The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 10:00 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 Pep Philpott. Monday's federal election has claimed another party leader. Conservatives and NDP leaders both

failed to win re-election, though Pierre Pauldieva is vowing to carry on. But now Jonathan Pedneau has stepped down as co-leader of the Green Party. In a statement, he says he twice failed to win a seat in the House of Commons and he's also taking responsibility for not mobilizing the support of the Greens needed to re-elect Ontario MP Mike Morris. Bedno says the party is fortunate to have Elizabeth May's leadership going forward. Meanwhile, for her part, May is being clear she wants to play a key role in the new minority parliament.

She's the only member of her party who is returning to Ottawa. And as Olivia Stefanoicz reports, May is already setting 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 leader says she's willing to negotiate and possibly even make a deal with a 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 12 MP 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, Sydney, BC. 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. Russia is intensifying its attacks on Ukraine with more overnight strikes. This dashcam video shows an explosion in Kharkiv. The city's mayor says apartment blocks, homes and a medical facility were hit. Ukraine's president says more than 100 Russian drones were launched at multiple cities overnight. One person was killed, 50 others injured. Vladimir Zelensky is calling for an immediate 30-day ceasefire. The attacks come as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire,

but that's not beginning until May 8th. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it's poised to sign a crucial mineral deal with the U.S., possibly later today. The economy minister is in Washington, reportedly to finalize the agreement's technical details. The Trump administration is pressing for the deal, and the U.S. president says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further American support and keeps war with Russia. The minerals are key ingredients for sophisticated electronic

products and they're used in the aerospace and weapons industries as well as for batteries for electric vehicles. 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 and her lawyers are calling the deaths a terrible accident. That's your World This Hour. I'm Pep Fulpunt.