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Also on the podcast Breaking the ice at the G20, Canada and India agree to restart trade talks after the relationship turned frosty and I hope they walk away feeling more confident in their ability to bring indigenous programming into the classroom. Lessons in truth and reconciliation inspire Manitoba teachers to take those concepts class. Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine ramped up today. The Trump administration is presenting its 28 point peace plan to a meeting in Geneva. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among those expressing concern with the blueprint. Some European leaders at the meeting say the document heavily favors Russia, but the US Insists progress is being made. Filip Lychenok has the latest on the front lines in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Unit Commander Vitaly Tracallo is not happy about the details of a leaked draft US Peace proposal, which would mean giving up the territory he's defending. Why are we fighting then? He says. What's the point of all these sacrifices on top of being asked to give up territory? The leaked 28 point peace plan is includes capping the size of the Ukrainian army, a prohibition on membership in NATO, and not allowing European troops in Ukraine. At the Halifax Security Forum, U.S. senator Jeanne Shaheen questioned the origins of the U.S. peace plan. I believe this is a Russian proposal. While he initially denied it in Geneva talks between the us, Ukraine and its European allies, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the origins of the plan. We began from the early stage of this process with our understanding of the Russian position as have been communicated to us. But it was a starting point that he says has generated more momentum towards a deal in months. This is a living, breathing document. Every day with input it changes. I honestly believe we'll get there at the G20 meeting in South Africa, European leaders, Japan and Canada said the plan needed work. After speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ukraine needs to be at the center of any negotiations. And today Zelensky posted on social media that there are signs President Trump's team hears us. US President Donald Trump has backed away from suggesting the plan was an ultimatum with a Thursday deadline. Professor Daniel Dresner teaches international politics at Tufts University. He says these talks may again be a false start. Much like the summit in Anchorage, Alaska between Trump and ra Russian President Vladimir Putin. We've already seen Russia express skepticism about a peace plan that apparently originated from them. The Ukrainians obviously are not thrilled with this. The Europeans have pushed back. And indeed the very fact that Donald Trump has backtracked, saying that the 28 point plan was not the final settlement, but rather initial starting point. I am relatively pessimistic that there'll be an actual peace plan. Meanwhile, Rubio says the talks will continue for as long as necessary. But U.S. and Ukrainian officials say Zelensky could fly to the U.S. this week. Felty Shannock, CBC News, Toronto. The G20 summit in South Africa has ended and Mark Carney is returning to Canada one step closer to a trade deal with India. The Prime Minister says negotiations are starting towards a deal that could more than double two way trade with India to more than $70 billion. CBC's Karina Roman has more from Johannesburg. Canada has quite an actual strong commercial relationship with India and Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to go even further. In his one on one meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, Carney ramped up efforts at rekindling relations with India by agreeing to launch talks towards a comprehensive trade deal. We don't have a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with India, one of the world's largest and fastest growing economies. Economies the ability to have more effective trade with them to scale that trade with them would be greatly helped by that. And Carney says that this can be done without losing sight of the ongoing investigation into the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada, a murder allegedly sponsored by India. Or that CSIS recently warned that India still poses a serious threat to some Canadians. We have to remain vigilant. Angling for more trade with India comes on the heels of Canada launching trade talks with the United Arab Emirates last week. Carney is almost singularly focused on diversifying Canada's markets to become less reliant on the US but what is his red line? Are there countries he wouldn't deal with no matter the financial opportunity, all relationships are not equal, they're not of equal depth. And certainly it's not the case when we engage with a country that we're endorsing everything that country does. The two do not follow. Carney says there are priority countries for Canada, while there are other regions that aren't top of the list. African countries certainly feel that hierarchy. Edward Afuko heads the political science department at the University of Fraser Valley in B.C. the government does seem to be losing sight of the major transformations that is taking place on the continent. It's quite mind boggling that we see this growth in mining, we see this growth in trade, and yet we seem not to see the opportunities that continent presents. In northern Canada, While at the G20, Carney launched talks for an investment agreement with South Africa. But he concedes in his first months as prime minister, he prioritized Europe, the U.K. mexico and Asia. So when you look at where's the most immediate return for Canadians, you start there. As to stalled trade talks with the U.S. carney was asked when he last spoke to President Donald Trump, who boycotted the summit. I've been busy. When pressed, Carney said, who cares? I mean, it's a detail. I'll speak to him again when it matters. Carney says maybe in the next two weeks. But he said he has nothing burning to talk about with Trump, adding that when Trump is ready to talk trade again, he knows how to reach Carney. Karina Roman, CBC News, Johannesburg. So while Carney isn't talking with Trump, he is speaking with Alberta's premier. They're expected to sign a deal this week that could get the province closer to a new oil pipeline. The PM was asked about it today. JP Tasker has his response and the major pushback to a potential project that would run through B.C. the center of gravity in the global economy is shifting after a swing through the Middle east and Africa to build trade ties. Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new oil pipeline to northwest B.C. could help Canada diversify its economy. What we are doing is a series of major investments, nation building projects that make our country stronger, more independent from the United States. Carney is locked in negotiations with Alberta Premier Daniel Smith on a plan for the province's energy future. Sources tell CBC News the prime minister is open to approving a pipeline that carries crude to the B.C. coast, then onto points in Asia. The federal government is also weighing exemptions to the Trudeau era BC oil tanker ban that blocks ships from carrying that production. Publicly. Carney says there's still some work to do before there's a deal in hand. Those discussions are ongoing. They have been constructive. There is a prospect of an agreement. It's not yet finalized. All of this is news to the B.C. premier. David Eby says he's been left out of talks on a project that could run right through his province. This project that just has no economic sense to it and is not being advanced by anyone other than a politician that frankly is in political trouble at home. That's a shot at Smith, who is urging naysayers to get out of the way. A lot of people wrap themselves in the flag talking about how much they support Canada, want to work together, and then when it comes right down to it, not everybody lives up to that commitment. Some B.C. first nations are also diametrically opposed, fearful a potential oil spill could ruin their pristine part of the province. Marilyn Slett is the president of Coastal First Nations, a group opposed to oil infrastructure in the region. This is our home. We rely upon a healthy ocean to sustain our way of life. And adding oil tankers to this is just not something that we can support. Still, oil patch boosters say the risk is worth it, especially with Canada's economy under threat. Jason Kenney is the former premier of Alberta. With the big trade challenges coming from south of the border we've got, I think we have to do things like this. If Ottawa gives this pipeline the green light, it would be another example of the prime minister doing a 180 on his predecessor's policies. Justin Trudeau pushed through the tanker ban and proposed an emissions cap on the oil and gas sector. Carney seems determined to go in a different direction. J.P. tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. In BC's Central coast, an operation is underway to capture a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs after a horrific attack on a group of elementary school students and their teachers. Yasmin Renea is in Bella Coola, where stories are emerging about the group's courage and bravery. Outside a youth center in Bella Coola, a bonfire burns to honor those hurt in Thursday's shocking attack. The centre is surrounded by forests where conservation officers are searching for three bears. Speaking from experience, this is probably the most dangerous thing that conservation officers do. Jeff Tyer with the BC Conservation Officer Service says based on witness accounts, it's likely that a mother grizzly bear with two cubs was involved in the attack on a group of about 20 elementary school students and teachers. The bears don't necessarily cooperate, but we're doing everything we can, working with the RCMP and the nation and want to reiterate again that we need people to stay out of our trap and snare sites. An RCMP helicopter with thermal imaging is searching in the air while additional RCMP and conservation officers have been dispatched to help on the ground. We're hoping to capture, take DNA and make some observations based on some of the interviews, some of the statements that were made to U.S. officials say they have not yet decided whether any of the bears will be euthanized. Tyre says any bears that are ruled to not be involved in the attack will likely be relocated. In total, 11 people were injured. Three children and one adult, part of an independent school run by the Newhalk Nation, remain in hospital with major injuries. Newhawk chief Samuel Schooner says it's going to be a long road to recovery, not only physically but mentally, you know, and the nation's just standing behind them and that, you know, that they're in our thoughts and prayers. He says stories are emerging about the teachers and students who heroically stepped in to save others and that those tales will be told eventually. You know how most people are running away from a fire and this one turned around and went right back into the fire and at that age, that simple heroic behavior to save our classmates. The fire at the youth centre will burn until tomorrow, with students expected to return to class Tuesday as they continue to process the tragedy. Yasmin Raneh, CBC News, Bella Coola, British Columbia. Several American lawmakers are coming forward to say they're being targeted, facing new concerns about their physical safety, including death threats. Some are pointing the finger directly at US President Donald Trump, blaming the sometimes violent language he uses, particularly on social media. Katie Simpson reports from Washington. I think almost immediately the security situation changed for all of us. Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin says she and some of her colleagues are dealing with a spike in threats to their safety, blaming US President Donald Trump after his pointed attacks against them on social media. Senator Mark Kelly is another Trump target. He should understand that his words have, you know, could have serious, serious consequences. Both lawmakers are among the Democrats who appeared in a controversial online video that has clearly upset Trump, a video with a direct message for American troops. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. Trump reacted strongly on social media. He called it seditious behavior punishable by death. The White House tried to walk back his comments, saying he wasn't actually threatening death, but his words resonated, according to Congressman Jason Crow, another Democrat in the video. When you have the president of the United States threatening to execute and to hang and to arrest using this rhetoric. People listen to it. During an interview Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant defended Trump this way, that there are 2.1 million service members and you're probably going to ask, you're probably going to say, oh, these service, these. The off the rails representatives have gotten death threats. What about the 2.1 million service numbers? They have put their lives at risk. There are now calls for calm coming from all across the political spectrum, including Republican Senator Rand Paul. The idea that calling your opponents traitors and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible. All of this comes as Trump ally turned critic Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her plan to resign from Congress, a decision she made after experiencing personal safety threats, which she too blames on Trump's rhetoric. I said go your own way. Greene's resignation surprised many in Washington, including Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who is often a target of Trump's attacks. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat. Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes. Trump's tone is not softening, at least not on social media. He continues to post a wide range of messages, often amplifying his attacks. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. You're listening to YOUR WORLD TONIGHT from CBC News. And if you want to make sure you never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the follow button and lock us in. Lebanon's health ministry says an Israeli airstrike on the capital, Beirut, has killed five people and injured at least 25. Israel's military says one of the dead is a senior member of Hezbollah. The strike comes almost exactly a year since a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. There have been many strikes on Lebanon since. This is the first on Beirut since June. As Tom Perry reports, there have also been Israeli attacks on Gaza. This weekend, Rescue workers, police and soldiers gathered around an apartment block in the southern suburbs of Beirut, staring up at a hole punched through the building and down at debris scattered on the ground. Israel says this attack was aimed at a senior commander from Hezbollah. Shosh Bedrosian is a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A short while ago, the IDF attacked the Hezbollah chief of staff in the heart of Beirut, who led the strengthening and arming of the terrorist organization. Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the attack upon the recommendation of the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff from Hezbollah. A furious response. This attack crosses a new red line, says Mahmoud Kamati deputy leader of the group's political council. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire nearly a year ago, and while it's been months since the Israeli military has struck Beirut, it's been hitting targets in southern Lebanon with increasing regularity. Hezbollah Benjamin Netanyahu met with his cabinet today and told them Israel was continuing to strike terrorism on several fronts, doing whatever is necessary, he says, to keep Hezbollah from regrouping and rearming. Striking as well in the Gaza Strip, where a ceasefire with Hamas is barely six weeks old, the Israeli military unleashed a string of airstrikes in north and central Gaza over the weekend, a response, Israel says, to Hamas firing on Israeli soldiers. In one attack near Gaza City on Saturday, crowds rushed to pull bodies from a flaming car blown to pieces by an Israeli strike. There's an attack every five minutes, says Abu Muhammad Ali. Every minute there's an attack. It's not a ceasefire. This is a lie. Gaza's health Ministry says this latest round of strikes killed more than 20 people and that more than 300 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks since the October ceasefire. Israel's military says three of its soldiers have been killed in that same period. Both Hamas and Israel accuse each other of violating their ceasefire agreement. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged the same accusations in Lebanon and in Gaza. Ceasefire deals have not eliminated the violence, just reduced its scale. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. In Nigeria, 50 of the over 300 children who were abducted by gunmen in the northwest have escaped. Armed bandits kidnapped the students and 12 teachers from a Catholic school on Friday. The Christian association of Nigeria says the children who escaped have reunited with their families. A major military led operation is currently underway to find the remaining captives. Last Monday, more than 20 girls were kidnapped from another school. Authorities in several states have now ordered schools to close. The US Government has noticed those mass kidnappings. Earlier this month, Donald Trump warned the Nigerian government that if it didn't protect its Christian citizens, the US Would go into the country guns a blazing. The government says it may use sanctions and military actions. As freelance reporter Kunle Babs tells us, those threats have sent shockwaves through Nigeria's economy. The naira weakened immediately after Trump's threat. People rushed to buy dollars out of fear. Adamo Saif runs Eboro Da Shon in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. He says Donald Trump's threat of possible military action in Nigeria sent traders and ordinary Nigerians into panic and the country's currency, Denaira, began to slide. Within 24 hours, Denarih recorded its biggest one day loss since June. In the last few days, more people are coming to buy dollars. Everyone just wants to protect their money before things get worse. The stock market also reacted sharply. The NGX All Share index plunged by nearly 1,400 points, wiping out about US$930 million in value in a single day. By week's end, total losses has climbed above US$2 billion as panic spread across equities, bonds and money markets. For a country already battling record high inflation, the shock has added even more pressure on the economy. When the naira falls, everything changes. Mary Gang sells clothes in one of Abuja's major markets. She says the currency instability makes running her business a daily challenge. Suppliers raise price, transportation costs go up, and customers buy less. You can't keep your business stable when the currency keeps falling. The United States is a significant trading partner to Nigeria, but the Trump administration's recent decision to classify Nigeria as a country of particular concern opened the doors for sanctions. Economists warn that this could further weaken Nigeria's already fragile economy. If the US Goes ahead with sanctions, it could disrupt trade, limit access to foreign credit, and reduce development funding. That would slow economic growth and worsen Nigeria's inflation and unemployment problems. Economist Andrew Ochono says Nigeria must act quickly to rebuild confidence and reduce its vulnerability to external shocks. The government needs to engage diplomatically with the US to avoid sanctions, but more importantly, strengthen domestic production and diversify exports. That's the only way to make our economy less dependent on foreign politics. For now, Nigeria's market remains on edge. For ordinary Nigerians, the fear is already real. Rising prices, unstable markets and shrinking incomes. Even if the sanctions never come, the anxiety has already taken its toll. Kunle Babs, CBC News, Abuja, Nigeria. A real estate project linked to Donald Trump's son in law is causing an uproar in Serbia. Jared Kushner's firm is aiming to build a Trump International Hotel on a historically sensitive site. The Serbian government pushed through a special law to allow for the redevelopment. Freelance reporter Guy Delaunay now on the public anger that followed. Thousands of people marched down one of Belgrade's main boulevards in early November towards the Defense Ministry complex. They surrounded the bomb damaged buildings with what they called a human wall. The protests are a reaction to the Serbian parliament's vote to allow a Trump International Hotel to be built on the site. The US President's son in law, Jared Kushner Co owns the company that will carry out the development. For the people on the streets, this is bitterly ironic. US planes bombed Serbia in 1999 and now there could be a tower bearing the current US President's name on the site of one of the most notorious NATO airstrikes. There's no end to the humiliation, says this man at the protest. It undermines our national identity and disrupts our culture and traditions. I used to work in this building, says another protester. It's part of our cultural heritage, and we simply can't give that away. The Defense Ministry complex is a collection of buildings at the heart of the city, sporting shattered windows, crumbling concrete and twisted metal. But it's been granted protected heritage status, both as a war memorial and in recognition of its architectural significance. Nikola Dubrovich was one of the greatest architects of that period of the 20th century. But this is the only and probably the most important building that he built in this country, and it's the only one in Belgrade. Danica Prodanovic is an architect and program director at the Belgrade Culture Center. Anything of that kind, any kind of hotel, and especially American hotel, then Donald Trump's son in law hotel, it's unacceptable. The most important thing from my point of view would be that our state find a way to reconstruct it on our own. Everything else is completely wrong. But the protests won't faze Serbia's president, Aleksandr Vucic. He says granting a concession to Jared Kushner's Affinity Global company was in Serbia's best interests. It's important to overcome the burden from 1999, he told me. We understand the importance of improving relations with the US And I think we've made a lot of good contacts in that regard. That is terribly important for this country. But people who know about property development doubt whether the location, which is full of government and diplomatic buildings, makes sense for a Trump International Hotel. They also warned that the lack of any bidding process may cause ill feelings among investors. If there's buildings that's owned by, in essence, the taxpayer, then there is an open market way of dealing with that. Andrew Pearson is the managing director of regional real estate developers IO Partners. There's lots of good local developers and lots of international developers working in Serbia for years who've invested tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions into that country. I'd feel a bit sad that I wasn't given the chance to buy that personally. The lack of transparency is one more factor that's brought the protesters to the streets. They say they're ready for a long struggle to block the development. Guy Delaunay for CBC News in Belgrade, Serbia. Teachers in Manitoba are getting a new lesson in reconciliation. Dozens of them attended a session last week on how to integrate truth and reconciliation concepts in their classes. Karen Pauls was there. This is part of a bundle. Our relative in the center, Mayagan cultural carrier Jeannie Whitebird is telling a group of Manitoba teachers about traditional Indigenous medicine and just take a little bit and even if it's just putting it on your arm. Her Inuit helper, Katie Mae Arawak Dunford, says, it's an honor to teach the teachers. I know the knowledge that I carry, I know the skills that I carry, and I know that I'm happy to share those in another room. The hand drum is one way of bringing community together. Not a performance, but a lesson on the significance of drumming. These teachers are learning about Indigenous cultures and how to incorporate those teachings into their classrooms. Denis Gringois teaches math and science in a French immersion middle school. It just makes you a little more aware of why certain issues may exist and how you can at least become knowledgeable so that we're all growing together as a cohesive and inclusive society. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission had several calls to action on education, including developing a curriculum on the history of residential school schools, treaties and Indigenous peoples, providing culturally appropriate teacher training through Indigenous communities, and giving students chances to learn from survivors. All three territories and at least six provinces have formal documented commitments to implement those calls to action, but it's still a work in progress, says University of Calgary education professor Yvonne Poitra Pratt. They're really fearful of teaching this material and then going into parent teacher interviews and having parents react very strongly negatively to the teaching of Indigenous perspectives. So they're hitting a lot of roadblocks, you know, that go well beyond the curriculum. Back at the professional development session, education student Ria Semenovich says this will help her be a better teacher. We want the students to start the thinking outside the box, right? And I think by bringing that perspective in, they are like, oh, it's not. We're all connected. We have to respect the land because it's not going to be here if we don't. Lanis Lasarchuk is planning to teach French and social studies. Her family is from the Caribbean, so she says she has a lot to learn herself. Things I don't know anything about, and now I'm curious to know more about and share that, and that's the whole point, says Kat Marsh, a Metis middle school vice principal. I think there's a lot of work to do, but I think that we're moving in a good way. I hope they walk away today feeling more confident in their ability to bring Indigenous programming into the classroom. The late senator, judge and TRC Chief Commissioner Murray Sinclair grew up and went to school in this community. He often said, education is what got us into this mess and it's the key to getting us out of it. Karen Pauls, CBC News, Selkirk, Manitoba and I a chorus you likely know well, except for where that drumbeat actually comes in, figuring it out has become a big challenge online. Tons of people like Scarlett Johansson trying and failing to nail the timing clap when this drum comes in. Okay? Song producer and Canadian David Foster admits it's hard. It has to do with the boom landing in between beats. Here's your shot to get it. The drum beat of I Will Always Love youe is coming up on youn World tonight. Always love you. I'm Stephanie Skenderas. Thanks for playing along. 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