The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: February 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 08:00 EST

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I'm Claude Fague. Hamas and Israel have carried out another hostage-prisoner exchange. More than 180 were released from Israeli prisons. Hours earlier, three male hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in central Gaza and are now back in Israel. The CBC's Sasha Petrusic reports from Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. This is a square in the middle of Tel Aviv where families and friends of the hostages have gathered every week to watch on a big screen TV as hostages have been released.

Today there was a lot of excitement and anticipation, but also worry once people saw what the hostages actually looked like. This is what one of the observers had to say to me. Seeing them they're so skinny they look like the light came out of their eyes and it's very difficult. And in fact there are 17 more in this first phase who are still being held in Gaza and they don't know what they are going to be looking like. We have been told that some of them are not alive and it will be in fact a transfer of the remains. We're seeing negotiators for both sides in Doha again

this weekend trying to get to a second phase which would see some 59 more hostages released. Sasha Petrosik, CBC News, Tel Aviv. The Prime Minister will be in Europe on business. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, Justin Trudeau is expected to meet allies who are also facing threats from the US President on tariffs. The Prime Minister is travelling to Paris today. But first, Justin Trudeau is making a stop in Portugal, where he's attending the funeral for the Aga Khan, a close friend whose private island Trudeau

vacationed to in 2016, sparking one of his earliest scandals. Following the funeral, Trudeau will depart for Paris, where he will spend the next three days meeting global leaders, attending an artificial intelligence conference. Then it's off to Brussels, where Trudeau will speak to the Secretary-General of NATO and European Union leaders who are also facing terror threats from US President Donald Trump. Trudeau will try to strengthen ties with the EU to counterbalance the uncertainty coming from Canada's turbulent neighbour to the south. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa.

And we're hearing differing reactions coming from the federal government to the U.S. president's talk of Canada as a 51st state. One high-profile cabinet member says Donald Trump's rhetoric isn't serious. Host of CBC Radio's The House, Catherine Cullen, has more. We have an obligation to take it seriously, but on behalf of Canadians, I think it's fair to say that's just not serious. Public safety minister David McGinty is not alarmed by Donald Trump's intentions, even though on Friday the Prime Minister privately told business leaders that the US President

wants Canada's critical minerals. The remarks were accidentally being broadcast outside the room. Though the recording is fuzzy, the Prime Minister says that Trump believes the easiest way to get the minerals is absorbing our country and it is a real thing. Still, McGinty argues the situation is not particularly shocking. I don't think it's news that there are folks interested all over the world in what Canada has. The Public Safety Minister says he doesn't believe that Trump is a threat to Canada's sovereignty. He says the $1.3 billion border plan he's currently working on is part of helping keep Canada sovereign.

Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. And listen to the House right after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report 930 in Newfoundland. China has been linked to a malicious WeChat campaign against Liberal leadership candidate Krista Freeland. This according to the Canadian group mandated to monitor election interference. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task force says WeChat news articles disparaged Friedland. An estimated 2 to 3 million WeChat users saw the campaign globally. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Paedek.