The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 11:00 EDT

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Pat Philpott. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is sharply criticizing judges in his province, especially the judge who ordered his government to halt plans to remove bike lanes in Toronto. The injunction was ordered while the court decides whether removing those bike lanes is unconstitutional. Because of ideology, they decide to put an injunction in. Why don't you listen to the people? Again, why do we have elections if every single decision we make you can get an

injunction or throw it to the courts? In a news conference in Mississauga, the Ontario Premier also had strong words for what he calls bleeding heart judges. He says judges who do not send repeat offenders to jail should be named and held accountable, for Ford says he would pay some of them to retire early. 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 tells us, 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 U.S. economy actually shrank last quarter. Over January, February, and March, the U.S. economy slipped 0.3%. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. That decline in the U.S. economy that Peter mentioned there is seeing American

stock markets take a downturn today. The news saw Wall Street stocks drop more than 1% on opening. US President Donald Trump is now trying to allay the economic fairs, posting on his Truth social media account, quote, Be patient. This will take time. A top U.S. official says Israel has ample grounds to question the impartiality of the UN aid agency UNRWA. The International Court of Justice says looking into whether Israel is violating international law by banning UNRWA from delivering aid to Gaza. Lauren Comito has more.

U.S. State Department legal adviser Josh Simmons told judges that Israel has discretion when it comes to its security and that it is not obliged to that organizations, including UNRWA, operate freely if it sees it as a risk. There are serious concerns about UNRWA's impartiality, including information that Hamas has used UNRWA facilities and that UNRWA staff participated in the October 7 terrorist attack against Israel. UNRWA is the main provider of aid in Gaza, but Israel has barred it from operating in the Gaza Strip, claiming the agency has been infiltrated by Hamas. Israel halted all aid deliveries to Gaza early last month, where aid organizations say

thousands of children are malnourished and the humanitarian aid system is facing total collapse. This week's hearings were requested by the UN General Assembly, which wants the court to give an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations regarding aid to Gaza. Lauren Comito for CBC News, Amsterdam. Tensions between Pakistan and India are growing, with Pakistan now claiming India is about to retaliate for last week's deadly attack in Kashmir. Attaulah Tarar 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 Pehelgaum 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. That's your World This Hour. I'm Pep Filippot.