World Report - February 4: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: February 4, 2026

Controversy over US ICE agents continue at 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games.A former British cabinet minister with ties to Jeffrey Epstein is under criminal investigation for allegedly leaking secret government documents to the convicted sex offender.  4-year-old Penny the Doberman Pinscher, co-owned by a Canadian, wins best in show at Westminster Dog Show.We're learning more about the crash that killed three junior hockey players in Alberta this week.The US government is pulling 700 ICE agents out of Minnesota.More information coming to light about the disppearance of two Nova Scotia children nine months ago.The parents of a Canadian teen who died in Australia last month have arrived in Brisbane.In New Brunswick, fishers say their livlihood is in peril due to the rotting whaves that are owned by the federal government.

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We begin this hour in Minnesota. U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Holman, says hundreds of immigration officers are being sent home. I have announced effective immediately. We will draw down 700 people effective today. That would leave about 2,300 agents in the city. Homan was sent in to try to calm tensions after ICE agents shot and killed two American citizens. Homan says the decrease is possible with an agreement between state and local authorities. They will hand over undocumented immigrants when they're arrested.

Resistance to the presence of ICE agents is not confined to Minnesota. There is also pushback in Italy. ICE agents are being sent as part of the U.S. Olympic Delegation security detail. As the CBC's Breyer-Stewart reports, it is a hot topic in Milan. Italy's Interior Minister Mateo Piatidozi stood up in a parliamentary session this morning to try to convince Italians that the presence of U.S. immigration and enforcement agents in the country will have no impact on national sovereignty. They will operate exclusively with the United States.

within U.S. diplomatic premises and will carry out analytical and information-sharing activities, he said. He said there's nothing new about Italy's cooperation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But that hasn't stopped some of the public backlash. Protests have already taken place on the streets of Milan and more planned for this weekend, including on Friday, when the opening ceremony will take place. The controversy around ICE has also prompted U.S.

US Olympic officials to rename a hospitality space set up for the athletes in the city. It had been called the ice house and now has been rebranded as the winter house. A wise move said U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn. I hope I can use my platform and my voice throughout these games to try and encourage people to stay strong in these hard times. A lot of people say you're just an athlete, like stick to your job, shut up about politics. but politics affect us all. Officials with the International Olympic Committee

have tried to dismiss any questions about politics, saying it's imperative that the games aren't embroiled in any ongoing political tensions. But the questions will keep coming, particularly as world leaders and other dignitaries arrive for the opening ceremony this week. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, Milan. British officials are starting a criminal investigation

related to the late-sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Police are looking into allegations. Government information was leaked in 2009 to Epstein by then Cabinet Minister Peter Mandelson. Today in the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Kirstarmer blasted Mandelson, accusing him of betraying the country. To learn that there was a cabinet minister leaking sensitive information at the height of the response to the 2008 crash is beyond infuriating. and I am as angry as the public and any member of this house. Mandelson went on to become Britain's ambassador to the U.S. and then a member of the House of Lords. His name is repeatedly referenced in the Epstein files.

Mandelson denies any wrongdoing. We are learning more about the Monday night crash that killed three junior hockey players in Alberta. Officials say the teens were attempting to drive across a highway. The CBC's Caroline Bargut has the latest. In Kamloops, people are coming to terms with the news. Two of the three teenagers who died in a car crash in Alberta are from here. Cameron Casorso and JJ Wright were 18. They died on their way to hockey practice alongside their 17-year-old teammate Caden Fine from Alabama.

Marie Rieiger's thoughts are with their families. We think of them. We feel very close to young families and the hockey players here, so we understand and wish them the best. R.C. P. said the crash happened about 100 kilometers south of Calgary, just outside of Stavely, Alberta. A semi-truck hauling gravel was heading northbound on Highway 2. The teens were in a vehicle traveling east on a secondary roadway. Corporal Gina Slaney says their car was attempting to cross the highway.

That vehicle would have had to come across two of the southbound lanes and then stop in the median and then proceed through. So when they proceeded through, that's when that passenger vehicle was hit by the semi-truck. Shelly Lamperl's kids were childhood friends of JJ's. It's really hard to wrap your mind around. somebody that you've watched grow up, just suddenly gone. Her daughter, Jada Ray, met J.J. on the first day of kindergarten and became fast friends. When I look back on my childhood, he's always there. He was the funniest person that I knew.

The teens were playing their first season with the southern Alberta Mustangs. Their next game has been cancelled as the players come to terms with their loss. Caroline Bargut, CBC News, Camloops, British Columbia. This week marks nine months since Lily and Jack Sopold. Sullivan vanished without a trace in rural Nova Scotia. And now the silence surrounding their mother has broken. In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Malaya Brooks Murray's inner circle are sharing new details about the case and how the family is coping.

Angela McIver reports. It was one of her favorite blankets. Cheryl Robinson pulls blankets out of a plastic bag belonging to six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her five-year-old brother, Jack. She's close with the children's mother, Maloney's. Leah Brooks Murray. She's just trying to take it day by day. In early May of last year, Brooks Murray called 911 when she awoke to find Jack and Lily were missing from their rural home an hour and a half outside of Halifax. An extensive grid search of eight and a half square

kilometers of dense, rugged terrain turned up little evidence. Cindy Murray is a children's maternal grandmother. Two kids just go missing without a trace. answers, you know, doesn't make any sense to me. It's just a nightmare. Last week, RCMP charged the children's stepfather, Daniel Martel with assault, sexual assault, and forcible confinement related to an adult complainant. He has not responded to multiple requests for comment, but in early January, he did speak to CBC. I'd say 100%. I'm not considered a suspect at this point. Staff Sergeant Rob McCammon with the Nova Scotia RCMP major crime unit says it's still being treated as a missing person's case. You know, there's times we wish we could say more, but we have to protect the integrity of that.

McCamond says as far as he's concerned, Jack and Lily Sullivan will not become a cold case. Angela McIver, CBC News, Halifax. The parents of a Canadian teen who died in Australia last month have arrived in Brisbane, They say they want to walk on the beach where a 19-year-old Piper James was found. The teen was working on an island off Australia's east coast when she went out for an early morning swim. Autopsy results say James died of drowning. Residents in Campobello Island in New Brunswick say they want some fast action from Ottawa. The federal wharves on the island are in disrepair.

And local fishers say their industry could be in jeopardy. Alison McCormick reports. On a frigid winter weekday, Campa Bello Island quietly awaits the return of its fishing fleet. Crews have been out dragging for scallops, but soon they'll be back to sell their hard-won catch. The industry brings in more money and employs more people than any other on the island. That's why a recent inspection of its three federal fishing wharves has a lot of islanders on edge. Those all need to be replaced. Amanda Matthews points out the damaged piling's holding up the head harbors.

Wharf. Matthews is with the Campabello Island Harbor Authority. She says the island's other two federal wharves are now either closed or partially fenced off. Fishermen need wharves to be able to tie their boats to, to be able to put gear and bait aboard their boat. There are nearly a hundred fishers who make their living trapping lobster, fishing for halibut or dragging for scallops and sea urchin. Another 60 are employed at fish plants, lobster tank houses and lobster buying scows. Amanda Johnson is executive director of the Fundy North Fishermen's Association. She says available funding from the federal government is simply not enough to go around. Harvesterers who are contributing $18.8 million in employment income for the province of New

Brunswick, they should not have to barter with federal officials to keep their workplace viable. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says maintenance is based on needs, impacts, and available funding, but it won't say where Campobello Island sits on that list. Allison McCormick, CBC News, Campa Bella Island. The top prize at the most prestigious dog show in the world has a Canadian connection. Westminster 150 goes to Penny, the Dauberman Pinscher. Penny, the four-year-old D'Urman Fincher, strutted to Best in Show. Penny's co-owner, Gregory Chan is from Toronto.

He says she is very demanding and very smart, but will do anything for food. Penny is the first Doberman to win best in show since 1989. That is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Marcia Young. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca.ca.com.