The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: February 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 10:00 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 Clark Vague. 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 Stefanovic 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 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, February 25th, both will be held in Montreal.

The new Liberal leader will be announced on March 9th. 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 1 of the ceasefire deal. Gazans 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 pie-ol-pie. 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, and there are reports of waves reaching three meters above tide level along some parts of Cuba. Health officials in Texas are worried about the uptick in measles. Four cases have been confirmed in the last couple of weeks. It comes as vaccination rates across the U.S. are dropping. Freelance reporter Tony Waterman reports. Health officials say all four individuals who tested positive for measles were unvaccinated. Texas' chief epidemiologist, Dr. Varun Chetty, says cases have ranged from mild to severe.

This is a serious disease that can cause life-threatening illness. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on the planet, especially among children. The best prevention is vaccination, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination rates among kindergartners, so children about five years old,

have dropped in Texas, from about 97 percent in 2019 to just over 94 percent in the last school year. It's a worrying trend for infectious disease experts like Dr. Peter Hopes from Baylor University. You see more and more of these sporadic measles cases and ultimately measles outbreaks. Tony Waterman for CBC News, Austin, Texas. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.