The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 22:00 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 this hour. I'm Claude Fague.

Investigators say the cause of the crash between a passenger jet and a helicopter in Washington yesterday may not be known for months. Tonight, the NTSB confirmed the recovery of both the flight data and voice recorders from the passenger jet, but not the helicopter. Paul Hunter has more on the collision from Washington. In the ice cold waters of the Potomac River in Washington, divers and recovery teams spent the day in the grisly task of

finding bodies. The passenger jet and military helicopter that horrifically crashed into each other mid-air last night, now laying silently in waste deep water, the plane upside down in three large pieces. John Donnelly is chief of the Washington Emergency Services. At this point we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. Early indicators are the two aircraft were in standard flight patterns. Air traffic controllers were aware of both and the helicopter was told of the passenger jet. Investigators stress they are in absolute early stages of this and have given few other details. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump is vowing those crippling tariffs against Canada are coming and soon. In response, Canadian officials are trying to prove this country takes border threats seriously. Part of that is two new Black Hawk helicopters that will patrol the Alberta and Quebec borders. Tom Perry has more. A show of force for a very specific audience. The RCMP displaying one of its two newly leased Blackhawk helicopters. The federal government is hoping this beefed up air power gets noticed

by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened tariffs against Canada over what he regards as its lax border control. We heard their message about fentanyl and the border. Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is more than happy to work with the U.S. on securing the border, but the fact remains, he says, Canada is the source of less than 1% of the fentanyl and migrants entering the U.S. Not that any of that seems to matter to Donald Trump. So we'll be announcing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump also repeated the latest variation of his threat that the tariffs will come in this

Saturday, February 1st, leaving Canadian officials once again bracing for what comes next and vowing to respond. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Liberal leadership candidate Carina Gould is proposing a 1% cut in the GST for one year to give struggling families a break and a permanent 2% tax rate increase for some corporations. The corporate tax increase for again the wealthiest companies, so those that make over $500 million a year in profit, is permanent. When it comes to the GST tax cut, that's probably about $11 billion for the year, and we anticipate about $6 billion in revenue.

But what we also know is that when people have more disposable income to spend, that they're also there to stimulate the economy. Gould is one of five candidates running to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada's top doctor is concerned about a growing number of measles cases. Dr. Theresa Tam says they are unvaccinated people who acquired the virus in Canada, not through foreign travel. A recent study in the Canadian Journal of Public Health found there was a decline in measles vaccination coverage in children in 2023 compared to 2019. That's Mary Ann Faithfull's sultry, deadpan cover of the Rolling Stones. As tears go by, the singer died today in London, surrounded by her family.

That 1964 breakthrough hit began her long involvement with the Stones. Faithfull and Mick Jagger were one of the glam couples of the swinging 60s. In 1979, she broke through a second time with her confessional album, Broken English. Maryann Faithfull was 78. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fade.