The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/07 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/07 at 20:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles a u.s immigration agent has shot and killed a woman in minneapolis ice began a major crackdown in minnesota yesterday a spokesperson for homeland security says the officer opened fire alleging someone tried to hit them with a vehicle secretary of homeland security christine nome calling it terrorism this goes to show um the assaults that are ice officers and our law enforcement are under every single day. These vehicle rammings are domestic acts of terrorism. But Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frye, says that's not what happened.

The narrative that this was just done in self-defense is a garbage narrative. That is not true. It has no truth. The shootings drawn dozens of angry protesters to the site. Blowing whistles and shouting at federal agents and local police. The victim's been identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Hundreds are turning out to a vigil, candlelight vigil, happening right now in Menelaide, Minneapolis. The U.S. has seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela.

The Trump administration says it will take all the oil, up the 50 million barrels, and sell it at market rates. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that cash will be used to benefit the Venezuelan people, but did not say how. He says oil seizures give the U.S. control over what the interim government incurred. Caracas is able to do. They are not generating any revenue from their oil right now. They can't move it unless we allow it to move because we have sanctions because we're enforcing those sanctions. This is tremendous leverage.

We are exercising it in a positive way. Rubio claims the U.S. is shepherding Venezuela to an orderly transition of power, but acting President Delci Rodriguez says no foreign agent controls the Venezuelan government. The White House says it's holding active discussions about purchasing Greenland and it isn't ruling out taking it by force. President Donald Trump says he needs it for national security, but Western nations warned such a move would only undermine it. Karen Paul's reports. To deter Russian and Chinese aggression in the Arctic region. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt defending U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating campaign to acquire Greenland.

And so that's why his team is currently talking about what a potential purchase would look like. Avarok Olson is the mayor of Greenland's capital, Nuke. She says this discussion is disrespectful and offensive. We feel like we are not treated as our own people, living in our own country. We are treated like an item to buy. The U.S. has tried to buy Greenland before, offering 100 million U.S. in gold in 1946. Some estimates suggest Greenland's mineral resources are now worth nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars. And taking into account its strategic location, a value of the U.

of nearly 2.8 trillion. Karen Paul's CBC News, Washington. Prime Minister Mark Carney's set to head overseas again next week for talks with Chinese leaders. As Janice McGregor tells us, it's another signal. Relations between Ottawa and Beijing are thawing. The Prime Minister's trip will include international security talks with China's president and its premier, as well as trade talks with business leaders. Agriculture is on the agenda, picking up where Saskatchewan Premier, Mo's trade mission left off last September, trying to lift China's retaliatory tariffs on Canadian food exports like canola. Canada's energy sector remains hungry for new customers and

new investors, but Mark Carney has to be careful. The Trump administration wants its hemispheric neighbors to fall in line with America's crackdown on Chinese trade. Carney will also stop in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual gathering of government and business leaders at the World Economic Forum. The Conservatives are already accusing Kearney of hobnobbing around the world instead of staying home to fix policies they say hold Canada back. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is The World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.