The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/29 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/29 at 23:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Breaking news from Washington, where a passenger jet that is believed to have been carrying 60

passengers has collided with a helicopter as it attempted to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport. Jeffrey Thomas is a US aviation expert. A TCAS traffic collision alerting system, which should have been operational, even in the helicopter, it should have been operational, should be standard. It seems extraordinary that this has happened, It seems extraordinary that this has happened and very, very perplexing and very, very troubling that something like this could happen in Washington, D.C. There has been no word on casualties, but all takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted. A large search and rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River is now underway.

Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary is teasing about a possible reprieve from those tariffs. Howard Lutnick told his confirmation hearing the levies won't be imposed on Saturday as threatened if Canada clamps down on fentanyl shipments into the U.S. This is a separate tariff to create action from Mexico and action from Canada. And as far as I know, they are acting swiftly. And if they execute it, there will be no tariff. And if they don't, then there will be, but it's an action oriented model.

Overall, Lutnick says he favors broad tariffs on all products from a country. Even if those countries are allies, Lutnick is expected to be confirmed. Foreign affairs minister, Melanie Jolie called Lutnik is expected to be confirmed. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie called Lutnik's comments positive. She met late this afternoon with her new U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Jolie says she felt her message was well received. Every time I'm presenting our border plan, every time I'm presenting facts, which are first, less than 1% of fentanyl that is in the U.S. comes from Canada and less than 1% of fentanyl that is in the US comes from Canada and less than 1% of illegal migrants in the US come from Canada. Well that is definitely also

resonating. So I think that we have a good strategy. Jolie met earlier with the head of the Canada-US Security Caucus Republican Senator Kevin Kramer. At least some of the premiers agree with the approach. We must take President Trump's statements on border security seriously and to take action immediately rather than focusing on inflaming the issue with rhetoric around retaliation. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is also advocating Canada meet the Trump administration's demand on border security. The president wants the flow of migrants and fentanyl across the border brought to an end.

But Smith also admits, is this likely to end the threat of tariffs entirely? I don't think so. I think there'll be other things that we will need to work on and we will do so. Meanwhile, a KPMG survey of business leaders found 8 in 10 want Canada to respond with targeted dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs. The survey also found the majority of businesses are delaying capital investments until the details of the American plan are known. The first day of the Ontario election campaign is underway. All four party leaders started making their pitch to voters under the shadow of those

tariff threats from the U.S. Lisa Shing has more. When times are tough, I will do whatever it takes. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford kicking off the race in the border city of Windsor, Ontario, using US President Donald Trump's tariff threats as the central theme of his campaign. The better we'll be able to protect our province. Ford has called the election more than a year ahead of schedule, with analysts saying he

wants to get ahead of a possible change in federal government and while the PCs are ahead in the polls. The opposition parties say the early election call is self-serving. NDP leader Marit Stiles painting herself as the better negotiator. Doug Ford standing up to Trump. I say hell no. Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie is promising a family doctor for everyone as the province faces a growing physician shortage.

Ontarians head to the polls February 27th. Lisa Shing, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.