The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/13 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/13 at 20:00 EDT

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Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. from cbc news the world this hour i'm katea gilfrey the u.s president has issued an ultimatum on the russia ukraine war donald trump says the u.s will slap major sanctions on russia but only after nato members agree to stop buying russian oil philip lishanek explains u.s president donald trump hints at what his next move will be to fulfill his promise to end the war in ukraine Well, it would be hitting very hard with sanctions. But before he does that, now he says he wants all NATO allies to agree to stop buying Russian oil.

Michael Basserkew is a global affairs analyst for the Atlantic Council and is based in Odessa. Mr. Trump is pointing the finger at Europeans for their purchasing of Russian oil. They don't have a choice right now. They have reduced their purchases. But that isn't the case for some NATO members. Trump's demand isn't likely to go down smoothly for Turkey and Hungary, who are some of Russia's top buyers. Andrew Rassoulis is with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

The only way for the Coalition of the Willing, the West, NATO, Ukraine, to stop the Russian military juggernaut is to bring down the Russian economy to the point where it cannot sustain the Russian military advances. And it's a race. Philip Lichanak, CBC News, Toronto. The widow of Charlie Kirk is vowing to continue her husband's work. Erica Kirk made her first public comments since his assassination,

addressing the, quote, evildoers who are responsible for his death. You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry. To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die. Kirk says her husband's organization, Turning Point USA, will continue its tours of university campuses. And a University of Toronto professor has been placed on leave after posting a comment about Kirk's death. Screenshots of Ruth Marshall's ex-account show a post on Wednesday, which says, quote, shooting is honestly too good for so many of you fascist expletives.

The university says it took immediate action. CBC reached out to Marshall, but hasn't heard back. Protesters continue to voice their opposition to Israel's participation in the Davis Cup tennis tournament in Halifax. Tennis Canada chose to hold the match. without spectators citing safety concerns, but security agencies are denying, giving that advice. Giuliana Grillo has more. Three local and national authorities are denying they were part of Tennis Canada's decision

to hold a Canada-Israel Davis Cup matches without spectators this weekend in Halifax. On Tuesday, Tennis Canada announced fans would not be allowed into the Scotia Bank Center due to escalating safety concerns, citing intelligence received from local and national security agents, When asked which agencies were referred to in the statement, a spokesperson for Tennis Canada pointed to Halifax Regional Police, the RCMP, and Canada's National Intelligence Service, ceases. But all three told CBC News via email they were not consulted. Tennis Canada declined an interview and said the organization had received credible information from multiple sources.

But the spokesperson did not reveal where the information came from. The matches are proceeding behind closed doors. Juliana Grillo, CBC News, Halifax. And an Ontario man is issuing a warning about a rare but real phenomenon he experienced called AI psychosis. Alan Brooks says a simple question to a chat bot about the number pie spiraled into a 300-hour-long exchange over three weeks. He says ChatGPT tried to convince him that he had created a new way of seeing the world.

Terror, paranoia, obsession. I was oscillating between reality and delusion on a regular basis. I wasn't sure to believe it or if I shouldn't believe it. It's messaging and its gaslighting is so powerful when you're engaged with it, especially when you trust it, right? Brooks is calling for tech companies to establish more safeguards for artificial intelligence chatbots in order to protect users. And that is The World This Hour.

For News Anytime, you can always visit our website, cbcnews.ca. CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.