The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 10:00 EDT

When Eric and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents in 1989, most people assumed they did it for the money. But over the course of their trials, the Menendez brothers told a very different story. Now, after spending most of their lives behind bars, new developments in the case could lead to the brothers getting out. This week on Crime Story, I speak with Robert Rand, the journalist who's covered this story longer than anyone else. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour.

I'm Claude Vague. Federal party leaders are spreading out from one end of the country to the other as the election campaign is about to enter its third week. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is in Newfoundland where he's unveiling more of the party's health platform. Calling the doctor shortage a crisis, Singh is calling for more foreign trained physicians to be licensed to work in Canada. My plan is to open up a thousand more residency spots across this country so we can actually get those physicians to be qualified in our country. We also need to train more folks here at home. We need to train more folks in Canada.

We have to particularly train more physicians in communities that are underserved. Singh is in the writing of St. John's East. He's hoping to win the seat that has gone back and forth between the NDP and liberals in recent years. Meanwhile 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. As U.S. tariffs begin rolling out around the world, global economies are preparing their responses. U.S. President Donald Trump has implemented tariffs of 10 percent on all imported goods. 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 cargos 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 Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown. Officials in Kyiv say Friday's attack on Kriviri killed 18 people, including nine children. Dominic Velaitis 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 Krivrii, 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 Vellaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. As of this morning, there were 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 the power. Officials say those efforts are expected to last through the week and even longer in some rural areas. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.