The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 13:00 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 is ours. I'm Tom Harrington. In Israel and the Occupy Palestinian Territories, there's been mixed reaction to Donald Trump's stunning announcement to have the U.S. take over Gaza. The president suggested last night at the White House new and permanent settlements for Palestinians should be built in the neighboring countries of Jordan and Egypt, and Gaza be redeveloped into what he called the Riviera of the Middle East. Israelis are enthusiastic.

It's a win-win situation if it will happen to everyone, except Hamas, of course. It looks like what he said about Canada and about the Greenland, that America just wants Gaza for itself. Meantime, Palestinians fiercely reject Trump's call to relocate them. America is not the only country in this world that can support Palestine, can support Gaza, there is an Arab country, a Europe-also country, standing with the Palestinian people. Both Jordan and Egypt have rejected the resettlement plan.

The latest target for Donald Trump's cost-cutting efforts is the CIA. Elon Musk has offered buyouts to all agency employees. As Richard Madden reports, Democrats argue the billionaires sweeping changes may be illegal. the billionaires sweeping changes may be illegal. That's not a point of order. Chaos erupting on Capitol Hill after House Republicans blocked Democrats demanding to haul billionaire Elon Musk before committee on his unprecedented overhaul of the federal government.

Mr. Elon Musk is out of order and dismantled. President Donald Trump has appointed the world's richest man to oversee cuts to government spending and he's quickly since dismantled big agencies like USAID that provides humanitarian relief. The entire CIA workforce has been offered buyouts and Musk's team has now gained access to sensitive government databases. Democrat Senator Chris Murphy is sounding the alarms.

This could get dystopian very quickly that if you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Elon Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund or your mom's Social Security benefit. Democrats argue Musk is unelected and his actions illegal, while Republicans say the billionaire is saving taxpayers a fortune in wasteful spending. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. The current deadline for the imposition of U.S. tariffs is March 4th, but Mark Carney expects negotiations between Canada and the U.S. to continue past that point. The Liberal leadership candidate says there are things Canadians can do to protect the

economy. The first and best thing that we can control is to be masters in our own house, which we are, and it's to build and reinforce the economy here at home. And so some of the measures that I outlined, adjusting in our tax system, both for individuals and for companies, supporting builders with government programs that catalyze it, supporting action by speeding up permitting and other actions. Carney was speaking at the Gordie Howe Bridge at the Windsor-Detroit border. action by speeding up permitting and other actions. John Doe, Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D.,

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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 U.S. Two other MLAs are in Oregon. I think it's good. We've got to keep working those relationships. Je'tan 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 Reath, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.