The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 16:00 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, the World This Hour, I'm Tom Harrington. Artificial intelligence is having a real impact on North American stock markets today. The value of many U.S-based tech firms dropped following news of a low-cost and highly popular Chinese chatbot. It's called DeepSeek. Paula Duhatschek has more. York University Professor Murat Kristal says in many ways DeepSeek's AI model is very similar to chat GPT.

You can ask questions and it will create answers. It works as a chatbot, but also as a reasoning engine. The difference, according to the Chinese company, is that DeepSeek's model was built faster and more cheaply. This morning, stock markets plunged, U.S. tech companies took a hit, with chipmaker Nvidia leading the fall. So it's like the West is playing catch-up. Some have called it the Sputnik moment, comparing the AI rivalry between the U.S. and China

to the space race of the 1950s. Well now they have a generative AI model that works as good as Western world. It is significant. Also Monday, CNBC reported DeepSeq was hit by a cyber attack and had to temporarily limit new registrations. Paula Duhaczek, CBC News, Calgary. We as a province have a responsibility to stand up for your jobs. Manitoba's premier says conservation officers are being asked to help keep an eye on the

U.S. border. Wab Kanu says they'll focus on secondary roads and backcountry areas. The move is in response to President Donald Trump's concerns about security at the border with Canada. And that's why with the tools that we have at the provincial level, including conservation officers, motor carrier enforcement, that we are putting these additional investments forward to help advance the priorities of you in our own communities, but also to send a message to our American allies that we're serious about safety and security. Many provinces have promised to boost border surveillance. Trump has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods

unless border security is improved. Those tariffs could be imposed this coming Saturday, February 1st. The U.S. and Colombia have pulled back from the brink of a trade war. The crisis was averted when Bogota agreed to accept US military flights carrying deported Colombian migrants. Kate Fisher reports from Washington. When Colombia refused to let US military planes carrying its deported citizens land, with President Gustavo Petro objecting to the use of shackles and handcuffs on detainees, US President Donald Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on all Colombian imports into the US. A social media spat erupted between the two countries' leaders.

President Trump said that tariffs would be raised to 50% in a week, as well as threatening travel sanctions. As Colombia agreed to back down, the White House claimed a victory for the Trump administration's uncompromising immigration policies, saying, Today's events make clear to the world that America is respected again. The clash shows how far President Trump is prepared to go to implement his campaign promises. Kate Fisher for CBC News, Washington. This is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and it is also the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.

The few remaining survivors were among those marking the solemn occasion in Poland. World leaders including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Loda Mirzulinski and King Charles were on hand. But none of the dignitaries gave speeches. Those were left as survivors of the camp, who spoke about the worrying resurgence of nationalist-style slogans, even uniforms, in parts of Europe. And they warned, hatred only leads to more hatred. More than one million people, most of them Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

And now, a correction. On Friday, we had a preview of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Our report said an estimated 500,000 Jews were murdered at the Nazi death camp. In fact, more than 1.1 million people were slaughtered there. And as you just heard, about 1 million of them were Jews. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.