The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/05 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: January 5, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/05 at 10:00 EST

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from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings just days after she called nicholas maduro's capture a kidnapping and vowed venezuela would never become a u.s colony the acting president of venezuela is now softening her tone That is a statement from Delcy Rodriguez being read aloud in a televised address to the nation. Rodriguez says she wants to collaborate with the Trump administration and wants a respectful relationship with the United States. And her comments follow a new round of threats from the U.S. President.

Will Lee Lowry has more now from Washington. President Donald Trump has been unequivocal. He expects Venezuela's Delsey Roder. to fall in line and work with Washington. The consequences he said if she doesn't would be worse than what befell Nicholas Maduro. And his attention isn't solely on Venezuela. He said Cuba was ready to fall and he mulled military action in Colombia. Colombia is very sick to run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States.

And he's not going to be doing it very long. Trump also said Mexico needed to take charge of its borders and do it. a better job of cracking down on illegal drugs. He said the U.S. would be willing to help out if necessary. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Meanwhile, Denmark is issuing another strong response to the U.S. President's ongoing musings about a possible American takeover of Greenland. Crystal Gamansing reports. Greenland is rich in natural resources. It is also strategically located in the Arctic along with Russia and China, nations that have increased military and commercial activities in the region.

Alex Younger is the former head of MI6, the British Intelligence Agency. Denmark, of course, is a member of NATO and has made it entirely clear that it's ready to cooperate with the U.S. in any way as long as that's under a Danish flag. So there's something also of the sort of geopolitical ego about this, which I do find pretty unsettling. Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens Friedrich Nielsen posted on social media saying, We have taken responsibility for the security of the North Atlantic and not least of North America. The immediate and repeated rhetoric from the United States is completely and utterly unacceptable. Danish Prime Minister Meda Friedrichson also took to social media, urging the United States to stop the threats.

Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has named Christia Freeland his new economic development. advisor. Canada's former Deputy Prime Minister moves into Zelensky's inter-circle, but her break from Canada could prove to be complicated. Janice McGregor explains. Just yesterday, Canada's ambassador in Kiev, Natalca Seymook, was posting on social media about how important it was for Mark Carney to have appointed Freeland as his special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine. But now we have this announcement from the Ukrainian president announcing Freeland.

will be his special advisor on economic development. So it's very unclear how Freeland can sit on both sides of this table without being in a fundamental conflict of interest. When she resigned from cabinet in September, she did not resign her seat. But the Liberals need her seat occupied. Their headcount in this minority parliament falls just short of what the government needs to hold the confidence of the House of Commons.

MP's return in late January, they'll have to approve spending estimates that could be considered confidence votes before late March. Even if Freeland resigns immediately, it's unclear that the Prime Minister has a long enough window to replace her before he might need that vote again. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Still with Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Paris today

for this week's meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. This is the group of more than 30 countries committed to supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia. Canada recently announced a new round of financing and loan guarantees for Ukraine worth more than $2.5 billion. And that is the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings.