The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/19 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: January 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/19 at 05:00 EST

I distinctly remember hearing someone yell, stop that van. From CBC Podcast, an investigation into how young men are being recruited and radicalized on the internet. And she asked me if I was friends with a guy named Alec Manassian. By a new supercharged form of hate. On Facebook, police say he wrote the incel rebellion has already begun. A dark online subculture that's spilling over into the real world. Boys Like Me, available now on CBC Listen and everywhere you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. After a nearly three hour delay,

a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is now underway. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accused Hamas of not living at its end of the bargain and providing the names of the first three hostages being released today. Hamas said the holdup was strictly a technical issue. It also announced that four other living captives will be freed in a week. The ceasefire means a pause in the 15-month-long conflict. Now at this time, the ceasefire means a pause in the 15-month-long conflict. Now at this time the ceasefire was supposed to take effect, some Gazans were celebrating outside Al-Aqsa

Hospital. That didn't last though, with Israel's military launching fresh attacks in Gaza during the delay in the ceasefire. Local health officials say at least eight people were killed. Crews are maintaining the upper hand on the two major fires burning around Los Angeles. There are warnings of more high winds that could fan those flames. They are expected as soon as tomorrow, but last night was a time to mourn the lost. Steve Futterman has more. It has been a week and a half since the fires broke out.

This was a time for reflection, an evening vigil. the fire. The fire was started in the middle of the night. It's been a week and a half since the fires broke out. This was a time for reflection and evening visual crosses were set up one for each of the deaths confirmed so far. People showed up to pay respects. I know it's making me feel things

I never felt before. There were prayers. Some brought candles. Others placed flowers in front of the crosses. You can feel that emotion and that connection. Being here means a lot. Meanwhile, the fight goes on to contain the two major fires, and fire crews continue to make progress. The largest of the fires, the Palisades fire, is now 49% contained. The Eaton fire is 73% contained. Initial recovery efforts are underway,

but it will take years and billions of dollars to return these areas destroyed to something even close to what they once were. Steve Thuderman for CBC News, Pasadena, California. TikTok is now banned in the U.S., but President-elect Donald Trump is considering granting a 90-day reprieve. Still banned or not, content creators are looking to pivot to what's next. Phil Bleishanok reports. For TikToker Dustin Tyler, there is no substitute. You know, you can use other platforms. It's just not the same. Let's just say I make enough to pay my bills.

That income could be cut off with the ban on the Chinese-owned app. And while incoming U.S. President Donald Trump says he's leaning towards postponing that ban for 90 days to allow the company to sell itself to American owners, analyst Kelsey Chickering says it would be wise for content creators to look for alternatives. Social media platforms can come and go and you have to diversify your content to be successful in this business. Red Note, another China-based app, has had huge interest from so-called TikTok refugees.

But Philip Mai, who runs the social media lab at Toronto Metropolitan University, is skeptical. The Red Note thing, I think, is a fad. It was a protest vote more than anything else. Trump is expected to announce his decision on postponing the TikTok ban on Monday. Philip LeShannok, CBC News, Toronto. Protesters stormed a court in Seoul Sunday morning

after it extended the detention of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yul. Yoon is the first sitting president to be arrested. He's accused of insurrection after his brief declaration of martial law last month. The court added 20 days to Yoon's time in custody. His supporters were waiting outside the court and rushed the building shortly after the decision.

Yoon says he was shocked by that. He's asking people to express themselves peacefully and police to be tolerant. Dozens of protesters were arrested. Two leadership candidates for the Liberal Party are officially launching their campaigns this morning. Former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland kicks hers off in Toronto, while Government House Leader Karina Gould begins hers west of the city in Burlington, Ontario. They join the other heavy hitter in the race, former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.