The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/16 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/16 at 02:00 EDT

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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 this hour. I'm Khalil Hassan Ali. Canada is part of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, Western countries helping Ukraine militarily and financially.

As Chris Reyes tells us, it's to fill a gap left by the US which has signalled it may no longer provide security guarantees to Kiev. President Trump has offered Putin the way forward to a lasting peace. Now we must make this a reality. So this is the moment to keep driving towards the outcome that we want to see. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke shortly after gathering dozens of world leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, for a virtual summit to bolster support for Ukraine amidst a US proposed ceasefire deal.

During the UK-led meeting, Zelensky called on European allies to consider putting troops in his country. The contingent must be stationed on Ukrainian soil. Zelensky also added that it's too early to talk about concessions in territory. Earlier this week, President Putin said he's open to the Trump ceasefire proposal, but has stopped short of backing it. Putin has raised concerns about who would police the ceasefire. The UK is expected to convene another meeting next week

with military planners in support of Ukraine's security. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. 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. In Cuba, 10 million people have been waiting for the power to come back since Friday. Gas-powered generators are picking up some of the slack after the electrical grid collapsed. Grocers are using some of that power to keep fresh food. It's the latest in a series of blackouts to hit the island which is plagued with aging

infrastructure. Cuba is under several US trade embargoes and restrictions making it difficult to bring in supplies for those repairs. At least 32 people are dead following tornadoes and storms in the US South and Midwest which began on Friday. Bad Cheramine lives in Tylertown, Mississippi. His friends who are staying in a camper are lucky to be alive. We all left, we came to seek shelter and they unloaded their groceries and their camp flipped with them in it. They were trapped. I don't know how long it took to get them out. By the time we got there, they had already had them out in an ambulance. So I think she had a broken foot. Maybe he had some broken ribs. Homes and businesses have been destroyed. The severe weather is expected to continue into the morning.

Alberta's the latest province to be hit with measles outbreaks, first in a northern First Nation and now in this province's biggest city. Sam Sampson has more on the spread and how it plays into other cases across Canada. Dr. Craig Jenney researches infectious diseases at the University of Calgary. With the ease of travel and the fact that Calgary is a large transport hub, you know, really was a matter of time. Alberta Health Services announced late Friday night there's a confirmed measles case in the Calgary area with potential exposures in Airdrie, a bedroom community of the prairie's largest city.

But Alberta's first cases were up north in Little Red River Cree Nation. Six people are recovering now with another potential case. Saskatchewan has one confirmed case. Manitoba has had six since February. Five of those cases are related to an outbreak in Ontario, the province with by far the most measles cases in Canada. Measles is really one plane ride away. Dr. Jared Bullard is professor and section head of pediatric infectious disease

at the University of Manitoba. He says measles isn't an endemic in Canada right now. It's not widespread, which is why he says vaccinations can keep it at bay. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton. The Hudson's Bay Company will begin liquidating stores next week. The 354-year-old retailer went into creditor protection earlier this month. They owe nearly a billion dollars. That's the World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Khalil Hassan Ali.