The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: February 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 23:00 EST

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, The World is Sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Paris, meeting with world leaders and tech bosses

at a major AI summit. As Philipp Lee Shan Chanac reports, it's all about trying to reap the benefits of AI while managing the risks. Set to begin Monday at the Grand Palais in central Paris, organizers of the AI action summit say this is a pivotal moment before society has become too reliant on artificial intelligence. Jamal Attif is the scientific director of France's nationwide AI priority program. So there are important questions that we should tackle. The future of the workforce, of course.

The leaders of France, India and Canada will brush shoulders with top executives from Alphabet, Microsoft and OpenAI. They're looking at impacts on employment and sovereignty, but also potential AI positives such as climate change solutions and new treatments for diseases. The AI Summit is hoping participants will sign a non-binding communique of principles on the stewardship of AI, but there will be other opportunities. AI will be on Canada's agenda at the G7 meeting it's hosting in Alberta this summer.

Philip LeShannock, CBC News, Toronto. 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. She's in Brussels meeting with European Union leaders and officials who are also facing tariff threats from the US President. Ing says the focus of the meeting 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. On an Israeli army base, Orlevy rushes into his brother's arms, hugging him tightly. He was one of three Israeli men released after almost 500 days in Hamas captivity.

Unlike hostages released earlier, the three looked gaunt, pale and weak. Their release was the latest under the Gaza ceasefire agreement and was accompanied by the release of 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Gaza. The released Palestinians were welcomed by hugs from friends and family. Negotiations on a second phase of the deal began this week. There are hopes that the agreement would see more hostage for prisoner exchanges and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. President Donald Trump has been in office for less than three weeks,

but he's been busy uprooting and overturning just about every US federal government department that plans to try and overwhelm the opposition. But as Chris Reyes tells us, it's being met with illegal resistance. The first item that President Trump has signed... As President Donald Trump goes into his third week of office, the executive orders keep piling up, Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown. What we're facing right now is a Trump administration and on a daily, daily basis, breaking the

law, violating the United States Constitution. Across the country, Democrats, civil rights groups and activists have turned to the courts to stem the tide of Trump's aggressive agenda. John Alsop writes for the Columbia Journalism Review. The courts are a potent weapon to fight back against Trump for his opponents for sure, but the legal system is very, very slow. So far, some temporary holds have been put on Trump's executive orders. A federal judge in New York blocked the newly created Department of

Government efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department's payment and data system. newly created Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department's payment and data system. The unofficial agency is led by Elon Musk, who's been repeatedly praised by Trump for the work he's doing. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. The Liberal Party will hold two leadership debates in Montreal, a French-language one on February 24th and an English one the next day on February 25th.

The winner of the leadership race will be announced on March 9th. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kubar.