The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 14:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. A day after suspending some tariffs against Canada,

Donald Trump is threatening to impose other ones, this time aimed at dairy and lumber. And he warns they could happen as early as today. Peter Armstrong has more details. Canada has been ripping us off for years. Donald Trump was reacting to today's jobs report when he suddenly veered off to complain about Canada's dairy and lumber industries. These two have been long standing irritants between Canada and the U.S. Trump successfully negotiated more American access to the Canadian dairy sector in his first

term. But under that deal, American access was limited to just three and a half percent of Canada's total market. Today, it seems, Trump feels his own deal was a ripoff. So back to tariffs. They'll be met with the exact same tariff unless they drop it. And that's what reciprocal means. And we may do it as early as today or we'll wait till Monday or Tuesday. It's just the latest in a series of head spinning threats and reversals. Just for those keeping track, next week may see these tariffs on lumber and dairy, separate

tariffs on steel and aluminum, and yet more tariffs coming on April 2nd. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington. In Ottawa. Today, I'm outlining the mitigation portion of our plan and the steps we are taking as a government to protect our workers and see them through the crisis. That's Employment Minister Stephen MacKinnon unveiling $5 billion in trade impact programs for workers and businesses caught in the trade war with the US. These measures will provide stability to our sectors at a time of great unrest and uncertainty.

And more than anything else, they will help keep more workers in their jobs, more businesses running, and more factory floors humming. Programs like work sharing will help employers avoid layoffs, keeping workers on for fewer hours a week. As well, there are financing programs for exporters in small businesses, and $1 billion in new financing for farmers through Farm Credit Canada. The latest job numbers suggest Canadian businesses may be slowing their hiring plans in the face of the US tariff threat. Statistics Canada says 1,100 new jobs were added to the economy last month, while short of the 20,000 analysts had been predicting.

The unemployment rate remains at 6.6%. Trump has posted a social media message saying he's considering a new round of sanctions and tariffs on Russia. He says they'd remain in effect until a peace agreement is finalized. This comes after a series of overnight Russian missile strikes killed at least 18 people in Ukraine. Firefighters' douse of fire in an apartment building hit in Russian airstrikes. The missile and drone assault also saw a number of energy facilities come under attack.

Syria is seeing its deadliest fighting in the three months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. New clashes between Assad loyalists and Syria's new government have killed at least 70 people in the last couple of days. That's according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Crystal Goman Singh reports. The peace shattered in the coastal city of Larikia. Syrian security forces are engaging fighters loyal to deposed leader Bashar al-Assad after what officials said were premeditated attacks on checkpoints.

We, the administration of the general security in Aleppo are heading to the coast, said Abu Dahir Thursday night as men in uniforms piled into the back of pickup trucks. Dozens of fighters on both sides have been killed and at least four civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The UK-based groups as curfews have been imposed in several cities including Latakia and Tartus, which it says have experienced hectic military movements. Syria has been mostly peaceful since Hayat Tehrar al-Sham, also known as HTS, seized control of the country late last year. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem.

late last year. Crystal Gamancing, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.