The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/19 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: January 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/19 at 08:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Faye. To the Middle East. Celebrations in Khan Yunis, Gaza, where the long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect earlier this morning, nearly three hours after it was supposed to start. Overnight, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed it, saying Hamas had failed to provide the list of hostages due to be released today. But against the backdrop of more shelling in Gaza, the names were finally handed over.

Three women, two in their 20s, one in her 30s. And the ceasefire went into effect at 4.15 a.m. Eastern this morning. Final preparations are underway for the inauguration of Donald Trump. Freezing weather has forced the proceedings indoors. But as Peter Armstrong reports, that hasn't kept thousands of Americans from flooding to Washington. Say what? Ain't no powerless power!

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. And Donald Trump's invitation list is breaking with tradition. Presidential inaugurations are considered domestic US events, but Trump is making exceptions. Anna Cunningham explains.

It's looking like the who's who of European right-wing populists. The office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney confirming she is attending. She met Donald Trump at his Florida home earlier this month. On the guest list also Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It's clear Europe's centrist mainstream politicians have been sidelined and space made at the inauguration for far-right and nationalist politicians. I've been unwavering in my support for Donald Trump.

The guest list includes not Britain's Prime Minister, but the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage. Also attending a French ultra-nationalist convicted of hate speech who expounds a far-right racist conspiracy theory. They've all voiced praise and admiration for President-elect Trump and all will be hoping to have his ear once he's in the White House. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. TikTok is no longer available in the US.

User Justin Nathanson recorded his experience trying to access the app last 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. 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. The law orders TikTok owner China's ByteDance, to sell the US operation to an approved buyer, but ByteDance insists it is not selling. Meanwhile, incoming President Trump is hinting he will grant a reprieve on his truth social this morning, a short message read, save TikTok in all caps,

followed by an exclamation mark. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.