The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 09:00 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, it's the world is our. I'm Joe Cummings. With a group of Canadian veterans center stage, the Netherlands is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from Nazi Germany. It's a memorial ceremony underway at the Grosse Beek Canadian War Cemetery. It is the final resting place for more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers. Today's service is one of many scheduled ahead of Liberation Day, which is Monday. It commemorates Germany's surrender in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. 21 Canadian veterans of the Second World War are on hand. The youngest is 96. The oldest is 105. Activists say a ship carrying emergency aid bound for Gaza has been hit by a drone strike off the coast of Malta. The vessel

was headed for the Palestinian territory in defiance of an Israeli blockade. The blockade, which is keeping international aid from entering Gaza, is now into its second month. Anna Cunningham has more. If we don't do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes. A visibly angry Michael Ryan, deputy director of the World Health Organization, speaking at the UN's headquarters in Geneva.

Israel has previously denied that Gaza is facing a hunger crisis. It says the blockade is designed to pressure Hamas to free remaining Israeli hostages and end this war. But concerns are being raised by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Stefan Dujarek is his spokesperson. He called on the Israeli authorities

to lift this brutal blockade and let the humanitarians save lives. In a community food kitchen in Gaza City, people scramble to get a meal. The UN World Food Programme says food stocks are depleting. Israel is yet to make it clear when and how aid will resume. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Prime Minister Mark Carney will outline the immediate priorities of his new government later this morning, just four days after Canadians voted in the Liberals for a fourth mandate.

Carney has promised to move immediately to address, among other things, the ongoing trade tensions with the United States. On Tuesday, he spoke by telephone with President Donald Trump, with Trump saying the two will meet in Washington within the next week. However, that has yet to be confirmed by the PMO. General Motors has announced its cutting operations at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario. Starting this fall, the plant is going from three shifts to two. The union leadership at Unifor is accusing GM of bartering Canadian jobs to curry favor with US President Trump. But GM says it's a move aimed at helping to maintain a sustainable manufacturing footprint

in Canada, and the company adds that it's planning to keep building in this country for another 100 years. Calling their news coverage biased and partisan, President Trump is cutting federal funding to NPR and PBS. Richard Madden has more now from Washington. The president accuses these two media outlets of spreading what he calls radical woke propaganda and he's ordered the government agency in charge of public broadcasting to cut all federal funding to NPR and PBS and that also includes blocking indirect funding to all its local radio and TV stations.

Congress has already approved a billion dollars for public broadcasting over the next two years, but Trump wants that money returned. NPR had been preparing for this since Trump's election victory and while the bulk of its funding comes from donations or membership dues, it's set in a statement that federal funding is essential to their work that millions of Americans rely on. But PBS is a bit different. Fifteen percent of its budget comes from federal funding. It warns these cuts will have a devastating impact on local communities. It's widely expected this executive order will be challenged in court since Congress has

already approved the funding. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. And that is the World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, Washington. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.