The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/25 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: January 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/25 at 22:00 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 Mike Miles. There were joyous scenes in both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory Saturday as the second hostages for prisoners exchange took place under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. But as Chris Brown reports, it didn't go entirely smoothly. 19-year-old Liri Albag falling into the arms of her tearful mother and father after being returned to Israel.

This was the second such hostage release of the week-long ceasefire, but this time in Gaza City there was less chaos and even more stage management by Hamas at the handover site. A couple of hundred fighters wore black balaclavas and combat fatigues as the militants brought the women up onto a stage in a striking propaganda display. In the Palestinian territories more than a hundred prisoners freed from Israeli jails were brought by bus to Ramallah in the West Bank. Some of those freed were hardened criminals but all were picked up and carried through the crowd as heroes. But the day didn't pass without

disagreement. Israel had demanded a civilian be released, and when she was not, its military refused to let tens of thousands of Palestinians return to the northern part of the territory. Chris Brown, CBC News in Tel Aviv. Can you hear me okay? Yes, we can hear you. Elon Musk addressed via video a Saturday rally by far-right party AFD or

alternative for Germany. The US tech billionaire and ally of Donald Trump has been accused of interfering in European politics with his comments about British and German politicians. Musk called AFD Germany's best hope for the future. It's okay to be proud to be German. This is a very important principle. Fight for a great future for Germany. Fight for a great future for Germany. Go, go, go.

This is a promise to this everyone. Let's go. Many AFD policies align with Trump, including opposition to immigration and denial of climate change. It's currently polling at 20%, seen as a record for a far-right party policies align with Trump, including opposition to immigration and denial of climate change. It's currently polling at 20%, seen as a record for a far-right party in post-war Germany. The country goes to the polls later next month.

The deputy leader of the federal conservatives held a news conference outside a Toronto bar where housing minister Nate Erskine Smith was set to announce his support for Mark Carney. Michelle Lansman was criticizing the apparent liberal frontrunner when Erskine Smith arrived. I think Canadians... I just wanted to welcome you to VCCR. Thank you. And a Canadian? I want to know what you promised Mark Carney.

I want to buy you a drink. Perfect. And I promised him nothing. We want to know what Mark Carney promised Mr. Erskine Smith for his endorsement today. So I hope that you asked him...I hope that you asked him these questions, I hope that you get the answers today. I'm telling you, he promised me nothing. Lantzman went on to call Carney the ultimate insider, pretending to be an outsider. Nate Erskine Smith joins Bill Blair and Anita Anand in endorsing Carney for liberal leader. He

has the support of more than a dozen cabinet ministers, compared to Freeland, who's been endorsed by five. In Washington... To help you God? So help me God. Congratulations Mr. Secretary. Pete Hagseth was sworn in Saturday as the new U.S. Defense Secretary after narrowly winning Friday night.

The Senate voted 50-50 for Hagseth with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie in his role as President of the Senate. The former Fox the tie in his role as president of the Senate. The former Fox News personality and decorated veteran is one of the most divisive candidates put forward. Hague says past alcohol use, allegations of financial mismanagement at organizations he ran, and allegations of sexual misconduct drew criticism. He'll be in charge of millions of servicemen and women and an annual budget estimated at one trillion dollars.

More than 400,000 customers are still without power in Ireland and tens of thousands in Northern Ireland and Scotland after storm Ayoan hit the area with winds gusting up to 160 km an hour and torrential rain. In Ireland, a 20-year-old man was killed by a falling tree. Ayoan is the worst storm to hit Ireland and the UK in at least a decade. That is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.