The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 17:00 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. The search for two young children in Pictou County, Nova Scotia continues. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack haven't been seen since leaving their home on Friday morning. RCMP Staff Sergeant Curtis McKinnon says the dense bush and weather are creating tough search conditions.

With the wet weather, it makes things a little more complicated for our searchers. Given they're in the woods, it's wet, things are slippery, footing's not the greatest, it's, you know, the water's, you know, it's not the best, but you know, they're still trudging through and they're still working hard at doing the job that they have to do. McKinnon says searchers believe they found a footprint yesterday and a grid has been set up in that area. Authorities say there's no evidence the children were abducted. Anyone with information is asked to contact Pictou County RCMP. Alberta's path forward with Ottawa. That's the focus of Premier Danielle Smith's live address tomorrow. After years of a rocky relationship between the federal liberals and the province,

she'll talk about how Alberta plans to work with the newly elected government. Julia Wong reports. Julia Wong Monday afternoon, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will lay out what she calls the bold steps her government will take to chart a new course for the province. During a live streamed event, Smith is expected to outline how her united conservative government will deal with Mark Carney's federal liberals. The remarks come after a government caucus meeting Friday, the same day Smith spoke with Carney, a meeting she called positive.

Political columnist Graham Thompson. I imagine what she's going to do is say, you know, she's sort of making sure that Carney does live up to the sense of resetting things, resetting that relationship or else. And she's talking about having a panel looking at the future of relations between Alberta and the federal government. Before the election campaign began, Smith shared a list of demands for the next prime minister. They included killing the oil and gas emissions cap and a guarantee that Alberta can build pipelines in every direction. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton.

Wildfire officials in Alberta say crews were carrying out a prescribed burn on Hutton Creek in the Peace River Forest Friday afternoon when things went wrong. Officials say an unexpected wind event allowed the fire to escape the containment area. It's now listed as out of control. Alberta wildfire says suppression resources had been deployed and the fire isn't posing a threat to any nearby communities. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes his country won't need to use nuclear weapons in the war on Ukraine. Putin made the comments in an interview in a Russia state TV program marking his 25 years in power.

Anna Cunningham has more. In the dark, searchlights scan the Kyiv skyline on the lookout for Russian drones. Through the night, Ukraine's firefighters tackle blazes in some residential blocks and a shopping mall. Ukraine's military officials say falling debris from destroyed drone attacks sparked fires. Talk of a ceasefire remains far from the reality on the ground.

In an interview with Russian state TV due to air later, President Vladimir Putin says his country has the strength and means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to what he describes as a logical conclusion. Putin also says that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has not arisen. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelenskyy has dismissed a short three-day truce ordered by Putin as theatrics. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. In Romania, early results show hard-right nationalist George Simeon in the lead in the

first round of the country's presidential election. The vote could affect the future of NATO and the outcome of the war in Ukraine. Simeon is an admirer of Donald Trump and opposes military aid for Ukraine. This is the second presidential election in less than six months. The results of the previous vote were annulled after evidence of Russian interference. And that is your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.