The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: January 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 23:00 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, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles.

America is powering ahead with efforts to secure its borders with US immigration authorities ramping up raids and arrests as the President tries to make good on his promise of mass deportations. Paul Hunter reports from Washington. Security video shows what appears to be the tail end of the raid. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE agents, with a man apparently handcuffed after being apprehended at a seafood depot in Newark, New Jersey. The latest signal, President Donald Trump's long-promised deportations of undocumented migrants in this country are underway.

People were fingerprinted. Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, a city that has pledged to protect migrants, says there was no warrant. None of these people were rapists or murderers or criminals. It's believed there are some 11 million undocumented migrants in America. Trump has suggested all are now targets. He's already using the U.S. military to help out. The White House releasing photographs of a number of migrants being marched onto a military

cargo plane in Texas for deportation. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. The Trump administration has confirmed Mexico has refused its request to allow a military plane to land in the country on Friday. According to officials in the U.S. and Mexico, the military aircraft was carrying migrants that had been deported by the Trump administration. Israel and Hamas have an agreement in place for the second swap under the ceasefire deal. That exchange will take place Saturday. Meantime, Palestinians are returning to the southern part of Gaza, many searching for loved ones they believe 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 the 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 have not finished the job yet. What's the job? Throw away all the buildings of the terrorists. Chris Brown, CBC News in Deir Eid, Israel. The federal image industry minister is accusing Amazon of not being honest with them during

a conversation about the closure of the company's Quebec distribution centers. Francois-Philippe Champagne spoke Friday in Ottawa. Wednesday, Amazon said it would shut down at seven sites in the province. It says cost-cutting is the reason, not because workers at Laval warehouse recently unionized. Champagne says the company didn't give him the whole story when it came to job losses. This is also about treating Canada with respect. Not only we had a discussion, but in a way that is hard for me to understand, they did not even mention to me that they would lay off more people after we had our conversation.

I have seen better corporate citizens in my life. According to data from Quebec's Labor Ministry, nearly 1,500 people will be laid off at Amazon partner companies. That's in addition to the nearly 1,700 permanent employees losing their jobs at the online retailer. In a letter to the CEO of Amazon, Champagne called on the multinational to immediately reconsider the Quebec closures. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu says the province is preparing two budgets in response to threats of U.S. tariffs. One will account for assistance to affected industries. The province also plans to launch a new website and phone number Monday for people to call to ask questions about the tariffs

and a new U.S. trade council has been created. It recludes representatives from major industries in Manitoba like agriculture and mining. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.