The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/16 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/16 at 13:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Montreal today for his first meeting with Quebec Premier Francois Lago since being sworn in. Then Carney begins his first official visit to Europe. Anna Cunningham tells us what's on the itinerary. First stop for Prime Minister Mark Carney will be the Elysee Palace in Paris. It's likely he'll be greeted by President Emmanuel Macron with the usual French pomp and ceremony. The Prime Minister's office says the focus in Paris will be on a shared commitment to build stronger economic, commercial and defence ties.

Then it's on to London to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. London Talks, his office say, will be about strengthening transatlantic security, growing the AI sector and a strong commercial relationship between both countries. The French and Brits will want to talk about Ukraine. Carney joined a virtual summit Saturday of the Coalition of the Willing. We can expect US President Donald Trump's tariffs will also get a mention when he sits down in Paris and London. As for a meeting with the King, seen recently wearing his Canadian medals, that would be

another soft political intervention from the monarch keeping Canada on his mind. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. At least 59 people are dead and more than 150 others injured after a fire in a packed nightclub in North Macedonia. Police have detained the club's owner and issued arrest wards for four others in connection with the blaze. Dominic Vallaitis reports. The club in Kacharni was packed when the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. Nearly 60 people were killed in the blaze, many more were injured. Eyewitness video taken before the fire shows a band playing on stage flanked by flares,

the white sparks of which appear to set the ceiling alight. As well as those killed, nearly 160 people were injured in the fire. At one of the hospitals treating them, relatives wait anxiously for news of their loved ones. The owner of the nightclub has reportedly been detained by the authorities in connection with the fire, while arrest warrants have been issued for several others. Dominic Velaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to speak this week with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Trump's trying to broker a deal to end the war in Ukraine. I think it's going reasonably well. It's a bloody, terrible war. And I do think it's going well. As you know, we have a ceasefire agreement with the Ukrainian group and we are trying to get that with Russia too. And I think thus far it's gone okay. We'll know a little bit more on Monday and that'll be hopefully good. Trump and Putin first talked last month. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Wittkopf says he expects

to see a deal soon. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen will continue until the Houthis end attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. This strike in Yemen is about their ability, the ability of the Houthis to strike global shipping and attack the U.S. Navy and their willingness to do it. What we can't ignore and the reason why the president mentioned Iran is because the Iranians have supported the Houthis. They provided them intelligence, they provided them guidance, they provided them weaponry. There's no way the Houthis would have the ability to do this kind of thing unless they

had support from Iran. The Houthis have said their attacks are a show of solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza War. At least 31 people were killed in U.S. airstrikes Saturday, according to the Houthi-run health agency in U.S. airstrikes Saturday, according to the Houthi-run health agency in Yemen. Thousands jammed Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach today. These are supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. He's accused of trying to overthrow the government with a January 6th-style storming of the country's

presidential palace, Congress and supreme court. The country's highest court will rule later this month on whether there's enough evidence to drive Bolsonaro, who's hoping to run again as president. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.