The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/27 at 20:00 EST

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Tom Harrington. Canadian officials are making a last-ditch effort this week to avoid tariffs. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose hefty levies on Canadian goods this Saturday. As Olivia Stavanovic reports, there are different

views on how Ottawa should respond. This is our number one priority and we're working at it every day. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says the federal government is seized with avoiding tariffs but won't release a full list of American products Canada will levy if US President Donald Trump moves forward with his threat. And we won't negotiate on you know in front of the public. But Jolie's former cabinet colleague, Chrystia Freeland, says she would approach Trump much differently. What I think we need to do is be very very strong and very specific. Freeland went head-to-head with the US president the last time he

was in the White House. Now that she's running to become the next liberal leader and prime minister, Freeland is urging the government to publish a dollar-for-dollar retaliation list worth more than $200 billion. Olivia Stevanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. 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. Wabkanu 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. Radio Canada has

learned the Prime Minister is planning to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March. The move would allow Justin Trudeau to leave a mark on Parliament for years to come. The unelected legislators are able to sit in the upper chamber until the age of 75. In a written response, the Prime Minister's office says, the advisory board for Senate appointments is working to propose candidates for all vacancies. There is fierce fighting in eastern Congo. The Congolese Army exchanged gunfire with rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda. Agence France-Presse is reporting at least 17 people have been killed and more than 300 injured. Freelance reporter Chris Ochomringa has more from Kinshasa.

Heavy gunfire rang out in the city of Goma on Monday as the M23 rebels advanced towards Congo's largest city of North Kibo province. The spokesperson of the rebels later issued a statement saying they've captured the key city. The fall of Goma follows days of violent clashes between Congolese forces and the rebels. Patrick Muiaya is the spokesperson for the government of Congo. You know our force is very determined to protect our country, but there are civilians caught up in the middle of their fighting.

UN experts and the Congolese government have accused Rwanda of backing the rebels. The UN Security Council and EU foreign ministers condemned the violence and called on Rwanda to withdraw its troops from Congolese territory. The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold another emergency meeting Tuesday. Chris Ochamringa for CBC News, Kinshasa. A Chinese AI firm disrupted some North American tech stocks today. DeepSeek says it's developed a model of the technology that costs far less than American competitors such as OpenAI and chat GPT. The value of chipmaker Nvidia

fell hard, dropping 17% in value, which in turn weighed down the NASDAQ exchange. But Nvidia says DeepSeek's work shows how useful its chips can be for the Chinese market. The one-year-old startup is seeing a surge in new users. So many, it's having trouble accommodating them. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.