The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 06:00 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, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.

With a weekend hostage dispute now resolved between Israel and Hamas, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are on the move. A main route into the northern part of the territory has been opened by the Israeli military and Gazans are returning to what's left of their communities. Chris Brown reports. The communities they're returning to, such as Jabalia, B'Yat Hanun and Gaza City, are utterly ruined.

But Palestinians are calling it a victory because many feared Israel would never let them back. The northern part of Gaza suffered among the most intensive attacks of the 15-month war, with Hamas fighters deeply entrenched. Also, Israel's far-right Jewish settler movement openly pushed to keep the Palestinians out of the North permanently so they could move in. One of their leaders, Itamar Ben-Gavir, posted on social media this morning, this is what

absolute surrender looks like. Many other Israelis, though, will be relieved that the ceasefire survived a major test. The next step calls for Hamas to release three hostages Thursday and three more on Saturday. Chris Brown, CBC News, Jerusalem. Justin Trudeau is in Poland on what is possibly his final international trip as prime minister. He's at the site of a former Nazi death camp with a number of world leaders and elderly survivors to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The Nazis murdered more than a million people at the camp in southern Poland, which was

under German occupation during the Second World War. The majority were Jews killed on an industrial scale in gas chambers, but the Germans also murdered Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, and others who were targeted for extermination under Nazi racial ideology. When Trudeau returns this week to Ottawa, he'll be finalizing a wave of appointments to fill 10 vacancies in the Senate. The moves will allow him to leave a mark on Parliament for years to come. Dominic LeBlanc has more. We need a new session of Parliament.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament earlier this month, shutting down all business in the Senate. But Trudeau prorogued Parliament earlier this month, shutting down all business in the Senate. But Trudeau retains the power to name new senators until he leaves office in March, and he plans on using it. The Prime Minister's office confirmed the selection process to fill 10 open seats in the Senate is underway. Given they'll be able to serve until the age of 75, these new senators will vote on

bills put forward by future governments for years, even if the Liberals lose power in the next election. Conservative Senator Claude Carignan feels Trudeau lacks the legitimacy to fill the vacant seats. He resigns and I think he has to let this opportunity to the future Prime Minister to make those appointments. Several independent senators, however, say they will respect the preponderant role of the House of Commons, regardless of which party is in power. In response to questions about stacking the Senate, the prime minister's office said

Trudeau takes his responsibility to appoint senators seriously. Daniel LeBlanc, CBC News, Ottawa. Still in Ottawa, a technical issue at the immigration ministry is impacting thousands of Ukrainians who are in Canada looking to become permanent residents. Priscilla Kisung-Wong reports. Priscilla Kisung-Wong Olezadorecki is an applicant in Halifax. He says thousands of other Ukrainians like him have rallied on social media and says immigration agents can't find their applications.

Olezadorecki And they say, well, they do not see that application in the system at all. This humanitarian pathway opened in October 2023 and closed after a year. Of the 23,000 applications submitted, only 367 final decisions were reached by end of last year. In a statement, the immigration department says a technical glitch is behind some of the missing applications and it's working on a fix. But Warren's processing times are expected to grow due to high volumes and limited spots. And with Canada's plans to tighten immigration families fear the commitment to Ukrainians may waver. Priscilla Kisan-Huang, CBC News, Ottawa.

And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.