The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: February 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 08:00 EST

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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 this hour. I'm Claude Fague. The Prime Minister is in Paris today. One of Justin Trudeau's goals is to advance trade talks

with the European Union. 10 member countries still haven't ratified the EU's free trade agreement with Canada. Olivia Stefanovich tells us more. With Donald Trump warning, he will use economic coercion to absorb Canada. Trudeau is looking for support from European Union leaders. Both Canada and the EU are looking for trust partners. Ruben Zaiotti is a political science professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He says Trudeau should use his time overseas to secure new markets for Canadian goods and resources.

Zayadi says there needs to be strong political will to break through the challenges preventing Canada's free trade agreement with the EU from being fully ratified. In Europe, it's not that keen in being open to the free market. The Prime Minister is visiting France and Belgium, two of ten EU countries that have turned down the comprehensive economic and trade agreement with Canada. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Paris. Meanwhile, the leaders of Europe's far-right political parties gathered in Madrid for a Make Europe Great Again rally and conference. As Abbie Kuathathun tells us, they see Donald Trump's return to power as a sign the far-right is gaining strength.

Do you want to make Spain great again? Yes! An American promise in Europe. Extreme far-right politicians on the continent hailed Donald Trump in Madrid. The event is hosted by a group called Patriots of Europe. Of the 720 members of the European Parliament, they hold 86 seats. Well-known far-right leaders, including France's Marine Le Pen, joined them. She says we are witnessing a true global shift. Some like Le Pen and Dutch politician Gerrit Bilders want their countries to leave the EU altogether. The old regimes are going to fall. Speakers railed against irregular

migration, even though such crossings have dropped across the EU by nearly 40 percent in 2024, according to the bloc's border agency. Abbie Kuo-Lassen, CBC News, Berlin. Israel has met another key condition of its fragile ceasefire with Hamas. The military has completed its pullout from the Netzerim corridor. The withdrawal will also mean thousands more Palestinians can return to northern Gaza. Anna Cunningham has the latest. This was a militarized zone. For 15 months of war, the Netzerim corridor allowed the Israeli military to split Gaza in half. The withdrawal of its forces marks a significant milestone, part of phase one of the ceasefire deal.

Garzons immediately headed for the Al Saladin road in Gaza City to head back to their homes in the north. Cars, trucks, tractors, donkey carts, all piled high, mattresses and furniture visible. Opening access to the north also comes with the promise that aid too will be allowed in. But the backdrop is one of destruction, rubble and flattened buildings. It's a slow move towards completing stage one of the ceasefire deal. Meanwhile Israeli media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a delegation to Doha for the second round of indirect negotiations with Hamas. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London.

Authorities in Honduras say there are no immediate reports of damage this morning after a powerful earthquake shook parts of the Caribbean. The 7.6 magnitude tremor hit last night southwest of the Cayman Islands. Officials issued tsunami warnings and there are reports of waves reaching three meters above tide level along some parts of Cuba. The Liberal Party of Canada says it has set the dates for two leadership debates. The French debate is set for February 24th. The English debate will go the next day, February 25th. Both will be held in Montreal. The new Liberal leader will be announced on March the 9th.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fahy.