The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/06 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/06 at 09:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. We begin in Israel in an about-face by the military. Officials now say their soldiers made a mistake in killing 15 paramedics in Gaza on March the 23rd. Israeli army officials originally defended the attack. The CBC's Anna Cunningham is in London. The Israeli military is now admitting its soldiers made mistakes because mobile phone footage filmed by one of the paramedics killed has been released by the Palestinian Red Crescent Societies.

It appears to now cast doubt on those original claims by the Israel Defense Forces. They say soldiers opened fire because the convoy approached suspiciously in darkness without headlights or flashing lights. But this video appears to show vehicles slowing down, headlights on, or flashing lights but this video appears to show vehicles slowing down, headlights on, emergency flashing lights in use and emergency workers wearing high visibility jackets and without warning shooting begins and it goes on for about five minutes. Now Israel does say that six of the workers were linked to Hamas but it hasn't provided evidence. It accepts though that they were all unarmed when soldiers opened fire but

it does deny executing the group at close range. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. To Ukraine. Firefighters spray water on a building in Kiev. It is one of several fires that ignited after an overnight Russian drone strike. At least one person was killed and three others were injured. Another four people were hurt in a strike on the southern region of Mikolayev. The strikes come one day after at least 19 people were killed in an attack on the Ukrainian city of Krivgyi Re. Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, carried out attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, including a gas distribution pipeline in the Voronezh region.

While we're almost halfway through the campaign, parties still have time to finalize the list of their local candidates. That deadline is tomorrow. After that, nominations are locked in as Elections Canada prepares ballots for voting day. And that could have important implications for parties that have lost or booted some of their candidates. The CBC's Darren Major has more. Between the Liberals and Conservatives, more than half a dozen candidates left or were kicked off their party's tickets last week, mostly due to unsavory comments they've made in the past that have since come to light. But the

campaign still had time to replace those who left. After Monday's deadline, it'll be too late for parties to go to Plan B if they have to cut any more loose. And we could expect to see more heat put on candidates in the coming days. Former Liberal campaign director Michelle Caderio says the way parties use dirt on opposing candidates can vary. You might plan that to get some attention in an early week. In other cases, you might want to hold back, especially if it might be juicy, until everyone's locked in. Maeder says dropping some damning info about an opponent can also be used to throw off an opposing party's leader. But if a party is forced to drop a candidate after the registration deadline, it can have an impact on voters too.

Canadians who cast an early ballot for someone who was later dropped don't get a do-over. Darren Major, CBC News, Ottawa. It's another busy day on the federal election campaign trail today. On the west coast, conservative leader Pierre Balieb will be making stops in Metro Vancouver. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will be in Nova Scotia. Then heading to Montreal, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet is in Quebec. The Liberal and Green parties have not yet released their leaders' itineraries. March Madness is down to the finals in both women's and men's basketball. Today, defending women's champion South Carolina will face the UConn Huskies. The Gamecocks are vying for their third title in four years. The Huskies

are looking to reclaim the crown that the school has claimed ten times since 2000. On the men's side, Florida will face the University of Houston tomorrow night. The Gators feature the tallest player in the final, 7 foot 9 inch Olivier Roux, a native of Terrebonne, Quebec. Florida is looking for its third men's title, Houston its first. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.