The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 20:00 EDT

You don't have to face debt alone. We're here to help you regain control of your finances with trusted solutions. Visit Canada.ca slash debt dash solutions and take control today. A message from the Government of Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Jasmine Sepulis. Britain's Prime Minister is calling for Ukraine's allies to increase 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.

Starmer 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 get together next Thursday in Britain. U.S. President Donald Trump has invoked an 18th century law to speed up mass deportations. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is designed to quickly remove foreigners during wartime or invasion.

Trump says he's using it to go after a Venezuelan gang he accuses of carrying out an invasion acting on behalf of that country's government. Here in Canada public health officials are warning Canadians about the danger of measles as cases surge across the country. Dr. Isaac Bogosh is an infectious diseases specialist at Toronto General Hospital. We had a death related to measles last year in Canada. The United States has had two deaths related to measles as part of this current outbreak. And even in Ontario, as part of this current outbreak, 8% of the cases have been hospitalized. So it's not just a benign routine illness that people used to get decades ago.

It shouldn't be routine and it's not benign. This measles outbreak is spanning several provinces. It's the third highest number of cases since the virus was eliminated in Canada and officials expect the number to climb further. In Serbia, thousands have turned out for the massive anti-government rallies across the country showing their dissent with the policies

of Serbia's populist president Aleksandar Vucic. Dominic Baleidis reports. Tens of thousands of people from across Serbia joined today's rally in the capital Belgrade. Aleks Svendanovic was among the crowds. I would like to see a change, a regime change, he says. But it's, as the English say, a long shot, and it's difficult to achieve. Today's rally was probably the largest Serbia has seen for decades. It follows months of protests against the country's populist president, Aleksandar Vucic. They started after 14 people were killed when a station roof collapsed in Serbia's second city, Novi Sad.

Although more than a dozen people were charged in relation to the incident, protesters are demanding greater accountability for the disaster and more government transparency. Dominic Vleidis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. In Cuba, 10 million people are waiting for the power to come back on. Gas-powered generators are picking up some of the slack after the electrical grid collapse last night. Grocers are using some of that power to keep food fresh while power bars have been set up in the streets so people can recharge

their phones. It's the latest in a series of blackouts to hit the island, which is plagued with aging infrastructure. And Prime Minister Mark Carney begins a three-day tour tomorrow. First stop, Paris, to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. Then it's off to London to see British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and an audience with King Charles, finally returning to Canada Tuesday with a stop in Nunavut. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Jasmine Sapiades.