The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/16 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/16 at 18:00 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 Juliane Hazelwood. Mark Carney is about to leave on his first foreign trip as Prime Minister, but earlier today,

he was in Montreal to meet with Quebec Premier Francois Legault and join the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade. as prime minister. But earlier today, he was in Montreal to meet with Quebec Premier Francois Lagot and join the city's St. Patrick's Day parade. Why are you a fat St. Patrick? Carney not only celebrating that holiday, but also his 60th birthday. The trip will take him to Paris tomorrow, then to London for talks on Russia's war in Ukraine,

as well as Trump's tariffs. Carney's also expected to have an audience with King Charles. On his way back to Ottawa, he'll visit Iqaluit, where Arctic security will be on the agenda. In Iqaluit this weekend, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he would cancel a contract with the United States to deliver US-built F-35 fighter jets. Singh questioned how Canada can purchase military equipment from a country that has threatened Canadian sovereignty. To maintain those aircraft and to upgrade them as one has to do, that requires an American company providing the software updates, the maintenance. It's entirely going to be coming from the States. What's to say that Donald Trump in some way delays that, stops that, prevents that from

happening? It is not in our security interest and not in our national interest to continue with that project. Defence Minister Bill Blair says the government would look at alternatives to F-35s. In North Macedonia, authorities have arrested 20 people after a fire in a nightclub killed at least 59 people and left more than 150 injured. The country's prime minister says the club's license was issued illegally. Dominic Vlaidis reports. Voice of America was set up in 1942 to counter

Nazi propaganda during the Second World War. The US funded broadcaster described as a beacon for populations living under totalitarian rule went on to reach some 360. The club in Kachani 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. Houthi authorities are now saying 53 people were killed when U.S. missiles hit a militant stronghold in northern Yemen. Leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi is vowing more tax on Red Sea shipping. But U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says airstrikes on Houthi targets will continue until they lose the capacity to hit 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've provided them intelligence. They've provided them guidance. They've 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.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling for both sides to cease military activities, warning they could further destabilize the region. Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans to fire the head of Israel's domestic security service, Shin Bet. Israel's prime minister says he's lost confidence in Ronan Barr and will put his dismissal to a cabinet vote this week to force him out. Far-right members of that cabinet are praising the move. But opposition leader Yeir Lapid calls it irresponsible and says Netanyahu is trying to hinder an investigation into his staffers ties to Qatar. And that is Your World This Hour. Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your

podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.