The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/17 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/17 at 15:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Ukraine's president is making his plea for Washington to provide more long-rage weapons to Kyiv. Volonimir Zelensky is at the White House, meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. First of all, I think we need to sit and speak. The second point, we need ceasefire. The most important thing for people in Ukraine to have really strong security. guarantees. NATO is the best, but weapon is very important.

Trump has appeared to go back and forth on selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying recently that the U.S. also needs them. He also dodged the question of whether he believes Ukraine must cede territory as part of an eventual peace agreement with Russia. This meeting comes just a day after Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the Kremlin described as productive. The King's younger brother is giving up his royal titles. The The announcement from Prince Andrew comes days before the publication of the memoir by his accuser, the late Virginia Jew free. Anna Cunningham reports. This is an extraordinary moment for the royal family, but it's not entirely unexpected.

Pressure has been growing on what to do about Prince Andrew. His connections with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continue to make headlines, as do his reported meetings with an alleged Chinese spy. In a statement, he acknowledges the accusations against him distract from the work of his majesty and the royal family. He confirms he will no longer be known as the Duke of York or Knight of the Order of the Garter. He will remain a prince by birthright. This is a public humiliation for Prince Andrew, who denies the allegations against him, but a decisive move for the royal family. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London.

Ottawa says the upcoming budget will contain more than $600 million in new border protection measures. Public Safety Minister Gary Hernandez-Sangery says the main plank is hiring 1,000 new border security officers. The focus of the 1,000 additional CBSC officers is to ensure that our agency has the best available men and women who could ensure the security of the border, but also do critical enforcement within Canada. The federal government will more than quadruple the CBSA's recruit stipend to $525 a week, and it will also improve benefits for border agents. The Alberta government failed to act on the conflict of interest of two staffers involved in health procurement contracts. That's the finding of a report into allegations of corruption during the process.

The former Manitoba judge Raymond Wyant found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Premier Danielle Smith or her ministers. Why it warns, however, he can't make definitive statements because of his limited powers, some individuals refused interviews and avoided answering some questions. And the St. Lawrence River is set to receive an influx of water from the Great Lakes. The river's low levels has left recreational boats stuck in place. Alison Northcott has the story. It's pretty tough, you know, to move the boat around.

At his marina northeast of Montreal, Yvonne Vanini says the water is far low. lower than usual, making it harder to get boats out for the winter. If you want to get out at the exit, there is not enough water, so they stuck over there. That's because a very dry summer in Quebec and the Great Lakes region has led to low water levels in the St. Lawrence River, says Jerome Marty, with the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Ottawa. What we are doing today is to allow for more water. We are raising artificially the level in the St. Lawrence River so that people...

can take their boat out of the water. He says the water is being released through two dams in Ontario and Quebec. The operation should last about 36 hours. The International Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Riverboard, says the impact on commercial navigation is expected to be minimal and temporary. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Thank you.