The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: November 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 04:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in the United Arab Emirates today. He's hoping to get billions of investment dollars for Canada. But as Karina Roman reports, Carney also faces criticism for trying to make a deal with the Gulf State. The world has changed fundamentally. Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet the United Arab Emirates president this week,

with hopes the two countries will sign a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement. The Gulf State is home to some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, and Carney's growing list of major projects needs capital. But the UAE faces allegations, ones it denies, that it's financially supporting a paramilitary group, committing atrocities in Sudan. And human rights experts argue any deal should come with a condition that the UAE stop backing the violence in Sudan.

Yona Diamond is Senior Legal Counsel at the Raul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights. How will he go down in history? Will he be remembered as someone who puts profits over the protection of a population facing destruction? After the UAE, Carney heads to the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, where he will continue his bid to diversify Canada's trading partners. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa. A gala dinner fit for a king and queen was held at Rito Hall in Ottawa last night. Their majesties, King Carl the 16th Gustav and Queen Sylvia of Sweden.

The Swedish royals were honored with a state dinner as part of their three-day visit. King Gustav spoke about the common values shared by the two countries. Canada and Sweden play on the same team. Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife Diana were there, but Governor General Mary Simon did not attend because she's still recovering from a respiratory virus. The Chief Justice of Canada Supreme Court stood in for her, and in a rare move, Richard Wagner gave a speech that touched on the current state of world affairs.

Recent years have reminded us that nothing is guaranteed, not peace, not democracy, not the global economic order, nor the alliances we have long relied upon. Sweden and Canada must remain steadfast defenders of these pillars. Governor General Mary Simon was released from an Ottawa hospital last week. Nunavut has a new Premier. John Main was chosen by his fellow politicians yesterday, following elections last month.

Nunavut has no political parties. Everyone runs as an independent, and the legislature uses a consensus model of government. T.J. Deere has more. Congratulations, Mr. Maine. It's a new era for Nunavut. The 7th Premier of the Territory will be John Mayne. He was chosen by his fellow MLAs in Nunavut's consensus system. In a short emotional speech, entirely in Inuktitut,

Maine thanked his fellow MLAs who voted for him and said he would work very hard. The first Kalunat, or non-inuk, to serve as Premier, Maine has been an MLA in the Nunavut legislature since 2017. He will now serve at the head of the territory's seventh government, and it's one that faces a lot of issues. A lack of housing, a suicide crisis, a high cost of living, just to name a few. There's no shortage of issues that need addressing in terms of which ones are going to be at the top of the list. That's a group exercise that we will be going through.

Also chosen on Tuesday were the eight members of Maine's cabinet as well as the Speaker of the House. They'll be sworn in on Thursday after a short sitting to confirm their positions. TJ Deere, CBC News, Akhaloui. The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that orders the U.S. Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. It will reach the U.S. Senate today. Senators have already agreed to fast track it without a vote. That means the bill is expected to land on President Trump's desk today. He'll need to sign it to finalize the passage. Epstein died by suicide behind bars, but the case continues to draw speculation

and conspiracy theory. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.