The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 11:00 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. Representing Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Poland today, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. During the Second World War, more than a million people, mostly Jews, were murdered at the Nazi concentration camp. Here's the CBC's Tom Perry. Today's ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is marking 80 years since

the camp was liberated. It's also of course honouring the millions of Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis. Today's ceremony is going to be focused on those Holocaust survivors. Their numbers of course are dwindling with the passage of time but many are here for today's event. Justin Trudeau in fact met with two Canadian survivors today. Miriam Ziegler and Howard Chandler both survived Auschwitz but lost family members here. Miriam Ziegler told me about just how emotional it is for her coming back. I have 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. One country that's not included today is Russia. It was the Soviet Red Army that freed the prisoners at Auschwitz 80 years ago, but with Russia still at war with Poland's neighbor Ukraine, they're not on the guest list. Tom Perry, CBC News at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Israel says it has received a list confirming the status of the hostages scheduled to be released this week by Hamas. David Menser is a spokesperson for the Israeli government. the status of the hostages scheduled to be released this week by Hamas. David

Menser is a spokesperson for the Israeli government. 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 says the 8 dead hostages were killed by Hamas. In total, Israeli authorities say there are still about 90 hostages being held in Gaza. Meanwhile, thousands of Gazans are now returning to their communities in the north. Roadblocks that have been up for months have been removed as part of the release agreement. It has allowed the Israeli military to open a key route to the northern part of the territory.

When Prime Minister Trudeau returns from Poland this week, he will be finalizing a wave of appointments to fill 10 vacancies in the Senate. It's a move that will allow him to leave a mark on Parliament for years to come. Daniel 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 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 resigned, and I think he has to let the support into 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. David Hichman, Reporter, CBC News, Ottawa Still in Ottawa, Jonathan Pedneau is returning to the federal Green Party. Pedneau was the party's deputy leader but resigned for personal reasons last summer. Jonathan Pedneau, Deputy Leader, CBC News, Ottawa The tragic, in fact despicable, election south of the border of a president that is sewaging

fascism and creating a threat to our way of living meant that I simply couldn't stand on the sidelines anymore. Petno says he wants to resume the position of co-leader, but says the party membership has to vote in favor of the move. And that is the World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.