The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/04 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: February 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/04 at 16:00 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 Tom Harrington. Many Canadians are urging government officials to make this country's economy more resilient. They say the temporary U.S. tariff reprieve has exposed an over-reliance on the American market. David Thurton reports. Well, certainly it's a conversation that's probably more top of mind than it was a few weeks ago. That conversation energy minister Jonathan Wilkinson is talking about is the need to

diversify Canadian trade. The US receives roughly 75% of Canadian exports. With the Trump tariff threat not going away, Wilkinson warns Canada may need to look for more reliable trading partners. I think it's important for us to find pathways to move past this quickly because if there is a significant implementation of tariffs over an extended period of time, Canadians will have to look at how do we actually build the infrastructure required to ensure that we are able to export ourselves.

R&DP leader Jogmeet Singh, the solution is clear. We need to boycott anything that's made in the United States during this time. Singh urged consumers to buy Canadian products. At David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. There was another flurry of activity this afternoon in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump signing a number of broad-ranging executive orders. Those included removing the country from the United Nations Human Rights Council, as well as cutting the funding to the organization's relief agency UNRWA.

Another order relates to Iran, saying that country cannot have nuclear weapons. If things went the way they should have, this would have been over long ago, but it's not over. How close do you think Iran is to developing nuclear weapons? I think they're close. I think they're close. They're too close. Trump also repeated his idea American prisoners could be incarcerated in other countries. El Salvador has offered to take US criminals and put them in the largest prison in that country. The first US military aircraft carrying migrants to Guantanamo Bay is expected to leave today. President Trump's administration is preparing to keep tens of thousands of the detainees at the naval base in

Cuba. Today's flight adds to those that have already carried deported migrants to Guatemala, Peru, Honduras and India. Gitmo, as it's called, was primarily used to detain foreigners associated with the September 11th terror attacks. Transgender Americans are looking north. Potential exodus comes in the wake of a flurry of executive orders from the Trump administration, which is rolling back some of their rights. As Katie Nicholson reports, they may have an argument to claim asylum in Canada.

Ever since inauguration this Toronto immigration law firm gets dozens of calls a day from members of the queer community, the vast majority from trans people or parents of transgender youth in the US. Well most of them are scared right they're they're wondering if there's any way that they can claim asylum here. Traditionally, not an easy case to make, but lawyer Joycena Kang says after the Trump administration's orders, directly affecting transgender Americans, it may be easier. I think we're seeing a lot clearer picture of the state being the agent of persecution.

There's also confusion around passports. Hi mom. American Elliot DeVall lives in London, Ontario. He's afraid now to cross the border to visit his family. Because one of my passports still says a female on it and I don't look anything like a female. A problem that may leave people stranded on both sides of the border. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto. Sweden is reeling after the worst mass shooting in the country's history. Officials say about

ten people have died and many others are injured after gunfire erupted at an adult learning centre. Police are continuing their work to identify the victims in a small town 200 kilometres west of Stockholm. Anna Leena, a member member the clergy, offered space at her church nearby for families to wait for updates. We try to help them to communicate with the relatives and give them support when they are waiting for news. The suspect is believed to be among the dead. The Prime Minister confirmed he was not known to police prior to the shooting.

Police say a motive remains unclear. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.