The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/19 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: January 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/19 at 04:00 EST

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I'm Mike Miles. We begin with the latest on the stalled ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israeli Rail Admiral Daniel Higary explained what's been holding it up. As of this morning, Hamas is not fulfilling its commitment, and contrary to the agreement, the names of the returning hostages have not yet been transferred to the State of Israel as of this time. At the direction of the Prime Minister, the ceasefire will not take effect, as long as Hamas does not fulfill its commitment. Hamas insists the delay was only technical, but it has given mediators the names of those first three Israeli hostages. And Israel has just confirmed it has that list.

Meantime, Israel has been striking targets in Gaza past the deadline, with Palestinian health officials say at least eight people are dead. On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day in the United States, Canadian politicians are heading down for the big event, including Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the only Premier who didn't endorse the federal response to Trump's proposed tariffs on Canadian goods. Sam Sampson is more. Our job is going to be to work overtime, that we can make the case for car votes.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's message has been the same for a week. If Trump brings in a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, she wants an exemption for oil and gas. She talked energy resources when she met Trump at Mar-a-Lago last weekend, and she's doing the same in D.C. as she heads to the Capitol for Trump's inauguration. Gary Marr, CEO of the Canada West Foundation, says Smith is doing what her predecessors have for decades, creating separate relationships with governors who value Alberta's trade. Those are the people that can actually help influence a president. But critics like Nahed Menchie, leader of Alberta's NDP, say Smith is hurting Canada

if she doesn't get on board with possible export taxes or bans on U.S. oil trade. Now she's acting in Danielle Smith's best interests, potentially in President Trump's best interests. Smith will stay in D.C. for a few days after Trump's swearing in. More meetings, her office says, to build relationships. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton. Final preparations are underway for tomorrow's ceremony. Freezing weather has forced the proceedings indoors,

but as Peter Armstrong reports, that hasn't kept thousands of Americans from flooding into Washington. Thousands of protesters marched through Washington Saturday to voice their discontent with the incoming president. The march is a far cry from the enormous nationwide crowds it took to the streets ahead of Donald Trump's first inauguration. We won't go back! And yet Donald Trump is going back to the White House and the streets of the Capitol are full of mega hat wearing, sign carrying enthusiasts. My purpose here is to support President Trump.

The meticulous planning for the inauguration was scrapped this weekend as Trump announced the ceremony will be held in the Capitol Rotunda because of what he called very cold weather. The bigger issue, his organizers handed out more than 220,000 tickets for a ceremony that will now be held in the Capitol Rotunda. Ronald Reagan was inaugurated there in 1985, and back then only 96 people were invited. For a president as exercised about crowd sizes as Trump is probably not how he wanted to get things started. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington.

TikTok is no longer available in the U.S. User Justin Aethensen recorded his experience trying to access the app Saturday night. It's just a few minutes to 11 o'clock Eastern Standard Time, and I'm going to open TikTok through the App Store first. However, it isn't available. Going through the app. Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now. The service was taken offline more than an hour

before a law banning the China-owned app took effect at midnight Eastern time. That law prohibits Apple and Google from making the app available and server companies from providing infrastructure. TikTok is hoping incoming President Trump will reverse that ban. Saturday, Trump said he was considering an exemption to allow TikTok to operate. The law orders TikTok owner China's ByteDance to sell the U.S. operation to an approved buyer, but ByteD Dance insists it is not selling.

That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.