The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 13:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has received the draft of a U.S. plan to end the war with Russia. And senior U.S. officials are now in Ukraine to discuss the details. There are reports that the framework to end the fighting was jointly prepared by the U.S. and Russia. and it would require Ukraine to surrender territory and scale back the size of its military. The European Union's top diplomat, Kaya Kallas, says both Ukraine and Europe must be on board with the plan. The pressure must be on the aggressor, not on the victim.

Rewarding aggression will only invite more of it. Supporting Ukraine is a bargain compared to the cost of Russian victory. Kallas says the EU is also working on imposing new sanctions, which talks about, target Russia's shadow oil fleet. Those are older vessels with obscure ownership structures used by Moscow to evade international sanctions. The United Kingdom is tightening its immigration rules days after also announcing changes to its asylum system.

Interior Minister Shabana Mahmoud says newcomers will have to wait 10 years or more for their settled status and will have to comply with a number of conditions. Firstly, the applicants must have a clean criminal record. Secondly, they must speak English to a-level standard. Thirdly, they must have made sustained national insurance contributions. And finally, they must have no debt in this country. The proposed waiting period will be shortened for some groups, that includes partners of UK citizens, some public service workers,

and people who pay a higher tax rate. The Quebec Coroner's Office has launched an investigation into the actions of a funeral contractor, A video circulating online shows the man dragging a body on the ground. Steve Rukovina has more. The short video has no sound. It shows a man on a long second floor balcony of a walk-up apartment building in Quebec City. There's a body bag on the ground.

The man picks up one end of the bag and drags the body the length of the balcony headed towards the stairs. Annie Saint-Pierre is with a group representing workers in Quebec's funeral sector. St. Pierre says the video is shocking, whatever the context and shows a lack of respect for human dignity. The coroner's office confirms the man was a private funeral transporter in Quebec City working under contract for the coroner. That contract has been suspended and the coroner's office is investigating. It's also reached out to the deceased person's family to apologize. Steve Rukovina, CBC News, Montreal. Lawyers representing veterans are calling out an amendment in a new federal bill.

They say it could help the government's sidestep responsibility for a mistake that led to veterans overpaying for long-term care. The CBC's Kate McKenna has this exclusive story. It's about miscalculating long-term care contributions. Lawyer Malcolm Ruby says the federal government is trying to dodge responsibility for an expensive mistake. He is co-counsel in a proposed class action, alleging veterans overpaid, for long-term care for decades. Veterans' long-term care is subsidized. The law says they're only expected to pay an amount equivalent to the cost of room and

board in the least expensive province or territory. But Ruby says the government excluded the territories which cost less. That resulted in overcharges. A CBC News investigation first revealed this discrepancy. At the time, then, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government was looking into it. A year later, buried in a 600-page bill, the Kearney government proposed an amendment to exclude territories from the calculation retroactively.

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe-Champeng dismissed a question on why the government is doing this, but says the budget includes additional money to help veterans. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. And a painting by Frida Kahlo may fetch the highest price ever paid for a work by a female artist. The self-portrait showing the famous Mexican artist asleep on her bed goes up for auction today at Sotheby's in New York. Its estimated price is between 40 and 60 million U.S. dollars. That's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.