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

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

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

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From the CBC News the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. We begin in Gaza. After months of bloodshed and negotiations,

a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is now in effect. That's the sound of dozens of armed Hamas fighters in uniform and wearing black face coverings chanting as they pull three women out of a minivan and push them into another vehicle. It's the much anticipated transfer of the first three Israeli hostages to the custody of the Red Cross. Israel has also started releasing 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire deal. Now to Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Supporters of the hostages cheer as images of the transfer are played

on television. The hostages were taken to a hospital in the outskirts of Tel Aviv, where they were reunited with their families and given medical checks. Professor Atai Pissach speaks for the hospital. I'm happy to report that they are in stable condition. They are reunited with their families, and we will continue to monitor their clinical condition. This will take a few more days

until we complete all the examinations that are needed and treat whatever we find. Photographs have been released of the three women with their families, but officials are asking the media to respect their privacy going forward. There are now three frontrunners in the race for the Liberal Party leadership. Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney kicked off his campaign on Thursday, and today government House Leader Karina Gould and former Deputy Prime Minister Krista Freeland launched their campaigns.

Janice McGregor has more. Krista Freeland struggled to launch into her speech, but her packed room of supporters shouted down the pro-Palestinian protesters trying to disrupt her. If I am prime minister, Canada will never back down. She said she knows Donald Trump doesn't like her and she's ready to lead in the coming trade war. If Pierre Poliev is elected, he will be on the first flight to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring.

Earlier at her launch event in Burlington, Ontario, Karina Gould called for a pause in the consumer carbon tax. And I'm not too proud to change policies if they're not working for Canada. All three leadership frontrunners now say that they would not continue Justin Trudeau's climate policy. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. A federal court judge has agreed to expedite a hearing of a legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to prorogue Parliament. Two Nova Scotia residents have been given the go-ahead to seek an order setting aside Trudeau's decision.

They argue that prorogationation that is, prevents Parliament from dealing with pressing issues, including President Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canadian goods. The federal government says it's ready to introduce retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods as early as Monday, should incoming U.S. President Donald Trump act on his threat. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc laid out some of the details today. The initial plan would be to have a very short consultation period on a first round of counter measures if you will, tariffs in response to what they might do, but then it leaves us the opportunity to escalate as well, to take a bigger bite, to look at other sectors. These would be

temporary measures to get us, we hope, out from the other side of these tariffs. Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. It's a move that experts and lawmakers say would be devastating for the Canadian economy. Former Montreal Canadiens forward Marcel Bonin has died. Through his career, he won four Stanley Cups, three with the Canadiens. Bonin started out playing with the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins before joining the Canadians in 1957. Bonin was 93 years old.

And that is your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. And for news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.