The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 06:00 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, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. It's an agreement Ukraine is hoping will help keep the United States on its side in

the war against Russia. It's a rare earth minerals deal and it was signed last night. And a Cunningham reports. After months of delay, this deal is finally done. But it is a different deal than the one offered in February when the world witnessed this explosive argument between the US and Ukrainian presidents. I'm not playing cards. I'm wearing a ceiling to my separate... What's now been signed gives Washington and Kyiv a share in profits from the future sale of Ukraine's mineral and energy reserves.

There will be a joint reconstruction investment fund. Profits will be invested exclusively in Ukraine, which will not be asked to pay back any debt to the U.S., something President Donald Trump had initially demanded. Ukraine wanted security guarantees, but the only security clause puts the U.S. under no obligation, nor does the deal mention weapons. Ukraine's Prime Minister Denis Shmeykin says the deal is good, equal, and beneficial.

Russia sees it differently. Former President Dmitry Medvedev says Trump has finally forced Kiev to pay for US aid. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The Supreme Court will decide today whether to hear a youth-led climate change case. It's being brought forward by Sophia Mater, a 17-year-old activist, and seven other young people. They're challenging Ontario's reduced emissions target. They say the province's lower climate goal is jeopardizing their basic human rights.

This is the first time the Supreme Court of Canada will consider whether a government climate plan could violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In the wake of this week's loss to the Liberals, the Conservative Party is now in the process of determining how to move forward. And for some, it means fostering a less divisive approach. Nicole Williams explains. His antagonism just bothered me. I said, I can't vote for him. For nearly every single election over the last 70 years, 92-year-old Carol Howes has voted conservative. That is, until now.

If he remains head of the party, I don't think I could ever vote for him. I just don't like his style of politics. She's part of a group that has been faithful to the party but are now feeling alienated from it, suggesting leader Pierre Poliev's tactics and rhetoric became too negative or too right-wing to support. Laurie Turnbull is a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She says politically centred voters that used to find a home with the Conservatives might feel forced to vote liberal but aren't necessarily happy about it. That crowd might have a hard time feeling comfortable voting liberal given everything.

Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. To mark the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term as U.S. President, Kamala Harris delivered a blistering speech last night in San Francisco. It was her first public address since her November election loss, and the former vice president zeroed in on a range of issues from tariffs and deportations to the Constitution. Steve Futterman reports. Kamala Harris accused the Trump administration of trying to scare the American people.

We all know President Trump and his administration are counting on the notion that fear can be contagious. She called it part of a well-conceived agenda. To shrink government and then privatize its services, all while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. In one of her sharpest attacks, Harris said Trump is abandoning American ideals. It is not okay to detain and disappear American citizens or anyone without due process. She called the Trump tariffs the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern American

history and said it could lead to a recession. The president's reckless tariffs hurt workers and families. Harris said the country may very well be on the verge of entering a constitutional crisis. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.