The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/07 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: February 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/07 at 02:00 EST

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of government. Justin Trudeau sat down today with big city mayors, trying to plan for what the U.S. president may or may not do. Tom Perry reports. Over the coming month, Team Canada will be stepping up. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminding mayors from across Canada the country is not out of the woods yet when it comes to U.S. tariffs. Trudeau says municipal leaders need to spread that message to their fellow mayors and city

councillors in the U.S. Josh Morgan is mayor of London, Ontario. I think the rest of the world could be just sitting back and laughing at us because we've built something incredibly special here that is highly effective and we should be fostering and growing it, not doing damage to it. Federal ministers continue to make the rounds in Washington while in Canada, the government says it's working on a pledge it made to U.S. President Donald Trump, who agreed to his 30-day pause on tariffs,

after Canada said it would appoint a fentanyl czar to stem the flow of the deadly drug across the border. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. President Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans for the U.S. to take over Gaza and for Palestinians there to be relocated. But as Paul Hunter reports, there are still no details on how this plan might work, and in Gaza there is a defiance and determination to make sure that it doesn't. In the face of US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate thousands of Palestinians

in some other country for Gaza to be redeveloped as a so-called place for the people of the world is flat out not an option to them. The idea of displacement is very difficult, said this man. We have nothing but our land. This is our land. We can't leave it. Before attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump reiterated his proposal, rejected by so many in the Arab world and beyond, posting on his Truth Social platform,

Gaza would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of the fighting, he wrote. The Palestinians would be resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities in the region, adding, no soldiers by the U.S. would be needed. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. The United Nations says more than 10,000 aid trucks have crossed into Gaza since the ceasefire began last month. The UN's World Food Program says the convoys have provided food for more than a million people. It's calling for continued international aid during what it called a pivotal moment.

The largest union in the U.S. government is suing the Trump administration to stop proposed massive layoffs. The lawsuit is on behalf of the workers in the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is an aid agency. The union calls the government's actions unconstitutional and illegal. The Department of Government Efficiency, being overseen by billionaire Elon Musk, wants to cut 200,000 government jobs and is offering buyouts. So far, only about 40,000 employees have accepted those buyouts. A group of more than 100 Kenyan police have arrived in Haiti

to reinforce the UN back mission fighting widespread gang violence. The force is now about a thousand strong. It has so far failed to stop escalating attacks by gangs that control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Earlier this week, the future of the mission was thrown into doubt when the US threatened to stop funding. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said

he'd issued a waiver to allow support to continue. There's been some misreporting about the U.S. role in support of the mission there. So let me be clear. In the middle of last week, I signed a waiver to make sure that our programs there continue. And as of last Friday, they are active and have been working. And I reiterated that this morning

in my call with the president of Kenya, who we appreciate, by the way, that nation's willingness to stand up and lend security forces. Rubio made the announcement while meeting with the president of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo on Thursday. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.