The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 13:00 EST

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the u.s has presented kev with its draft plan to end the war with russia but the proposal calls on ukraine to make concessions that would cost it territory and dramatically weaken its sovereignty Chris Brown reports. Now is one of the most difficult moments in our history, President Vladimir Zelensky said outside of Kiev's presidential palace, underscoring that accepting the 28-point plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump would leave his country in a terrible position.

He said accepting means either the loss of dignity or the risk of losing a key partner, the United States. Zelensky appeared to confirm that Trump wants his approval by Thursday, or else the U.S. will cut off intelligence sharing and other assistance. The plan would force painful concessions on Ukraine, such as turning over territory in the Donbass region to Russia. EU head Ursula von der Leyen, proclaiming only Ukraine can determine its own future. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. Zolensky already appears to be unwilling to say yes to Trump's plan as it stands. He indicated he's working with the U.S. on alternatives.

Chris Brown, CBC News, London. And we need a just sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine. UN chief, Antonio Guterres, says any peace deal should respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Guterres was speaking in Johannesburg, where heads of states are gathering for a G20 summit, but President Donald Trump will not be among them. The U.S. is boycotting this gathering because of widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in South Africa. Canada Post lost more than half a billion dollars in the third quarter of this year.

The corporation says it is the largest quarterly loss in its history. It says uncertainty caused by the ongoing labor action is driving customers towards its competitors, causing the revenue from all-important parcel deliveries to drop by 40%. A multi-party committee looking into intimate partner violence in Ontario is coming undone. After a year and a half of work, the new Democrats have walked out, saying the Ford government is ignoring the voices of survivors. Megan Fitzpatrick has more. I would say, you know, it's very disheartening.

NDP, MPP, Kristen Wong-Tam, says their party is so disappointed with how a committee studying intimate partner violence is playing out that they're abandoning it. The new Democrats walked out Thursday as the group started writing its final report. They're not allowed to disclose what happened behind closed doors, but told reporters, Ontario's official opposition believes that we must now produce our own dissent. report to ensure that survivors' voices and calls for change are heard.

The NDP first pitched legislation to declare intimate partner violence and epidemic in early 2024. In response, the Ford government suggested doing an in-depth study on root causes and solutions. Survivors and experts testified in hearings in Toronto, but planned travel to rural and indigenous communities never happened. Wong-Tam says their party can't stand by the report as it's currently being written. The Ford government has yet to comment. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Toronto. A Regina police officer has pleaded guilty to breach of trust after illegally accessing police databases. Sergeant Robert Semenchuk used the information to pursue intimate relationships

with women. Semenchuk has been with Regina Police Service for more than two decades. Investigators believe his conduct goes back several years, but they're not sure how many women the sergeant might have contacted. And the third season of the professional women's Hockey League begins tonight. Minnesota working in the zone. And Friday's chance here. Phillips has a chance. These were the final moments of last season,

which saw the Minnesota charge crowned champions for a second time. Two new teams are stepping onto the ice this season, the Vancouver Golden Eyes and the Seattle Torrent. It's the league's first ever expansion, but it's already eyeing, adding as many as four more teams as early as next year. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.