The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 08:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. As U.S. tariffs begin rolling out around the world, global economies are preparing for their responses. US President Donald Trump has implemented tariffs of 10% on all imported goods. The move has triggered the worst week for US stocks since the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago. The CBC's Anna Cunningham reports. From midnight Eastern Time, seaports, airports and customs warehouses in the US were ready

for the new US tariffs. The baseline 10% tariff will impact everything from electronics to clothing. The move, the US administration says, is designed to address trade imbalances and boost US manufacturing. All US ports were informed that there was to be no grace period for cargoes moving on the water at midnight. Britain, Australia, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were the first countries to be hit by these new US tariffs. Global stock markets have been shaken by the move, recording their worst week since the

global pandemic in 2020. Starting next Wednesday, about 60 countries will face additional steeper tariffs. Leaders from the UK, Italy and Australia held calls this morning agreeing that an all-out trade war would be extremely damaging. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Ukraine's military says Russia is lying about its deadly strike on President Vladimir Zelensky's hometown. Officials in Kyiv say Friday's attack on Krivyi Reb killed 18 people, including nine children. Russia claims its target was a legitimate military site. Dominic Volaitis has more. The immediate aftermath of Russia's attack on Krivrii was captured on camera. The Ukrainian authorities say the missile slammed into a residential area of the city,

killing more than a dozen people, including children. At least 50 others were wounded in the strike, among them a three-month-old baby. Local resident Yulia witnessed the carnage. There were dead children laying there, crying parents. Horrible, she says. The emergency services worked throughout the night with flashlights, searching wrecked cars and damaged buildings for survivors. The attack on Kriviri, President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown,

was one of Russia's deadliest this year. Moscow claims this was a high precision strike targeting Ukrainian commanders and Western instructors meeting in a local restaurant, a statement denounced by the Ukrainian authorities as misinformation and further proof Russia does not want a ceasefire. Dominic Vlaitus for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. To South Korea. Hundreds of supporters of former president Youn Suk-yol are demonstrating in the streets of Seoul. They're angry about Friday's decision by the Constitutional Court. It upheld Parliament's impeachment of Yoon over his failed attempt to impose martial

law last December. The move triggered political chaos and highlighted a social divide within South Korea. UN supporters say he was trying to defend the country from invasive communist influencers. His critics claim martial law was an attack on democracy. South Korea must now hold an election by June to pick a new president. As of this morning, there are still more than 100,000 customers in Ontario without power. That after two back-to-back ice storms that caused severe damage in some cottage country cities like Orillia. Premier Doug Ford says Hydro One crews are working with teams from across Canada to restore power.

Officials say those efforts are expected to last through the week and even longer in some rural areas. Medical recruiters in Canada say there has been a surge in interest by American doctors considering a move to Canada. It comes after Donald Trump's election in November. Nova Scotia Health recruiting says there are 27 American doctors in serious negotiations to move. And Manitoba's health minister says the province's recruiters are talking with a dozen American physicians and nearly 50 nurses. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.