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

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

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

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. House Democrats in Washington have released emails from the Jeffrey Epstein estate that appear to raise questions about Donald Trump's knowledge of the crimes committed by the convicted sex offender. In one email, Epstein writes, the U.S. president, quote, spent hours at my house with a teenage girl who was later identified as one of Epstein's victims. In another email, Epstein considers how to address the news media about his relationship with Trump. This says Trump was becoming a national political figure. Trump has always denied

any knowledge of Epstein's sex trafficking operation. Epstein died by suicide in federal prison in 2019. Canada has announced a new round of sanctions against Russia. 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, and total 13 individuals and 11 entities are named. Many are involved in the development and the deployment of Russia's drone program. Meanwhile, after a year-long campaign, Russian troops are on the verge of taking control of a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine.

Breyer Stewart has a story. A video on social media shows a small group of Russian troops in Pekrovsk. Some move on motorcycles through dense fog. A Ukrainian drone operator who CBC News is only identifying by his military call sign, Goose, says several hundred Russians are now. inside the city. Much more Russians than it was before. Almost all of the city now is a grey zone because it is not controlled by our side or the Russian side. Another military officer told CBC news that Ukraine's infantry is outnumbered. Pekrovsk used to be a key transportation and railhub. Russia is now trying to encircle it and set up military positions in the city. At one time it had

60,000 residents. Now Ukraine believes amid the fighting when thousand civilians still remain. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, London. Venezuela is mobilizing its military as the United States now has its largest warship in the Caribbean Sea. The White House says it's targeting drug traffickers in the region, but there are fears the U.S. is preparing to bring down the Venezuelan government. Willie Lowry reports. This has all been building since early September, when the U.S. The U.S. started striking alleged drugboats in the Caribbean.

To date, it's launched 19 strikes killing at least 75 people. President Donald Trump says it's all about keeping Americans safe and drugs out of the country, but he's also publicly toyed with the idea of regime change in Venezuela. The U.S. State Department has a $50 million reward out from President Nicholas Maduro. It views the longtime Venezuelan president as an illegitimate leader and cartel member. The international community is on high. High alert. The U.K. has reportedly suspended intelligence sharing on drugboats in the Caribbean with the U.S., one of its closest allies, a move that would suggest it's concerned by the legality of these U.S. strikes, and they're not alone.

Colombia, an important South American ally, says it's suspending intelligence sharing with the U.S. until the strikes stop. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. For many Canadian travelers, the U.S. boycott continues. News. The latest update from Statistics Canada shows Canadian visits to the U.S. by car were down by about 30% last month as compared to October of 2024, and the number of trips by air is off by about 24%. For work or for pleasure, more than 1.8 million Canadians visited the United States last month. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cBCNews.ca. News. I'm Joe Cummings.