The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: January 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 06:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.

We start with US President Donald Trump, who is flying to Los Angeles today for an on-the-ground look at the city's wildfire crisis. And he'll be meeting with the state governor, who Trump blames for much of the destruction. Steve Futterman reports. The burning question is whether Donald Trump will be willing to offer California federal aid. And if he does, will there be conditions?

I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down into there. Much of this has to do with Trump's relationship with his longtime critic Gavin Newsom. Trump says the California governor's policies have led to the deadly fires, especially what Trump says is a policy to prevent water from Northern California to come south. Newsom refutes the claim. Trying to be diplomatic, he says he welcomes Trump's visit. I'm glad he's coming out here. I'm grateful that the president is taking the time. I hope he does take the time to listen to the folks impacted directly. Meanwhile, thousands of firefighters continue to fight the various blazes.

One of the newest, the Hughes Fire is now more than 30% contained. Today, winds are expected to diminish and there is hope this weekend that there will be a bit of rain. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. A powerful winter storm complete with record winds is sweeping across Ireland and is headed to Scotland. This is a major weather event and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number one priority. Because of that we've had to make the very difficult decision to withdraw all of our ScotRail services to make sure that we keep everybody safe.

That's an official with ScotRail, Scotland's main train service. Scotland and Northern England are bracing for what Northern Ireland is being hit with right now. 180 kilometer an hour winds and heavy rain. Schools, buses, flights and ferries are all canceled and Ireland is under a red weather warning which is the highest level for public danger. Scotland and England at this point are under a yellow weather warning. CBC News has learned that Ontario Premier Doug Ford is planning to call an early election. And that call could come as early as next week. Lisa Shing has more.

Hopefully we'll have a strong mandate. Though he didn't outright say it, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is sending all the signals. I'm asking for a mandate from the people of Ontario to make sure that we protect them. And now CBC News has confirmed Ford is planning to call a provincial election next Wednesday which would send Ontarians to the polls at the end of February. This ballot is Ford versus Trump. Conservative strategist Andrew Brander says the timing is right.

The PCs are ahead in the polls and... Everyone is going to believe that there's a risk associated with President Trump. Ford has repeatedly said he needs a new mandate from Ontarians to spend billions of dollars in response to the potential economic devastation that would come with Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. Provincial opposition leaders say Ford already has a strong mandate and should not cause more uncertainty.

Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. With Israel and Hamas recognizing a ceasefire in Gaza, the United Nations is reporting that progress is being made in the delivery of emergency aid across the territory. Sasha Petrusic has the latest. The United Nations and other agencies have been quite happy with the increase in aid that's been able to make it in. They're saying that an average of 780 aid trucks are getting into Gaza from different entrances. Most of that is food, and they're especially happy that it is able to be distributed inside

Gaza. That was a big, big worry because of the condition of the roads, the infrastructure. Their only challenge now is that there's really nowhere to put this aid. It has to be distributed right away because there are no warehouses. Those have been destroyed. And it will be especially challenging over the next few days because a lot of people will be moving from the south to the north into Gaza City and those areas.

There are tent cities being put up there. But the aid demand is going to be huge there as well. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News on the Israel-Gaza border. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.