The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Pep Philpott. There is plenty of reaction this morning to Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. take over Gaza. They must be allowed home. They must be allowed to rebuild. And we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer making his position clear under questioning in the House of Commons. the US president wants to deport Palestinians from Gaza and construct what he's calling the Riviera of the Middle East.

The CBC's Sasha Petrasek has more from Jerusalem. The reaction in this part of the world has been very swift. Obviously, we are hearing from Arab countries who have long opposed exactly this kind of movement of displacement of Palestinians from this part of the world. Both of the countries that Donald Trump has counted on, Jordan and Egypt, have already rejected that. Saudi Arabia has also said that it is not going ahead with agreements with Israel

unless there is a Palestinian state and rejecting this particular plan. We're also hearing objections from many countries around the world, from Australia, France, Spain, Russia, China. Pretty much the list is growing of countries who are saying that the only way to get peace in this corner of the Middle East is to have a two-state solution and a Palestinian state. Sasha Petrosik, CBC News, Jerusalem.

To India. A US military plane carrying illegal immigrants lands in the state of Punjab. Local media reports say more than 100 Indians are on the flight from Texas. This is part of President Donald Trump's plan to deport illegal immigrants. His administration has so far used military aircraft to deport people to Guatemala, Peru and Honduras. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to meet with Trump next week, where migration is expected to be among the key issues up for discussion.

Swedish police say they still don't understand why a shooter opened fire at an adult education center west of Stockholm yesterday. Here's local police chief Roberto Idforst. We continue our investigation intensively. We're trying to create a picture around the perpetrator. The chief says 11 people were killed in the shooting including the suspect. Six others were injured. Police say it appears the shooter acted alone and was dead before officers encountered him. The vice president of the Philippines has been impeached by the House of Representatives. Having been filed by more than one-third of the membership of the House, is there any objection? The chair hears none. The motion is approved.

The House Speaker announces the results of the vote that could lead to Sarah Duterte's removal from office. She's the daughter of the former strongman President Rodrigo Duterte. She's been embroiled in a political feud over a range of issues including death threats she made against the president, his wife and the House Speaker. Duterte now faces an impeachment trial by the Senate. You're at home with the threat of Trump's tariffs still hanging over Canada. Alberta politicians are fanning out across the US. Terry Reath explains.

We think we can win that diplomatic fight. Alberta's premier, Danielle Smith, says Canada needs to de-escalate the rhetoric around trade and focus on benefits. That threats of retaliation are not the right approach. It would be far better to return to the table again and again with diplomacy. Smith is planning to be in Washington next week and again later in the month for the Republican Governors Conference. Three Alberta cabinet ministers are at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, bending

the ears of business and political leaders in the US. Two other MLAs are in Oregon. I think it's good. We got to keep working those relationships. Jeetan De Silva, a former diplomat, now a consultant, argues that as a conservative premier, Smith has access to channels not necessarily open to federal liberals. Terry Reith, CBC News, Edmonton. That's your World This Hour. I'm Pep Philpott.