The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 19:00 EST

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world is ours. I'm Tom Harrington. 24 hours after Donald Trump stunned the world,

his top aides are defending his proposal on Gaza. The president suggested the US take over. take over the war ravaged territory and the Palestinian population not return. The international community is heaping scorn on the idea of rebuilding what Trump calls the Riviera of the Middle East. Chris Reyes has more. There is no power on earth that can remove the Palestinian people from our ancestral homeland.

Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour was defiant against President Donald Trump's new proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate Palestinians to other parts of the region. Also, at the UN, Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on leaders to return to the two-state solution. It is vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law. It is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked back the president's comments explaining that he

meant only that the U.S. would assist in clearing the area. Now the details of that, if it was accepted, would have to be worked out among multiple partner nations. In a social media post, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie also affirmed support for a two-state solution and Palestinian self-determination. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is delivering a warning about the impact of tariffs. He's drawing on his experience leading the Bank of England through Brexit in 2016. You know, you can't suspend the law of tariffs. He's drawing on his experience leading the Bank of England through Brexit in 2016.

You know, you can't suspend the law of economics. I've seen this movie before in Brexit, where steps are taken. It takes a while for the economic effect to come, but it comes. The impact of tariffs. Tariffs will cause inflation. Inflation will cause higher interest rates. Great linkages between economies can be torn apart with real economic cost. It's a strategy, it's not leadership. Carney also says he expects tariff negotiations between Canada and the United States to go well past the current March 4th deadline. He also thinks talks on updating the current free trade agreement should open earlier than 2026. The owner of a Quebec furniture company says the

tariff threats have forced it to start laying off workers. South Shore Furniture says 70 percent of its products are shipped to the United States. Already it says sales have been affected and the company is letting 115 employees go. The Mautis say they have thwarted several illegal border crossings in Alberta and Manitoba in recent days. Along with the Canada Border Services Agency, they want to demonstrate to American officials Canada is more than capable of tackling border issues. Carrie Reath reports. You can obviously see the clear image. Video from an RCMP airplane shows six people crossing the border near Emerson,

Manitoba. It was January and freezing cold. Then Monday, Mounties stopped nine people crossing near Coots, Alberta, dragging their suitcases into Canada. The next day, an individual drove across the border, leading police on a high-speed chase. It ended with a suspect dying in a field from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This event speaks to the dangers our officers and CBSA officers face at the border. Lisa Moreland, assistant commissioner of the RCMP, says it also demonstrates that Mounties are doing their part to secure the border. Canada Border Services Agency says it can't say what happened to the 15 people that were

arrested citing privacy. Terry Reath, CBC News, Edmonton. The RCMP are treating four deaths on a Saskatchewan First Nation as murders. Two women and two men were found Tuesday in a home on the Kerry the Kettle, Dakota First Nation, east of Regina. Inspector Ashley St. Germain says investigators believe the home was targeted. The Saskatchewan RCMP continues to investigate this quadruple homicide as well as another serious firearms related offense that occurred in close time and proximity. Investigators have been working diligently to determine the circumstances around both

of the incidents and whether or not they are related. St. Germain is asking people not to speculate on the case, but for anyone with information to please call police. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.