The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/23 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/23 at 00:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. Canada's First Minister held a virtual meeting Wednesday to discuss the possibility of a tariff war with the U.S. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, one of the proposals involves removing inter-provincial trade barriers. Why is it so hard to send a bottle of wine from one province to another? Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston expressing frustration with inter-provincial trade barriers. We should have a lot of pride in what we produce here. The problem has existed since confederation but now there's growing consensus among premiers to cut the red tape in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's terror threat. Ottawa is preparing a strong retaliatory response, but Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe doesn't

agree with the entire approach. Broad-based tariffs, dollar-for-dollar tariffs with the U.S. is not in Canadians' best interests. Moe is siding with Alberta Premier Daniel Smith, who also disagrees with using energy exports as leverage. But Moe and Smith do agree with the need for trade diversification, a subject the federal government is convening an urgent meeting on next week. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa.

Every U.S. federal employee who works in diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, is about to be fired. the Trump administration is placing all of them on leave Paul Hunter reports at a rally in Washington the day before he was sworn back in as US President Donald Trump made his promise yet again but we're going to stop the destructive and divisive diversity, equity and inclusion mandates. Among the many executive orders signed off on by President Trump soon after the inauguration, Our country is going to be based on merit again. One aimed at dismantling federal DEI practices, which are aimed at promoting fair treatment

for everyone in the workplace. All federal workers that oversee DEI practices have been put on administrative leave. Mark Morial is president of the National Urban League, a civil rights organization based in New York. What this is about is saying we're no longer going to have protections in the government against discriminatory practices. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Prince Harry has settled a lawsuit against a British tabloid publisher which will pay

him damages and give a rare public apology. Thomas Dagler reports. Instead of opening an explosive trial that was set to begin this week, Prince Harry's lawyer emerged from a London courthouse claiming victory. News UK is finally held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law. In a last-minute deal, Harry has now agreed to settle his lawsuit against the company behind the Sun tabloid.

Its publisher admitting for the first time, the newspaper's private investigators broke the law to dig up dirt as early as 1996. For years, Harry has accused the tabloids of illegal phone hacking and other dirty tricks. The publisher now says it's sorry for what it describes as the damage inflicted on Harry's relationships, friendships, and family.

The Duke of Sussex will receive a big payout as well, reportedly worth $20 million or more. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. Israel has selected a woman who survived the deadly attack on the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, as its contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Yuval Rafael won a music competition show in Israel tonight. She will now go on to represent Israel at this year's Eurovision in Switzerland. Rafael survived the Hamas attack on the Nova Festival by hiding under a pile of dead bodies for eight hours. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.