The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 08:00 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 Philpott. The federal election is over, but not Canada's trade war with the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney is supposed to meet with President Donald Trump soon.

And if Carney is going to live up to his campaign promises, he'll need to work across party and provincial lines. Janice McGregor is in our parliamentary bureau. If you look at the priorities that Mark Carney laid out during this campaign, the need to strengthen Canada's hand by investing in energy, transportation, trade corridors, meeting the military's needs, building housing, controlling inflation. There aren't vast differences of opinion

about the importance of doing all these things urgently. So the negotiations ahead in this parliament and with the premiers are gonna be about how, not what. In-person talks with Donald Trump are coming up fast. That should focus minds. And there are essentially eight independent votes in the next House. MPs were elected as new Democrats or Greens. The option is always open to cut deals with them bill by bill, even if nobody wants to sit with the Liberals permanently. And look, even voting together, the Conservative and the Bloc caucuses do not have enough votes to defeat the Liberals.

So yes, this is a minority, but it's a big one and it seems durable, at least for a year or two. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. King Frederik of Denmark is visiting Greenland this week. The semi-autonomous territory is part of Denmark, but US President Donald Trump says he wants to take it over. King Frederick told reporters he is not on a mission during this visit, but he was greeted on the tarmac by some flag-waving supporters who say it's important that Denmark and Greenland stand together.

The United States is backing Israel at the International Court of Justice. The ICJ is holding hearings this week on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel has banned UNRWA from Gaza, accusing the UN aid organization of being infiltrated by Hamas. Josh Simmons is testifying today. He's with the US State Department legal team. There are serious concerns about UNRWA's impartiality, including information that Hamas has used UNRWA facilities and that UNRWA staff participated in the October 7th terrorist attack against Israel. Israel therefore has ample grounds to question UNRWA's impartiality. Simmons argues Israel has no legal obligation to cooperate with

UNRWA, especially given the country's security concerns. Israel is being accused of violating international law by barring the aid organization from the Gaza Strip. As it prepares for a three-day ceasefire to take effect next week, Russia is intensifying its attacks on eastern Ukraine. There was a wave of drone strikes on the cities of Dnieper and Kharkiv overnight. Officials say one person was killed, 50 others injured. Krystal Gamansingh has more. More than 100 drones hit overnight into Wednesday morning, according to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy. In an online post, he called for additional pressure, including sanctions, to force Russia

into a ceasefire. France's foreign minister told the UN Security Council Tuesday the sole obstacle to peace in Ukraine is the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US, meanwhile, is getting ready to walk away from talks. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says the president remains open to political and diplomatic methods of resolving the conflict. He says Putin is open to direct talks with Ukraine, but it is Russia's duty to win the conflict. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London.

A high-profile murder trial is getting underway in Australia. 50-year-old Erin Patterson is accused of poisoning four relatives with toxic mushrooms back in 2023. Three of them died. Prosecutors argue Patterson cooked the mushrooms into a beef wellington she served for lunch. She's denying the charges. Her lawyers are calling the deaths a terrible accident. That's your World This Hour. I'm Pep Philpott.