The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/12 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/12 at 11:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's The World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. House Democrats in Washington have released a new round of emails from the Jeffrey Epstein estate, and they appear to put Donald Trump closer to the Epstein sex trafficking ring than the U.S. president has previously admitted. Willie Lowry has more. This is the story that won't go away for President Donald Trump,

and it's just taken a pretty dramatic turn. House Democrats releasing emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggesting that Trump spent hours at his house with a victim. Now, Trump has long denied any knowledge or involvement in Epstein's crimes. And six years after his death, his name remains ever present in Washington as questions still swirl around his relationship to Trump. The president's MAGA movement has long been fixated on the Epstein files and demanded answers. Many in the movement have called for all of the files to be released.

The Trump administration has so far only released them in batches, but not all of them. This latest development, though, is bound to stoke interest and controversy. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Canada is hitting Russia with a new series of sanctions. Those who enable Russia's war will face consequences under Canadian law. Speaking at a G7 meeting in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, that is Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. The new sanctions target Russian energy revenues and a number of financial backers. In total, 13 individuals and 11 entities are named.

Many are involved in the development and the deployment. of Russia's drone program. At the Prime Minister Mark Carney, officially unveiling his government's second round of nation-building projects, CBC News has some advanced details and what we can expect to see on tomorrow's list. Janice McGregor reports.

Three of the projects that sources have confirmed to CBC Radio Canada prioritize critical minerals, including an expansion of the Nouveau-Mond graphite mine that's north of Montreal. The Crawford Nickel Project, North of Timmons, has also made this shortlist, as well as the Sisson Mine. This is an open-pit tungsten project that's northwest of Fredericton. An Inuit clean energy developer, the Nunavut-Nukiksaut Corporation, is also heading for the fast track following a $6 million federal investment earlier this year to revive a proposal to build a hydroelectric plant to replace the diesel-generated power that the city of Akaluit currently relies.

And the Prime Minister is heading to Prince Rupert to join proponents of the Cilissom's liquefied natural gas facility. That's a project that would build a new natural gas pipeline leading to a marine terminal on Pierce Island off BC's northwest coast. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Protesters and police have clashed at one of the venues at this year's COP 30 climate summit underway in Brazil. Susan Armistin has the details. Brazil's leadership at these climate talks had encouraged groups to demonstrate. and promised a voice for indigenous peoples, unlike the last three years of talks in Egypt, Dubai, and Azerbaijan, where spontaneous protests were forbidden. A group of indigenous people and others, some wearing their headdresses, burst through a security screening area.

A cordon of security staff struggled to hold them back, straining against the crush. At least two security staff were injured. Outside one of the territory, free... Outside one of the protesters said we want our territories free, but the business of oil exploration, mineral exploration, and logging continues. One observer from the Global Youth Coalition said some indigenous communities were frustrated, watching Belén build up infrastructure in the city in preparation for these talks, while money is desperately needed for education and health services.

Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Belen. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website. We're at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.