The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 03:00 EDT

When they predict we'll fall, we rise to the challenge. When they say we're not a country, we stand on guard. This land taught us to be brave and caring, to protect our values, to leave no one behind. Canada is on the line and it's time to vote as though our country depends on it. Because like never before, it does. I'm Jonathan Pedneau, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. This election, each vote makes a difference. Authorized by the Registeredleader of the Green Party of Canada. This election, each vote makes a difference. Authorized by the registered agent of the Green Party of Canada.

From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. With the debates done, party leaders got back on the campaign trail on Friday and voters are making their way to advance polls. As Tom Perry reports, there's a lot of eagerness to cast ballots. At Ottawa City Hall, the line for advanced voting stretched out the door and down the length of the building. We came to early voting and we got here and waited two hours to vote.

While some voters have made their choice, party leaders are back out looking for those still wavering. We can give ourselves so much more than the Americans can ever take away. Liberal leader Mark Carney again making the case this election is about who's best to take on U.S. President Donald Trump, while Conservative leader Pierre Polyev says it's about putting someone new in charge. Now the question is whether we with rising costs and crime the liberals deserve a fourth term in power or whether it's time for a change. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Francois Blanchette sticking to

their message as well urging voters to support them and keep whoever wins this election in check. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. The Maryland man, mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, met briefly with one of his state senators. Democrat Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador and demanded access to the man at the heart of a court battle. Katie Nicholson has the latest. Moments after touching down, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen delivered this message to Kilmar Abrego Garcia's family and friends. He said that thinking of you, members of his family, is what gave him the strength, even under these awful circumstances.

The senator got a brief meeting with the father of three Thursday night, nearly a month after he was picked up by immigration officials and mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison before being moved to another detention center. Federal courts have demanded the U.S. government facilitate his return. So far, the Trump administration has refused. This case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America. On Friday, President Trump again suggested Abrerega Garcia was a gang member, something

his lawyers say isn't true. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. Thousands of people came out to protest in Yemen's capital. Demonstrators expressed their solidarity with the people of Gaza, but also condemnation of the US strikes on the Houthi militants. The latest strike overnight targeted a field terminal on the Red Sea coast. Officials in Yemen say it killed at least 74 people. The US says the strikes aim to cut off a source of fuel to the Houthis who continue attacking Red Sea shipping planes. 148 people are now confirmed dead after a boat caught fire and capsized in northwest Congo earlier this week.

100 people are still missing and more than 150 people have been injured. Deadly boat accidents are not uncommon in the central African country. The US is threatening to pull out of the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire negotiations if progress isn't made quickly. We want to see it end. President Donald Trump says if either side makes things too complicated, the US will step away from brokering a full ceasefire. But he says he believes there's a good chance of ending the conflict. My whole life has been one big negotiation and I know when people are playing us

and I know when they're not and I have to see an enthusiasm to want to end it and I think I see that enthusiasm. I think I see it from both sides. He declined to comment on what abandoning peace talks would mean for American military support to Ukraine. Russia has rejected a previous US proposal and placed several conditions on any potential ceasefire. French President Manuel Macron is inviting scientists from all over the world to come

work in France or Europe. The invitation comes at the same time President Trump is slashing funding for universities and research bodies. Macron says in France, research is a priority, innovation a culture, and science a limitless horizon. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.