The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 01:00 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 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 waist-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.

Donald Trump is musing once again about his plan to put 25 percent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. In the Oval Office Thursday, a reporter asked the president whether the tariffs would apply to Canadian oil and gas. We may or may not. We're going to make that determination probably tonight on oil, because they send us oil. We'll see. It depends on what the price is.

If the oil is properly priced, if they treat us properly, which they don't. Look, Mexico and Canada have never been good to us on trade. The White House says it will release the details on tariffs on Saturday. Canada's ministers of foreign affairs and public safety are in Washington this week lobbying senior Republicans and administration officials. Ontario is bracing for potentially large-scale tariffs from Trump, and the impact would be severe in the province. As Alexander Silberman tells us, some businesses are already feeling the financial consequences.

The threat of tariffs is already hurting sales at Conquest Steel, a family-run plant in Toronto. With sales to the U.S. grinding to a halt, several machines are powered down and production hours cut back. It has potentially devastating consequences for our business. Rahim Moulu manages the small factory. We've had our U.S. distributors cancel orders because they're unwilling to take the chance on the cost going up 25% overnight. Tariffs are expected to hurt Ontario's manufacturing sector the most.

Up to half a million jobs in the province rely on cross-border trade. This would be a tremendously bad shock to the Ontario economy. Peter Morrow is a professor of economics at the University of Toronto. He says targeted specific counter tariffs are Ontario's most effective response. At the Toronto Metal Factory, Molu is searching for new customers in Canada. He hopes a silver lining in a trade war could be a new push to buy Canadian. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Toronto. A St. John man is facing murder charges after two boys were found dead inside a residence.

The victims were 10 and 17 years old. Staff Sergeant Sarah Hobbs is with St. John Police. The Cuse was known to the victims. Our Major Crime Unit and Family Protection Unit, in cooperation with the Coroner's Office, continue to investigate. Hobbs says police discovered the accused in the home. The 46-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and remains in police custody. A coalition of Congolese rebel groups, which has captured the eastern city of Goma, has threatened to continue its offensive all the way to the capital Kinshasa.

The rebels were speaking at their first news conference since taking control of the city. They promised to restore services in Goma, which has a population of about 2 million people. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fake.