The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 12:00 EDT

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We begin in Ottawa where Prime Minister Mark Carney is making news today and announcing the opening of parliament later this month. We will have the privilege of welcoming His Majesty King Charles III, who will deliver Canada's speech from the throne on May 27th. Her Majesty the Queen will join this visit. That's Carney making his first public address since his election victory speech earlier this week.

Carney says King Charles' throne speech will be an historic moment that matches an historic time. Carney has also announced he'll be meeting next week at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump. We agreed to meet next Tuesday in Washington. Our focus will be on both immediate trade pressures and the broader future economic and security relationship between our two sovereign nations. Aaron Ross Powell, CNN Reporter As for other news from Carney today, he says unlike the previous Trudeau minority government, he won't be forming a parliamentary confidence agreement with the New Democrats. General Motors has announced its streamlining operations at its assembly plant in Oshawa,

Ontario. It means starting this fall, the plant is going from three shifts to two. GM says it's a move aimed at helping to maintain a sustainable manufacturing footprint in Canada. It comes as Canada's auto sector is under increasing pressure from the Trump administration's ongoing tariff campaign. With a number of Canadian veterans on hand, the Netherlands is commemorating the 80th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany. A very, very warm welcome to the Canadian veterans who made a long trip from Canada

to attend this ceremony. It's an honor to have you here in Groesbeek, and the people of the Netherlands are still very grateful of your efforts to bring peace again to the Netherlands. That is Lieutenant Colonel Tone Lessin addressing a memorial service today at the Grossbeek Canadian War Cemetery. 21 Canadian veterans of the Second World War are in attendance. The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers. Today's ceremony is one of many scheduled ahead of Liberation Day,

which is Monday. It commemorates Germany's surrender to Canadian forces in the Netherlands on May 5th, 1945. Activists say a ship carrying an 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. That 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 António 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 Program says food stocks are depleting. Israel is yet to make it clear when and how aid will resume. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Prince Harry has lost his fight to have his British security detail reinstated. He lost his right to publicly funded security when he stepped away from the royal family and moved to the United States. And today, the British Court of Appeal recognized that Harry feels mistreated by the new rules, but says his grievance isn't

legal grounds to challenge the decision. Harry's right to protection is now being treated on a case-to-case basis every time he visits the UK. And that is the World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.