The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/28 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/28 at 09:00 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. The final report is being released today from the public inquiry into foreign interference. It will include recommendations on what steps need to be taken to better protect Canadian democracy. But as Janice McGregor reports, implementing those recommendations before the next federal election will be difficult if not impossible. If the commissioner recommends things that require legislation, well, it's hard to imagine

that passing before the House of Commons pulls the plug this spring and heads to the polls. A bill with some changes that authorities wanted died when Parliament was prorogued. A new foreign influence transparency registry became law last

June, but no commissioner was appointed since to do that work. So the fixes are slow here while the new threats pop up quickly. That's not to say that some vulnerabilities aren't being addressed. For example, after a barrage of criticism, the Liberal Party reversed itself

and only Canadian citizens and permanent residents now are voting in the race on this spring to pick the next prime minister. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. An Ontario election gets underway today. Premier Doug Ford will be asking the lieutenant governor to dissolve Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. An Ontario election gets underway today. Premier Doug Ford will be asking the lieutenant governor to dissolve the provincial parliament this afternoon and the campaign will be on. Ford is insisting he needs a new majority mandate to deal with the challenges of the

Trump administration. But the new Democrats, the Liberals and the Green Party all say this snap election is a waste of time and money. Ontarians will vote more than a year ahead of the fixed election date on February 27th. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Warsaw today signing off on a nuclear energy agreement with Poland. It will see Poland build its first nuclear power facility using materials and services supplied by Canada.

Construction is set to get underway next year, with the plant expected to start producing power by 2033. With the Israel Hamas ceasefire holding, thousands of Palestinians across Gaza continue to make their way north, back to their devastated communities. Chris Brown has more. Overnight, the terrible reality that there is very little to return to in northern Gaza hit home for those who made the long trek north. People will sleep on the grounds at Abu Mohammed's, surveying his shattered former neighborhood in Gaza City.

There is nothing left. Hundreds of truckloads of aid are now arriving in Gaza every day, and with Hamas-run police and private guards providing security, there appears to be less looting and less hunger, say aid agencies. UNICEF's Jonathan Crick says among the major concerns is caring for all of the children whose parents were killed and are now alone. There is more than 17,000 children who are unaccompanied or separated from their parents. Hamas has said its negotiators are in Cairo to begin the next phase of ceasefire talks. Top U.S. officials are in the region too, and Qatar says it's pushing both sides to

keep the fragile truce going. Chris Brown, CBC News, Jerusalem. Humanitarian concerns are mounting across the Democratic Republic of Congo as M23 rebel fighters backed by Rwanda step up their campaign against government forces. Chris Ochamringa has the latest now from Kinshasa. The Congolese government has urged people to remain calm and avoid acts of vandalism, but the call has gone unheeded. Protesters attacked foreign

missions in the capital Kinshasa, accusing them of supporting Rwanda. Civil society activists have condemned the armed conflict in the East. Annie Modi is a director of one of the NGOs in Kinshasa. We are calling on parties to allow to open a humanitarian corridor to allow interventions and we are calling on peace. Right now what is more of concern is peace. The UN has condemned the violence and urged Rwanda to immediately withdraw its troops from Congolese territory. Humanitarian agencies say more than 400,000 people have been displaced by the violence in the east of the Congo over the past 25 days. Chris Ochomringa for CBC News, Kinshasa.

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