The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 07:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Pat Fulpot. Prime Minister Mark Carney is turning his focus to the trade war with US President Donald Trump. Carney promised Canadians he would build a stronger economy, one that is less reliant on the United States. But already Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is asking if that can be done with a minority government.

You saw that the Bloc Québécois's first move is to say they'd partner with Mark Carney as long as he didn't build pipelines. And so that may result in some kind of stability to put a part of his agenda through, but it's not good for the country. Meanwhile, Elizabeth May is making it clear she wants to play a key role in the new minority parliament. The Green Party co-leader is the only member of her party who is returning to Ottawa. And as Olivia Stefanovic reports, May is already sending out her priorities. I would never have done the kind of deal that Jagmeet Singh did with Justin Trudeau, which ignored fair voting and ignored climate. Elizabeth May making her values clear. The Green Party co-leader says she's willing to negotiate and possibly even make a deal with the new Liberal minority government. That

is, if it's willing to work with her, and finally bring in electoral reform. First Pass the Post drives people to fear-based voting and rewards mindless hyper-partisanship. Dismantling First Pass the Post, a 2015 federal election promise broken by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Now with a minority government, a potential condition of support by the Greens. May also says she wants to end the 12MP requirement for official party status, something she says she plans to work on with the new Speaker of the House of Commons.

Olivia Estefanovic, CBC News, Sydney, BC. Donald Trump is offering the North American auto sector a slight reprieve. The industry has been hit hard with his 25 percent tariffs on auto imports into the U.S. But yesterday the president signed executive orders aimed at easing the impact of those tariffs. The CBC's Nisha Patel has more. A lot of auto jobs coming. Watch what's happening.

U.S. President Donald Trump assuring supporters his trade war will push automakers to the Nisha Patel has more. A lot of auto jobs coming. Watch what's happening. US President Donald Trump assuring supporters his trade war will push automakers to revive American manufacturing. They all want to come back to Michigan and build cars again. Still he softened his position. Automakers will no longer face stacked tariffs for steel and aluminum. They'll also get a credit for assembling vehicles in the U.S. Brian Kingston speaks for Canadian vehicle manufacturers. He says even with the changes tariffs will boost costs and slow production. So I remain quite worried.

We have to get back to an environment where we have duty-free trade across North America. The White House says the relief should give companies two years to rework their supply chains. But shifting factories to the U.S. would take longer and cost billions of dollars. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. The United Kingdom is joining the United States bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen. Last night, British and American fighter jets launched airstrikes against the militants. This is the first time the UK has done so since Donald Trump took office. The target was a cluster of

buildings just south of Yemen's capital. The UK says the Houthis used those buildings to manufacture the drones with which they've been targeting ships in the Red Sea. A large fire at a hotel in India has killed more than a dozen people. Two children are among those who've died. Another person was killed jumping from a balcony trying to escape the flames. It happened in Kolkata in the state of West Bengal. Manoj Verma is the police chief in the city. Minaj Verma is the police chief in the city. As far as our team has observed during the search operation, there are at least 15 casualties. Several people were rescued from rooms and the roof of the hotel. Five individuals were rescued from inside the hotel and 20 were brought down from the roof. The fire is now under control but authorities say they're still carrying out rescue operations.

The cause of the blaze is being investigated. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Pep Fulpont.