The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: February 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 14:00 EST

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... From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood. Israel and Hamas carried out another hostages for detainees exchange. More than 180 Palestinians were bussed to the West Bank and Gaza, hours after Hamas released three Israeli men. But this time, the now former hostages were not in good health. Sasha Petrasek has more details. Joy and relief as families and friends of Israeli hostages

watch Three More released by Hamas. There was despair too though as they came out looking frail. Yotem Cohen worries about his brother Nimrod still being held. I was horrified. It was pretty devastating. Photos of the hostages looking like survivors from a concentration camp. That set off a day of finger pointing, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the scenes shocking.

But as 183 Palestinian released detainees arrived in Gaza, they accused Israel of mistreatment. They took our clothes, they deprived us of food, says Hatem Qaedaar. As new negotiations start, aimed at extending the ceasefire and releasing more hostages, today's accusations have only heightened mistrust. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Tel Aviv. Lebanon's new Prime Minister has formed the country's first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun says he has accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and formed a new government with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Salam's cabinet of 24 ministers is split evenly between Christian and Muslim

sects. In Madrid, Spain. Do you want to make Spain great again? That's the leader of Estonia's far-right conservative People's Party speaking at a gathering of far-right politicians under a banner reading, Make Europe Great Again. Those attending belong to the third largest voting block in the European Union's parliament, known as Patriots for Europe. They see Donald Trump's return to power as a sign the far-right is gaining strength.

Liberal leadership candidate, Christia Freeland is getting support from her opponent in the race. After it emerged, she may be the target of foreign interference. A federal agency tasked with investigating election interference traced what they called a coordinated and malicious campaign to a popular WeChat account with alleged ties to the Chinese government. This morning, Mark Carney posted a message of support for Freeland and pledged

to defend the integrity of the leadership race and Canadian democracy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Paris where he'll attend an international summit on artificial intelligence and then he'll head to a meeting in Brussels with European Union leaders. This morning, Trudeau was in Lisbon, Portugal for the funeral of the Aga Khan. The 2025 Invictus Games for wounded veterans get underway this afternoon in Vancouver. Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, are expected to attend the opening ceremony. As Yvette Brunge reports, this is the first year that features winter sports and a first for BC. A quote shows team Ukraine skier Arsen Ryokpo-Szopko how to turn.

A translator explains what being on this Whistler slope means to him. Invictus Games is like a swallow of fresh air. He only clamped on ski boots for the first time six days ago. I am skiing six days. He's one of hundreds of Invictus athletes competing in British Columbia over the next week. Adaptive ski instructor Ellie Taylor says Ryaboschapko progressed fast. Amazing how he just throws himself in.

Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games for wounded veterans in 2014. A decade later, hundreds of competitors from 23 nations will compete in BC. For Ryaboschapko, who was shot in both legs during a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, skiing mountains he'd only seen from a ship, is the realization of a dream. Iveta, CBC News, Whistler. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.