The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 00:00 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.

A passenger jet has collided in midair with a military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Virginia near Washington, DC. A large search and rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River is now underway. The CPC's Katie Simpson tells us more. There is a frantic search and rescue operation with all kinds of federal agencies working with local authorities to really do everything they can to search for survivors. You're getting ships from the Coast Guard.

You're getting local search and rescue. And really this is the emphasis that everyone is really making the effort on right now. Officials with the Army say three Army personnel were on board that helicopter. According to American Airlines, they have confirmed this was a regional passenger jet making its way from Wichita, Kansas to Reagan National Airport. It was on final approach when there was a midair collision with a Black Hawk helicopter. One of the senators who represents Kansas in Congress he says they believe there were 60 passengers and four crew members on board that plane. The main effort right now is the search and rescue operation looking for anyone who may

have survived this horrific midair collision. All takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie was in Washington on Wednesday where she met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make her case against crippling tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump says he will hit Canada and Mexico with 25 percent tariffs on Saturday if illegal migrants and fentanyl don't stop flowing into the U.S. Caroline Bargout has more. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says she is cautiously optimistic Canada can avoid being slapped with tariffs.

But she knows ultimately it's US President Donald Trump who will be making that decision. She explained what Canada is doing with more than $1 billion to secure the border and stressed that less than 1% of fentanyl and illegal migrants are coming from the North. Minister Jolie also reminded the Americans of the relationship between the two countries. I think that the relationship between Canada and the US

is extremely deep and any form of trade tensions or trade war would have deep and lasting impacts and so in that sense I think that doing the job of helping my American colleagues to understand what would be at stake is something that is definitely resonating. Jolie says if tariffs are imposed Canada would retaliate and everything is on the table. She plans to remain here until Friday and meet with as many people as possible to make her case. Caroline Bargout, CBC News, Washington.

The accounting firm KPMG has surveyed Canadian business leaders about the threat of US tariffs. It found 8 in 10 want Canada to respond with targeted dollar-for-dollar retaliatory levies. The survey also found the majority of businesses are delaying capital investments until the details of the American plan are known. 94% of respondents say Ottawa and the 13 premiers must show a united front against the US. Public Safety Minister David McGinty is responding to Lutnick saying Canada is beefing up border security. I think we should take Mr. Lutnick's comments seriously. I think we should take them at face value and I think we should continue reminding our American neighbors how far we've come and

Canadians how far we've come. We had a very strong border. We have an even stronger border today and I'm quite convinced that the evidence that's being presented to the administration will break through. McGinty says data shows from October 2023 to October 2024, 43 pounds of fentanyl went from Canada to the U.S. That's compared to nearly 22,000 pounds from Mexico. The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate again. It dropped it by a quarter of one percent to three percent. Governor Tim McAuley says inflation has remained at the target level and economic activity is growing.

As we consider our monetary policy response, we will need to carefully assess the downward pressure on inflation from weakness in the economy and weigh that against the upward pressure on inflation from higher input prices and supply chain disruptions. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.