The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/25 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: January 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/25 at 21:00 EST

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is racking up more key endorsements. Defense Minister Bill Blair and Transport Minister Anita Anand are throwing their support behind the former banker and as Lovie Stevanovic

reports, all that momentum has made him a target of the Conservatives as well. This is a guy who might be Prime Minister in six weeks and he has yet to announce a single policy. Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantzman tried to get ahead of Mark Carney's latest campaign stop in Toronto, but it didn't go exactly as planned. We want to know what Mark Carney promised Mr. Erskine Smith for his endorsement today. Local Liberal MP and newly appointed Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine Smith interrupted Lantzman just before endorsing Carney as the next Liberal leader.

Canadians are going to know exactly what we intend to do. Carney says he intends to release policy details by the end of next week. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Candidates for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are gathering today to discuss strategy at a Premier Doug Ford's election call next week. Philip Lee Shanock reports. Heading into a Mississauga hotel, Ontario finance minister Peter Bethlen-Falvey says it's worth calling an election to strengthen Ontario's hand in crucial discussions with

US President Donald Trump. We're going to ask for the people to give us the mandate to do everything in our power to protect the economy. But former conservative staffer and strategist Jamie Ellerton says this meeting is about more than tariffs. Think of it as like a team-building retreat. MPP standing for re-election new candidates and their campaign managers all get support from party officials. Premier Doug Ford will make a speech and be available for photos with candidates and staff will suggest

messaging for them. But Ellerton says even an election being heard will be a challenge. With President Trump and the daily barrage of headlines that is essentially sucking up all the oxygen people only have so much time in a day. Ford's government has a healthy lead in the polls though that could change during the month-long campaign. Philip E. Shannok, CBC News, Toronto. In Israel, Four families got to hug their daughters for their first time in 15 months today. Hamas freed the female soldiers in a hostage-for-prisoners exchange, part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Doctors say all are in stable condition. Hours later in the occupied West Bank, crowds of people cheered as buses arrived with some of the 200 released Palestinian detainees on board. But it wasn't all smooth. Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari. Hamas failed to meet its obligations to first release Israeli female civilian hostages as part of the agreement.

We are determined to return to the return of our Be'el Yahud, an Israeli citizen kidnapped from near Oz. Israel says that in response it will not keep its promise to allow Gazans to return to their homes in the northern part of the territory. Mediators are trying to resolve the dispute. U.S. President Donald Trump has fired a dozen inspectors general from several government agencies. They're independent watchdogs for fraud, waste and abuse. Members with both parties in Congress are criticizing the move, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Inspectors General can be vital for keeping the government

honest. They're the ones who tell the truth and shed light on bad behavior. And we all know that there's nothing Donald Trump is more afraid of than someone who is independent. The role was first established in the late 1970s after the Watergate scandal.

Staff shortages in Saskatchewan and Manitoba have prompted the RCMP to issue an unusual call for help. Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore is asking members and reservists to consider signing up for two-week stints in either province. However, some municipal leaders are worried that temporarily shifting officers around could leave their home detachment's stored staff. That is your World This Hour for CBC News. I'm Mike Miles.

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