The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/29 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: January 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/29 at 08:00 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. With the clock ticking on the Trump administration's February 1st tariff threat, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets again today with the premiers. Janice McGregor reports. The premiers met amongst themselves yesterday. The sources told CBC News that while they discussed the idea of a tariff stimulus package, nothing has been presented to the premiers yet.

Donald Trump's concrete actions have yet to materialize. So there won't be precise numbers for anyone until people see what's hitting them. But BC Premier David Eby yesterday said both levels of government are reworking their fiscal plans. British Columbia should know that we are preparing for the worst and we're going to be in a position to support them alongside the federal government. There are some things in the short term the federal government can do even while parliaments prorogued employment insurance. For example example that's your first line of defense in the event of mass layoffs.

But if things erupt into retaliatory strikes and the federal books begin to balloon with extra tariff revenue, the House of Commons would need to approve how those billions are then divvied up across affected industries and workers. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. At the same time today, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie is in Washington for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Bank of Canada's first interest rate setting of the new year is set for this morning, and most analysts are expecting a 25 basis point cut.

After five straight downward rate adjustments, the central bank's influential rate is now at 3.25 percent. At this point, 12 deaths have been confirmed following a stampede today at the Kumlea Religious Festival in northern India. However, the number of dead is expected to increase in the coming hours. Salima Shivji has the latest. SALIMA SHIVJI, KUMLEA RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN NORTHERN INDIA People kept stepping on us, this woman says, outside a temporary hospital. I made it out safely, but my mother has died. The main crowd surge happened where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet,

a spot considered holy for devout Hindus, on the biggest day of the world's largest religious festival, with a hundred million people expected to attend, to take a bath in the waters, in the belief it washes away their sins. Hours after the stampede, officials were still tiptoeing around a death tour. India's Prime Minister offered condolences for those who lost loved ones. But the state's Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, only said he hoped the injured would recover. He asked people to not believe in any negative rumours.

Crowd management and safety was a big question heading into this year's Mahakum Mela, a 45-day festival of faith and devotion. The last mahakum also had a stampede on its biggest day, with 42 people killed in 2013. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. An investigation has been launched after an Ontario Superior Court judge found members of Canada's military police tampered with evidence, showed bias and acted beyond the scope of their jurisdiction. The judge says the misconduct is so egregious, the court can't continue to hear the case

of an armed forces member charged with sexual assault. Nicole Williams has the story. It's a case unlike any other attorney Austin Corbett has ever defended. His client, a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, charged with assaulting and sexually assaulting his ex-wife, a military reservist. Those charges now stayed because of military police misconduct during the investigation. In a recent Superior Court decision, the judge says during that time, they showed bias in favour of the complainant. They withheld and destroyed evidence. The judge, calling investigators misconduct egregious.

Failure to hold investigators accountable. Retired legal officer Rory Fowler says this investigation suggests what's needed is a public inquiry into military police operations. The Office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshall oversees military police in this country. It says it respects the judge's decision made in this case and its Office of Professional Standards has launched its own investigation into what happened. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.