The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/19 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/19 at 07:00 EDT

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For the second day in a row, Israel has carried out a series of airstrikes on Gaza. And they're saying to us, you know, what does it say about our values, that we can't stop a 21st century atrocity happening before our eyes? That is UN humanitarian official Tom Fletcher and what he's hearing from his staff on the ground in Gaza. It's being reported that at least 12 people have been killed, with Israel saying one of the targets today was a Hamas military site. The strikes follow a bombing campaign yesterday that claimed more than 400 lives. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is to blame for the fatalities, saying it isn't doing

enough to move civilians out of harm's way. We're expecting Russia and Ukraine to carry out a prisoner exchange today. The Kremlin's saying it will include, among others, 23 wounded Ukrainians currently in Russian medical facilities. It follows a telephone call yesterday between Putin and US President Donald Trump. Shortly after that call, Ukraine says it shot down more than 40 drones fired by the Russian military. Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing criticism over his reshaped federal cabinet. Specifically, questions are being asked about how Carney went about making the cabinet smaller

and why he consolidated certain portfolios. Ashley Burke reports. It's a political strategy. For Rabia Hutter, the new prime minister's decision to consolidate some cabinet portfolios is viewed as a strategic choice ahead of a looming election. To get rid of anything that has to do with equity, diversity and inclusion. She's the national director of Disability Without Poverty, one of more than 200 advocacy groups and organizations calling on Mark Carney

to reinstate a series of ministerial roles solely dedicated to portfolios like persons with disabilities, women, gender equity and youth, along with official languages and seniors. We're concerned that we lost a champion at the cabinet table because this issue is no longer given the priority that it needs. Those portfolios aren't gone, but the minister's titles are. The work will now fall under other ministers' expanded portfolios. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. Tesla has been removed from this week's Vancouver International Auto Show. The political position on this has absolutely no bearing on the decision.

This is purely from a safety point for our guests and our attendees. As Eric Nichol, the show's executive director, he says although there are no active threats that he knows of, the action was taken due to safety concerns. Nichol says it's general concern over potential protests or vandalism. The automaker is facing growing global criticism as its founder, Elon Musk, continues to play an influential role inside the Trump administration. Looking for a bigger piece of the pie, some of the world's top tennis players are taking legal action against the organizations that run their sport. Mike Crawley has more. The Canadians can start to celebrate. Vashik Pospisil helped Canada win the Davis Cup in 2022. Now he's trying to win a lawsuit.

Pospisil is one of the co-founders of the Professional Tennis Players Association, a sort of players union that's suing the organizations behind the men's and women's pro tours. The whole system, the whole structure of tennis, everything needs to change. In much of pro sports, including hockey, football, and golf, players collectively earn around half the sports revenue. At tennis grand slams such as Wimbledon, the share that goes to players like Pospacil is roughly 15%.

In a statement, the organization that runs the women's tour calls the lawsuit regrettable and misguided. The men's tour calls it entirely without merit. The lawsuit was filed in New York, London and Brussels. It claims the global tennis tours use anti-competitive business practices to keep players earnings low. Mike Crawley, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.