The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/06 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/06 at 05:00 EST

It is a wild time in the world right now. And sometimes it's actually hard to figure out what's what. The current is here to help. My name is Matt Galloway and we bring you conversations to expand your worldview, solutions to some of the wicked problems of our time. Like is Canada underreacting to Trump's takeover threats and our phones rewiring our brains? We'll also bring you great stories you might never heard of before, including

why are we suddenly obsessed with doppelgangers? You can find The Current wherever you get your podcasts, including YouTube. I'll talk to you soon. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. The Mounties have released details about several incidents on the Canada-US border. Along with the Canada Border Services Agency, the force wants to demonstrate to the U.S. that Canada can keep the border safe as it faces scrutiny from the Trump administration. Cameron McIntosh has more. You can see in the map there... RCMP Assistant Commissioner Lisa Morland points to a video screen.

You can see a thermal camera image of six hot spots moving through a wooded area. Six individuals were heading towards the Manitoba border. Shot from a plane, RCMP directed officers on the ground to intercept, an example of border technology RCMP are very keen to draw attention to. RCMP make a lot of border arrests. Usually, don't go this big. But with US President Donald Trump fixated on securing the shared border, threatening tariffs, there's pressure. Christian Luprecht is an expert on border security. The much more important audience is likely US, in particular the White House. That's meant showing off a couple of newly leased Blackhawk helicopters. Well, Federal Public Safety Minister David McGinty allowed cameras in as he spoke to RCMP and border agents about shifting priorities. A plan not just to strengthen the border, but to be seen to be doing it. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg.

The Israeli Defense Minister has ordered his army to prepare a plan to allow Gaza residents to depart the strip. The instruction follows President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. plans to take over Gaza and resettle the Palestinians living there. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed the idea last night on Fox News. The actual idea of allowing first Gazans who want to leave to leave, I mean, what's wrong with that? They can leave, they can then come back, they can relocate and come back.

But Palestinian leaders reject the plan. Australia has passed tough new anti-hate crime laws, which include mandatory minimum sentences for terror offenses and displaying hate symbols such as swastikas. The tougher laws follow a wave of anti-Semitic attacks in Australia. Chris Minns is the Premier of New South Wales. He also plans to introduce tougher hate speech laws in his state. Well, the circumstances that we are confronting in our community

are so extreme that it requires changes to the law. In fact, I don't believe the laws, as're currently constituted adequately confront this danger, this hate speech danger in our community. In December, an Australian synagogue was destroyed by fire and last month police found a trailer packed with explosives containing a list of Jewish targets. The West Coast continues to be hit by freezing conditions with cold warnings in place for the BC Interior and more snow forecast in Vancouver. As Michelle Gassoub reports, the conditions are challenging for those who live on the street. We're woken up very abruptly and then after that we're just you know

left to kind of freeze until 9 a.m. On a Vancouver street, Grace Lenoir has built a makeshift shelter from suitcases, tarps and umbrellas, trying to stave off the cold during the hours when shelters aren't open. You know we kind of sometimes make a little fire with wooden spoons and forks. BC has been hit by a blast of winter weather, temperatures the region isn't used to that are dangerous to the many people who live outside. Shelter staff will not turn people away when conditions reach this degree of life safety concern. Jesse Weggen asked is the extreme weather response coordinator in Abbotsford where cold

weather shelters have been filling up. The extended cold snap isn't done with BC just yet. Extreme Arctic outflow warnings are in place for the interior and the north and central coasts. In the interior, temperatures could plunge to minus 40. Michelle Gassub, CBC News, Vancouver. Baseball star Shohei Otani's former interpreter will be sentenced today in a California court. Ipe Mizuhara pleaded guilty to stealing nearly 17 million dollars from the baseball star to cover gambling debts.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.