The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 09:00 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 Pap Philpott. Statistics Canada has given us the latest look at the state of the economy this morning, releasing its report for February's gross domestic product. As Peter Armstrong show reports, it shows a shrinking economy.

This report is like a snapshot in time. The economy was in a very different place back in February. Back then, tariff concerns were only truly starting to ramp up, but consumers were already scaling back their purchases. Business confidence was already low, and so this 0.2% contraction is about what we had been expecting. Interestingly though, the preliminary estimate for March came with an increase of 0.1%. Meanwhile, the US economy actually shrank last quarter. Over January, February and March, the U.S.

economy slipped 0.3 percent. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. Prime Minister Mark Carney is turning his focus to the trade war with U.S. 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. Carney spoke with Trump on the phone yesterday and the two leaders are expected to meet in person sometime soon. Meanwhile, Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second administration with a major rally near Detroit last night. The CBC's Paul Hunter was there. In 100 days, we have delivered the most profound change in Washington in nearly 100 years. At his rally in Michigan marking those 100 days, Trump listed some of the change the US has seen since he moved back into the White House, not least those tariffs on, it seems,

just about everything from other countries, including those targeting Canada's multi-billion dollar auto industry, says Trump to force jobs back into the US. They all want to come back to Michigan and build cars again. You know why? Because of our tax and tariff policy. A policy Trump hopes will achieve that even if, as is already happening, it drives up prices in the US. USA! USA! Even as polls across the US suggest support for Trump is falling, among his hardcore supporters at that rally, a consistent message remains in place. Trust in Trump.

Paul Hunter, CBC News, Macomb County, Michigan. Tensions between Pakistan and India are growing, with Pakistan now claiming India is about to retaliate for last week's deadly attack in India controlled Kashmir. Atta Ullah-Taraar is a member of the Pakistan cabinet. Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends carrying out military action against Pakistan in the next 24 to 36 hours on the pretext of baseless and concocted allegations of involvement in the Pehelgaam incident. That incident saw 26 tourists killed after being ambushed by gunmen. Survivors

say they segregated the men, asked their names and then shot dead those who were Hindus. New Delhi blames Islamabad for the attack. The incident has plunged relations between the two countries to the lowest level in years. Russia is intensifying its attacks on Ukraine with more overnight strikes. This dashcam video shows an explosion in Kharkiv. Ukraine's president says more than 100 Russian drones were launched at multiple cities overnight, killing one person and injuring 50 others. The attacks come as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a

three-day ceasefire, but that is not beginning until May 8th. The United Kingdom is joining the US bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen. Last night British and American fighter jets launched air strikes against the militants. It's the first time the UK has done so since Donald Trump took office. That's your World This Hour. I'm Pep Philpott.