The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 08:00 EDT

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I'm Claude Fade. We begin in Pictou County, Nova Scotia with the search for two young siblings now in its third day. Six-year-old Lily and her four-year-old brother Jack have been missing since Friday morning. Every hour that goes by, their family and officials grow more concern for their well-being. The CBC's Linda Ward reports. Well police temporarily called off the search last night. That search is expected to resume this morning. There's still no sign though of the two children. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan is described as having

shoulder-length light brown hair with bangs. She's possibly wearing a pink sweater, pink pants and pink boots. Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, short blondish hair wearing blue dinosaur boots, reported missing around 10 a.m. on Friday. The RCMP say it appears the children wandered away from a home about 20 kilometers southwest of New Glasgow. There's no evidence police say they were abducted, so no amber alert has been issued. There's been about 100 searchers who've been searching this area.

We're talking search and rescue teams from all across the province. Two helicopters and a drone have been looking for these children. Tracking dogs have been out, and they are asking people, even though you may wanna help, please stay away from that search area to allow those searchers to do their work. Linda Ward, CBC News, Toronto.

Newfoundland and Labrador has a new premier designate following the surprise resignation of Andrew Fury in February. The province's Liberals held a leadership convention on Saturday and St. John's lawyer John Hogan broke through. William Ping reports. It was a tale of two Johns. John Abbott and John Hogan ran to become the next liberal leader in Newfoundland and Labrador. But in the end...

With 77.48% of the vote, John Hogan. As the province's new premier designate, Hogan says his children inspire him. My kids and their entire generation are what drive me to ensure Newfoundland and Labrador lives up to its full potential. Prior to entering politics in 2021, Hogan worked as a lawyer. He's since served as the province's attorney general and been minister of both justice and health. Since Andrew Fury's decision to step down, Hogan had become the favored candidate among his liberal caucus. As for his first order of business as premier, he says it's all about health care. To fill the gaps that we still see across the province, whether that's ambulance delays,

not having a family physician or access to primary care or long waits in emergency rooms. William Ping, CBC News, St. John's. In Tel Aviv. Air raid sirens blare out across the city as people run for cover. Israel's military says a missile launched from Yemen landed near the Bangorian Airport. as a missile launch from Yemen landed near the Ben Gurion airport. Where people are directed through a terminal to a secure area, videos posted by passengers show smoke rising near the airport. Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the attack. They have continued to strike out against Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in

Gaza. Today, Israel's top cabinet ministers will be meeting to decide whether or not to intensify the country's military operations in Gaza. Police in the UK have arrested multiple suspects in an alleged plot to attack an unnamed target in London. British counterterrorism officers say five men were detained yesterday across England on suspicion of preparing a quote terrorist act.

Four of the suspects are of Iranian descent. Police are still working to determine a motive. In Romania, voters are heading to the polls today for a redo of last year's presidential election, which was annulled amidst accusations of electoral violations and Russian meddling. 11 candidates are running for the presidency and a May 18th runoff is expected. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time and will close at 9 p.m. Millions of votes have already been cast today and according to Central Election Bureau, about a half a million of them came from abroad.

And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fege.