The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 01:00 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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar.

The White House has claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the US. President Trump will now hold off on imposing steep tariffs and other sanctions on Colombia after earlier threats over the weekend. Colombia is the third largest US trading partner in Latin America. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has caused a stir by suggesting that Palestinians should leave Gaza and live in neighboring countries. It's literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything is 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 Israeli settlers who are extremists, 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 Philip 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.

Makriya Finasch looks at the rubble that was once her home and accuses Israeli defense forces of needless destruction fueled 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. Phil P. Shennock, 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 to get into the apartment because of the dangerous conditions. Eight others were injured and taken to hospital and 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 de la Tela 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 traveled to the country to do humanitarian work. Here is Lavry 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, but 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. And that is your World is Sour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.