The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 00:00 EST

Hi, I'm Michelle Sheppard, host of Uncover Charmini from CBC Podcasts. In 1999, 15-year-old Charmini Anandavale disappeared on her way to a job that police believe didn't exist. Four months later, her remains were found in a wooded ravine. I revisit the case that has stayed with me for over 20 years, ever since I first covered it as a Cub Crime Reporter for the Toronto Star. You can find Uncover Sharmini on CBC Listen or on your favorite podcast app. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. After 15 months of fighting, the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is underway. Eight convoys are entering Gaza. Displaced

Palestinians are heading back to see what's left of their homes. And the first three hostages were released. The CBC's Sasha Petrasek reports from Jerusalem. There were cheers and tears from the families of the first hostages released today. three women, one abducted by Hamas militants from a music festival, the other two taken from their kibbutz, handed over to the Red Cross in a crowd of armed Hamas militants, and later to the Israeli military. Spokesman Daniel Hagari. Our mission is not over until every single hostage comes home. Joy too from Palestinians who welcome the release of 90 detainees, women and children

released from Israeli prisons in exchange for the hostages. But the real excitement in Gaza was over the freedom to return to neighbourhoods they fled because of war. Shocking my house was bombed and destroyed says Shadi al Hamas, but God willing we will rebuild. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. There are now three front-runners in the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader. Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney launched this past Thursday, and on Sunday, Government House Leader Karina Gould and former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland began their campaigns. Rafi Boujikhanian has more.

My name is Karina Gould and I'm running to be the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Unlike Freeland and her other big contender for the job, former back of Canada Governor Mark Carney, nobody was expecting Gould to take a run at this gig until a couple of weeks ago. I think what Canadians need as a country is to have a leader who has the confidence of the party, and more importantly, a leader who has the confidence of the country. And once the contest is over, it won't be long before whoever wins faces off against Pierre Polievre in the next federal election. For now, the liberal leadership contenders are seeking endorsements from their colleagues

in caucus. Frelon has the edge in sheer numbers so far, collecting about two dozen names. But on Sunday, Carney got a key voice to back him, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie, seen as a key organizing force in Quebec, Rafiou Boudicani on CBC News, Toronto. And at Christa Freeland's campaign launch, pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the event.

This woman screamed as she was escorted out of the event, accusing Freeland of genocide. Freeland supporters tried clapping in a bid to drown out the hecklers. Donald Trump will be sworn in again as President of the United States on Monday, and Trump says he'll begin his term by signing nearly a hundred executive orders including import tariffs. JP Tasker reports. Trump has promised tariffs that have the potential to throw Canada's economy into a tailspin. He's considering several options including a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. We think we've done a lot of good advocacy work but we're also now ready to respond whatever decisions he makes.

If Trump slaps a tariff on Canada right away, the federal government is ready to hit back with retaliatory measures, including tariffs of our own on $37 billion worth of American goods. Finance Minister Dominic de Blas. It's not something that we want to do. We will do it in response if the Americans decide to do it. There's also the possibility of more draconian measures like cutting off Canadian oil, something Alberta Premier Daniel Smith has outright refused to do.

But Ontario's Doug Ford wants to go all in, announcing today there will be provincial countermeasures beyond what Ottawa has in the works. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene a special meeting of his cabinet just hours after Trump takes the oath of office. JP Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neil Hurland.