The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/26 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/26 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 is Sour, I'm Neil Kumar. U.S. President Donald Trump has stirred up a hornet's nest by suggesting that Palestinians should leave Gaza

and live in neighboring countries. It's literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything's demolished and people are dying there. So I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change. The idea of forced relocation raises the specter of what Palestinians call the great catastrophe when the State of Israel was founded and the majority of Palestinians were displaced. Ghassan al-Khatib is a former minister with the Palestinian Authority.

I think that the Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank and everywhere, together with the Jordanians and the Egyptians will definitely reject this proposal. The idea has been long advocated and pushed by extremist Israeli settlers, including members of the Netanyahu government. Lebanese authorities say Israeli soldiers have killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 100 in southern Lebanon. As Philipp Lee Shanak reports, while Lebanese civilians want to get back into their homes, Israel says it needs more time.

Despite warnings from Lebanese and Israeli armies, thousands of civilians have returned to towns and villages along the border to survey the damage. Akriya Finasch looks at the rubble that was once her home and accuses Israeli defense forces of needless destruction fuelled by revenge. Look at what the Israeli army did. What can we possibly do? Who can rebuild this?

She says. IDF soldiers fired on protesters who demanded the Israelis leave as laid out by the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in November. The 60-day deadline expires today, but Andrea Tenenti of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon says the IDF remains in several villages. That makes it very difficult for the Lebanese army to be able to be redeployed. The U.S. has agreed to Israel's request for an extension to the plan to withdrawal. They now have until February 18th.

Filthy Shannok, CBC News, Toronto. In Hamilton, Ontario. We had fire blowing out of the apartment into the hallway. Extreme heat, extreme smoke, extreme flame. That's Hamilton Fire Chief David Cunliffe describing an apartment fire that killed two children and one adult. Firefighters struggled into the apartment because of the dangerous conditions. Eight others were injured and taken to hospital. An investigation is underway.

A Canadian veteran has been released by Afghanistan and flown out of the country. David Lavery's employer reported that he had gone missing while in Kabul last November. Albert Delatela has more. David Lavery is now safe in Qatar. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie confirmed the development, saying he flew there from Afghanistan with the help of the Qatari government. Lavery was taken into custody in Kabul on November 11th. He was in Afghanistan working for the Vancouver-based charity, the Veterans Transition Network, which says he frequently travelled to the country to

do humanitarian work. Here is Lavery back in 2021 describing the chaotic scene at Kabul airport as thousands tried to get out before the Taliban takeover. It was pretty horrible. It was hard to process. There was a constant hum, 24 and 7, of noise, of desperation, of panic. His employer says he's now going to spend time recovering from his more than two months in Afghan custody.

Jolie wrote on social media that she has spoken to Lavery and that he's in good spirits. Albert Delatalla, CBC News, Toronto. The Philadelphia Eagles are the first team to reach next month's Super Bowl. The Eagles cruise to a 55-23 victory over the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship game. They will face the winner of the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs who are playing right now for the AFC Championship. Super Bowl 59 is scheduled to be played in New Orleans on February 9th.

And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.