The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/01 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: February 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/01 at 07:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. While Canada is holding its breath, awaiting details of Donald Trump's promised tariffs. No word yet this morning from the US President or his administration about the steep levies he's promising to slap on Canadian products. Kate McKenna has the latest on Ottawa's reaction. Should there be tariffs, we will be ready. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says Canada won't take this threat lying down. But at the same time, nothing is official yet.

We have yet seen any form of specific details coming from the White House regarding these comments. Donald Trump repeated his threat on Friday. That 25% tariffs on Canadian goods will come into effect today. He told reporters he expects the tariffs will include oil and gas, but at a lower rate and in mid-February. Some provinces have estimated Trump's tariff threat could affect hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs. Three cabinet ministers including Jolie were in Washington. They've been lobbying U.S. lawmakers hard saying tariffs will hurt Americans too. So far Trump doesn't appear to be listening. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa.

to be listening. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Israeli and Hamas have begun another exchange of hostages for detainees today. Sasa Petrasek explains. With Hamas militant music blaring, three Israeli hostages were freed in Gaza. Yarden Bebus kidnapped with his wife and two young children stepping out alone. Hamas says the rest of the family was killed months ago in an Israeli airstrike. French-Israeli Offer Calderon and American-Israeli Keith Siegel were also handed to the Red Cross to be driven through Gaza's rubble into Israel. In exchange for the three hostages,

Israel is releasing more than 180 Palestinian detainees today, the ceasefire two weeks old and holding despite little trust on either side. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. To Philadelphia now where a medevac jet crashed into a mall on Friday night. Authorities are confirming that the jet was carrying a pediatric patient, her mother and a crew of four, crashing about 30 seconds after takeoff, setting homes and vehicles on fire. The child, a Mexican national, had been in Philadelphia for medical care.

Shigold represents the air ambulance company, which operates the plane. This flight was a repatriation flight of a patient who recovered and was headed home. She was fit to fly, clear to go back home, and we were contracted by a third-party charitable organization to transport her back to Mexico. So the final destination was to beat the Juana International Airport. Injuries and fatalities on the ground have not been confirmed. Officials in Washington, D.C. say there are still bodies in the wreckage of Wednesday night's fatal midair collision when a U.S. Army helicopter flew into a commercial airliner. Paul Hunter has more. The Potomac was again the site of divers continuing their grisly task of trying to retrieve bodies,

body parts, and as well remnants of the plane and military helicopter as they rest in the shallow but ice cold waters of the river. We're working as fast as we can. Washington, D.C. Emergency Services Chief John Donnelly. I believe for us to recover the rest of the remains that we are going to need to get the fuselage out of the water. That, he expects, will be sometime next week. Meanwhile, investigators are going through the so-called black boxes retrieved from both

the plane and the helicopter with their cockpit voice recordings and flight data. Reports now signal a potential key finding. Multiple U.S. news outlets say there's evidence that when it struck the plane, the helicopter was flying well above the allowed altitude for that part of the river. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. Updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.