The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: January 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 20:00 EST

Mama, look at me. Brum, brum. I'm going really fast. I just got my license. Can I borrow the car, please, Mom? Kids go from 0 to 18 in no time. You'll be relieved they have 24-7 roadside assistance with intact insurance. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. In the U.S., deportation flights have begun as President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to remove everyone in the US illegally. But one mayor is accusing law enforcement of targeting legal American

citizens as well. Mitch McCann has more. As Donald Trump works fast towards fulfilling his signature campaign promise, the White House has released an image showing what it says are undocumented migrants being led onto a military plane reportedly bound for Guatemala on Thursday night. We're getting the bad, hard criminals out. These are murderers. These are people that have been as bad as you get, as bad as anybody you've seen. The deportations have left Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, furious.

He claims a local establishment was raided by immigration officers who even questioned a military veteran, despite him proving he was a US citizen. When I got this information, I was appalled, upset, angry that this would happen here in this state, in this country, that this would be allowed. During the campaign, Mr. Trump promised the largest deportation program in U.S. history, Mitch McCann for CBC News in New York. And tonight the Trump administration confirmed that Mexico has refused its request to allow a military plane to land in the country.

According to officials in the U.S. and Mexico, the military aircraft was carrying migrants that had been deported by the Trump administration. Defense Minister Bill Blair says Canada can hit the NATO defense spending target of 2% of GDP within two years. That timeline is about six years earlier than what the Prime Minister announced in July. Blair says while hitting the target is absolutely achievable, it will depend on when the government has the funding. I believe it could take us as much as two years to get to that level of capability because it takes time to get the people in that we need to make the foundational investments to support them. Blair made the comments as the Liberal caucus met to discuss Canada-U.S. relations.

President Trump has complained about NATO allies not paying their fair share, and now says they should spend 5 percent. According to NATO, Canada spent roughly 1.37 percent of GDP last year. Israel and Hamas have an agreement in place for the second swap under the ceasefire deal. The exchange will take place on Saturday. Meantime, Palestinians are returning to the southern part of Gaza. Many are searching for loved ones they believe are buried in the rubble. Chris Brown has the story. As many as 10,000 bodies may be buried under Gaza's rubble, says Gaza's

emergency service. Every day, dozens more are found and the death toll ticks higher, with more than 47,000 dead and counting, say local health officials. As Palestinians use the ceasefire to conduct painful searches, Israelis are also coming to observe the impact of 15 months of war on the territory next door. In the community of Deir Eod, where Hamas gunmen killed dozens on October 7th, a lookout lets people see the destruction in places like Biet Hanun and Jabalia, only a kilometer or two away. As Israel Shimon peers through his binoculars, he says once the remaining Israeli hostages

are returned, he wants the war to resume. We're not finished with the job yet. What's the job? Destroy all the buildings of the terrorists. Chris Brown, CBC News in Deir Eid Israel. The Israeli army says it will not complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by the Monday deadline. The Netanyahu government accuses Lebanon of failing to fully enforce the ceasefire agreement. It ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The federal government is making just over $1 billion in repayable funding available to Canada Post. The money should help Canada Post remain solvent and continue operating while dealing with significant financial challenges. The corporation has recorded significant losses since 2018. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.