The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/06 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/06 at 00:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.

In Saskatchewan, four people have been murdered on a First Nation east of Regina. Police have charged one man, but it's not clear if he's connected to the case. Alexander Kwan reports. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Regina Police Service took a 29-year-old man into custody. That suspect is believed to be connected to an incident at Zagameh Anishinaabek. The First Nation is about 130 kilometers east of Regina. Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, RCMP received multiple reports of a man pointing a gun at people there.

Keegan Panepakesik is facing one count of pointing a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm contrary to an order. We also don't know if Panepakesik is connected to a quadruple homicide at the nearby Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. Local police arrived at a residence there Tuesday morning after reports came in just after 11 a.m. Four people were found dead inside and RCMP now say the deaths are considered homicides and their investigation so far suggests that the residents may have been targeted. Alexander Kwan, CBC News, Carry the Kettle, Nakoda Nation. 24 hours after Donald Trump stunned the world, his top aides are defending his proposal for Gaza.

The president suggested the U.S. take over the territory. Chris Reyes has reaction. 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. As part of this week's deal, pausing Trump's tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a crackdown on fentanyl production in Canada. But there's growing evidence that will involve taking on powerful Mexican cartels inside Canada. Thomas Dagler reports. The federal government says it's taking a new approach, appointing what it calls a fentanyl czar and planning to designate the cartels as terrorists. The move comes as part of the measures the prime minister announced this week to ward off US President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs.

A massive police bust last fall suggested cartels are making inroads here. RCMP in British Columbia took down what they described as a drug super lab, seizing enough chemicals to make nearly 100 million doses of fentanyl. Former CSIS analyst Jessica Davis says for investigators the terrorist designation could mean reassigning already stretched resources. The benefit of designating the cartels is primarily a political one in terms of appeasing Trump. Ottawa hasn't offered details on the new plan or any timeline for when the cartels could join the likes of ISIS and the Proud Boys as

listed terrorist groups. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. 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 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 U.S. to go well past the current March 4th deadline. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Herland.