The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 10:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the dignitaries in Poland today, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. More than a million people, mostly Jews, were murdered during the Second World War at the Nazi concentration camp. And among the survivors attending today's memorial services is Canadian Miriam Ziegler. I had the most horrible nightmares since October when I was told I was coming here.

I don't think I slept one night, like, you know, just slept and would wake up with a nightmare. And it's scary. It's very scary what's happening down the wall. Ziegler met today with Prime Minister Trudeau, and Trudeau is joined in Poland by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz, and King Charles, among other foreign dignitaries. And despite the fact the Russian Red Army liberated the camp in 1945, Russia has not been invited to attend the services in light of its invasion of Ukraine. Israel says it

has received a list confirming the status of the hostages still being held in Gaza. David Menser is an Israeli government spokesperson. The list from Hamas matches Israel's intelligence. So I can share with you that 25 of our hostages are alive and 8 have been killed. Menser claims that the 8 hostages were killed by Hamas. Israeli authorities say about 90 hostages are still in Gaza. Meanwhile, roadblocks have been set up that have been up for months are now down in Gaza for thousands of Palestinians who are returning north.

A hostage dispute over the weekend between Israel and Hamas has been resolved, and as a result the Israeli military has opened a key route to the northern part of the territory. And as of this morning, Gazans have been cleared to return to what is left of their communities. The Liberal Party is blocking Ottawa MP Chandra Arya from running for the leadership, but we've yet to hear the official reason behind his disqualification. Janice McGregor has more. Earlier yesterday morning, Arya seemed to still believe he was in the race posting that he thought contestants should have more opportunities to debate. But then by noon, he was posting that he'd been informed that he wouldn't be allowed to enter and that he was carefully considering his next steps because in his view, his disqualification raised serious questions about the legitimacy of the race

and by extension, the legitimacy of the next prime minister. Now that is a serious thing to say about your own party, but it's also a serious thing for the party to tell someone that sits in their own caucus, greenlit to run, elected as an MP in the past, that they're manifestly unfit to be leader. The rules require the party's voters to tell the candidate their reasons and offer the candidate an opportunity to respond. But neither the party nor ARIA are sharing these reasons. We also don't know yet whether other candidates could be disqualified. The party has up to 10 days to vet candidates

and confirm the final ballot. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Still in Ottawa, a technical issue at the Ministry of Immigration appears to be affecting thousands of Ukrainians who are in Canada looking to become permanent residents. Priscilla Kisong-Wong has more. Ole Zadoretsky 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.

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.