The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: February 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 16:00 EST

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... From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Israel and Hamas carried out another hostages for a detainees exchange. More than 180 Palestinians were bussed to the West Bank in 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

watched 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. Absolutely 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. Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland is getting support from an 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. Canada is planning to deepen its economic ties with the European Union in the face of Donald Trump's tariff threat. International Trade Minister Mary Inghe emphasized that message today. She's in Brussels meeting with European Union leaders and officials who are also facing tariff threats from the U.S. president. Inghe says the focus of meetings today is bolstering economic connections beyond the Canada-EU trade agreement.

Trade agreements are one thing and we have seen really great numbers, but what more can we be doing to help Canadian businesses enter into any of the 27 member states that's here in the European Union. What more can we do to do the same in Canada for European businesses? Ing says if Washington ends up imposing tariffs, Canada would challenge the Trump administration at the World Trade Organization. The Canadian government says it will list drug cartels as terrorist organizations under the law.

The move is part of the agreement struck with U.S. President Trump to stave off his terror threats and appease his concerns about fentanyl. But experts say dozens of groups have their fingerprints on the fentanyl trade, not just cartels. Darren Major has the story. The conduct of criminal cartels are very similar in nature to terrorist groups. Public safety minister David McGinty says adding cartels to the terrorist list will grant law enforcement agencies more powers to track their illegal funds and activities.

It would also allow intelligence agencies, such as CSIS, to be more involved in investigations. There is growing evidence to suggest that Mexican cartels are gaining a foothold in Canada's illicit drug market. But Jessica Davis, a former senior intelligence analyst, says just because more law agencies could get involved doesn't necessarily mean they will. It's not like the Canadian government has proactively said, you know, the cartels are a huge problem. We're listing them as terrorist entities. We are going to deploy all of our tools and resources to target them.

A recent intelligence report on organized crime says biker and street gangs are also heavily involved in drug distribution. Darren Major, CBC News, Ottawa. And that's your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood.