

Work at the site has been suspended for two weeks while officials investigate the cause. And the number of reported measles cases has doubled in Ontario in just a couple of weeks. Now anyone who passed through Toronto's main airport is being told to watch for symptoms after a possible exposure. CBC reporter Brittany Ballet has the latest. Measles is the most infectious disease that we know about. Dr. Elizabeth Ray is an associate medical officer with Toronto Public Health. The agency says anyone who was at Pearson Airport during the late afternoon and evening of March 2nd should be on the lookout for symptoms.

That includes irritated eyes, a fever, a cough or red rash. If that happens, stay home, don't go to school, don't go to work, call ahead to your doctor or clinic or the emergency department if you're really sick. Cases of the highly contagious respiratory virus in Ontario are surging. The province's health agency is reporting around 370 total cases since an outbreak began last fall. That means there have been an additional 190 cases since the agency's report about two weeks ago. You know, once it's introduced it can take off like wildfire. Dr. Isaac Bogosch is an infectious diseases specialist.

He says these growing cases are frustrating to see because a free, safe and effective vaccine is available. Measles kills 100,000 people on the planet every year, almost all kids. That's an awful statistic. Health care experts are encouraging people to check their immunization records and get up to date on their vaccines if necessary. Brittany Blutt, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Peter Dock.