The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 18:00 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 Julianne Hazelwood. Washington's 25% tariff on foreign auto parts kicks into effect today. It comes a day after General Motors announced

it's cutting about 750 positions at its plant in Oshawa, Ontario. Flavio Volpe is the president of Canada's Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. He says it's important to keep pushing the Trump administration to understand cuts to American car companies in Canada hurts the U.S. We were able to successfully get the auto parts tariffs through under USMCA.

My hope is that we continue the fight with the same zeal to maybe save those jobs before they go away in the fall. Volpe referred to the Canada-US Mexico trade agreement as the USMCA. The US Border and Customs Agency says auto parts compliant with the trade deal will not be subject to the new 25 percent tariff. In St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier designate has been announced. And in first place with 77.48 percent of the vote, John Hogan. Please join me in congratulating the new leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and the next Premier of our province.

The province's Liberal Party chose Justice, former Justice that is, and Health Minister John Hogan to be its next leader and next Premier. Hogan got more than 77% of the vote, defeating fellow Cabinet Minister John Abbott. Hogan promised to give the job everything he's got. There's no question there are challenges affecting everyone right now. We're facing a new relationship with our neighbors south of the border and we must be prepared on how that will impact us here at home. Families continue to struggle with affordability. There's frustrations with our health care system. Under my leadership, a liberal government will continue to work hard on these and other important priorities." Hogan will succeed

Andrew Fury, who surprised many when he announced his resignation earlier this year. In Australia, My fellow Australians, serving as your Prime Minister is the greatest honor of my life. Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressing a crowd of supporters in Sydney after winning re-election. Albanese is the first Australian Prime Minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years. He defeated the conservative-leaning Liberal Party whose leader Peter Dutton lost his own seat. Healthcare, housing and the cost of living were the major issues. But as it did here in Canada, US President Donald Trump's global trade war cast a big shadow over the campaign.

Singapore's People's Action Party has won its 14th consecutive election, extending its 66-year reign in government. The result bolsters the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office a year ago. We are grateful once again for your strong mandate. We will honor the trust that you have given to us by working even harder for all of you. Wong is a U.S.-trained economist. He appealed for a strong mandate to allow him to steer Singapore's economy through the turbulence caused by US tariffs. The German government is pushing back against US criticism after it classified the AFD, or Alternative for Germany, party as a right-wing extremist group.

Dominic Vallaitis has more details. Germany's decision to classify the AfD as right-wing extremists drew sharp criticism from US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who slammed the designation as tyranny in disguise on social media. In a rare move, the German Foreign Office replied directly to Rubio, saying, "...we have learnt from our history that right-wing extremism needs to be stopped. The AfD is a right-wing extremist party. Germany's domestic intelligence agency classified the AfD as extremist on Friday, saying it threatens democracy, a move which will enable it to better monitor the party, which came second in February's federal election. The AFD's

leadership criticized the decision claiming it was politically motivated and a severe blow to German democracy. Dominic Vellaitis for CBC News, Riga Latvia. And that's your World This Hour.