The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 03:00 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.

Recovery efforts will resume this morning for the victims of a mid-air collision in Washington Wednesday night that claimed 67 lives when a commercial jet and helicopter collided near Reagan International Airport. Authorities say they have recovered 40 bodies. The investigation into the cause of the crash continues. The CBC's Paul Hunter reports from Washington. Even as divers continue their work in the icy, shallow waters of the Potomac, sifting through the wreckage of the two aircraft, investigators are already able to begin examining

what's been recovered so far, including the cockpit voice recorder and data recorder from the passenger jet, the so-called black boxes. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which heads the investigation, expects to issue a preliminary report within 30 days. It'll be supported in part by Canada's Transportation Safety Board because, though the plane was operated by American Airlines, the Bombardier jetliner was built in Canada in 2004. It's to be reconstructed, piece by broken piece, in an NTSB hang hanger once the recovery is complete to aid investigators in their efforts. Says the NTSB, for now, everything's on the table from mechanical to human error.

Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Several skaters and coaches were on that American Airlines flight. News of the plane crash is rippling through rinks across Canada and the US. Julia Wong spoke with some of the Canadians who knew them. Ekaterina Gordeva is finding solace at an Edmonton skating rink as she remembers her friends Vadim Namov and Evgenia Shishkova who died in the American Airlines crash. The trio were all on the 1994 Russian Olympic figure skating team. They were a great, beautiful pair of team. Very nice and kind people.

The pair and Gordeeva later moved to the United States to coach. The close-knit skating community is reeling from the loss of the coaches and more than a dozen others. Olympic ice dancer Caitlin Weaver worked with several of the young skaters killed. These are faces that I watch grow up year by year. I'm devastated on every level. The group was flying back from a training camp in Wichita when the mid-air collision happened.

These are the best youth skaters in the country. So really, we've lost a lot. She, like many in the skating community, are holding on to one another to get through this disaster. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. President Donald Trump has confirmed that he's imposing tariffs on Canadian goods this Saturday. He made the remarks from the Oval Office last night.

Chris Reyes has the details. That's coming on the first. In yet another rattling of the cage, President Donald Trump remained firm on his tariff deadline against Canada, its largest trading partner, 25% on billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods that cross into the US yearly. Trump said the tariffs may rise with time, but flip flopped on whether Canadian oil exports would be part of the package, first saying this. We may or may not, we're gonna make that determination probably tonight.

Canada is the Americans number one source of oil imports. When pressed to clarify if oil would definitely be included or excluded from tariffs, Trump said this. Oil is gonna have nothing to do with it as far as I'm concerned, oil has nothing to do with it. Canada has indicated it plans to impose its own tariffs on US goods if Trump goes ahead with his plans. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.

In his first address to the nation, Syria's new interim president, Ahmed al-Sharah, has promised to form an inclusive and diverse transitional government embracing its men, women and young people, saying a temporary lawmaking body would run the country until free and fair elections are held. We will announce in the coming days a committee for the National Dialogue Conference, which will be a direct platform for circulation and consultation and to listen to all views about our upcoming political agenda."

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Figg.