The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/26 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/26 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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. An off-the-cuff remark by US President Donald Trump is catching fire across the Middle East. While flying home on Air Force One, he suggested that Palestinians should leave Gaza and live in Jordan or Egypt instead. As Chris Brown tells us, it's an idea that brings up past pain for Palestinians. Comments Donald Trump made about their future in Gaza ricocheted across the

Middle East. We just clean out that whole thing. Trump told reporters that Jordan and Egypt should permanently or temporarily build housing for Palestinians so they can live there instead. It's an incendiary suggestion, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were uprooted from their homes when Israel was created in 1948 and during

subsequent wars. This is our country, our land, and the land of our ancestors. We want to live and die in it," said Sayah al-Sikwali. And Jordan's foreign minister gave it a firm no, as did the head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Israeli analyst Yonatan Zorav, who worked on the Oslo peace accords 30 years ago, says displacement is the worst possible solution. There is no Palestinian, as far as I know, that can accept his deal.

Chris Brown, CBC News in Jerusalem. Israel and Hamas appeared to have resolved a snag in the rollout of the ceasefire agreement. Israel was refusing to allow Gaza's to return to the northern part of the territory, saying that Hamas has reneged on releasing all female civilian hostages first. Now Qatari mediators and Israel say Hamas has agreed to release two more women and a third hostage this week, followed by another three hostages next Saturday as scheduled. Israel says it will allow Gaza's to move north starting on Monday morning. hostage this week, followed by another three hostages next Saturday, as scheduled. Israel says it will allow Gazans to move north, starting on Monday morning. U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of undocumented migrants has hit

a snag. American immigration agents are out arresting migrants and putting them on planes. However, some countries are refusing to play ball. Caroline Bargout explains. For the past several days, military planes have been picking up undocumented migrants from the U.S. and flying them back to their home countries. But Colombia has decided not to allow migrant flights to land in that country. President Gustavo Petro tweeted that a migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with dignity and respect and should be flown back on civilian planes.

Trump responded on Truth Social, saying he plans to place emergency 25 percent tariffs on all Colombian goods coming into the U.S. and to raise the tariffs to 50 percent in one week. He's also calling for a travel ban and sanctions on the Colombian government. Trump says the U.S. will not let the Colombian government violate its legal obligation to, quote, accept the criminals they forced into the United States. In response, Petro is threatening to impose his own 50 percent tariffs on American goods. On Friday, Mexico refused to allow a flight to land, whereas Guatemala accepted two flights last week. Caroline Bargoud, CBC News, Washington.

Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is challenging one of the frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race. In a letter to Mark Carney, he asks him that if he wins the Liberal leadership and becomes prime minister, would he commit to banning all Trudeau ministers from his cabinet? Mark Carney responded by saying this. I think he's scared is the first thing. Why is he writing me a letter on a Sunday morning? Secondly, he lacks respect. He lacks respect for many Canadians, many Quebecois, and he lacks respect for the deputies in the House of Commons. These are individuals. They make their own decisions. A Canadian veteran detained in Afghanistan has been released and flown out to Qatar. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says David Lavery is in good spirits and thanked

her Qatari counterpart for helping to facilitate his release. Lavery entered Afghanistan last November to work on behalf of the Veterans Transition Network and the Government of Canada and provided direct support to Afghan allies. However, he was immediately detained by the Taliban upon his arrival in Kabul. And that is Your World This Hour. Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.