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

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

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

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neal Herland. We begin with breaking hockey news.

The Winnipeg Jets have just beaten the St. Louis Blues 4-3 in double overtime to win Game 7 and their first round series. The game was played in front of a hometown crowd. Gavin Axelrod reports. It was a dramatic finish in Winnipeg where the Jets punched their ticket to the second round in double overtime, ousting the St. Louis Blues in a do-or-die game 7. Jets fans poured into the city's downtown area for the game, dressed in their best outfits for the whiteout, packing Canada Life Centre to capacity with thousands gathering for the

official street party outside the arena. Fans cheered so loud when the game was tied with less than three seconds in the third period that some of the big screens temporarily went down at the watch party. The Stanley Cup playoffs began with five Canadian teams in the mix. Now it's down to only three. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers are also moving on to round two. Up next for the Jets are the Dallas Stars. Gavin Axelrod, CBC News, Winnipeg.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is about to face his first big test since the election. He's flying to Washington this week to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House. Trump gave a long interview Sunday to NBC's Meet the Press and answered questions about Canada becoming the 51st state. Steve Futterman reports. In a lengthy interview, Donald Trump continued to downplay fears of a significant economic downturn in the U.S. economy as a result of his tariffs. But he did not completely rule out a recession. Is it okay in the short term

to have a recession? Yes, everything's okay. I said this is a transition period. I think we're going to do fantastically. He said the tariffs may force Americans to change their buying habits and again use children's dolls as an example. I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls.

He insisted tariffs are going to make the U.S. very rich. On a pair of issues that may concern U.S. constitutional experts, Trump said he wasn't sure if everyone in the country is entitled to due process in legal matters. And when asked if he's required to uphold the Constitution, he said, I don't know. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. The Israeli military is calling up tens of thousands of reservists, saying pressure is the only way to get the Palestinian militant group Hamas to release the remaining hostages it's holding.

Part of that plan is a two-month-long blockade. Aid groups say there are now acute shortages of food, water and medicine. Mira Bains reports. Images of children showing signs of severe malnutrition are revealing the deepening effects of Israel's blockade on food and medication to Gaza. The father of six-month-old Gazel says she was born weighing just two kilos and in six months has gained barely a kilo more. Israel imposed a full blockade on aid entering Gaza two months ago.

Since then, the United Nations says aid has dwindled to a trickle, and food that was stockpiled at the start of the year has all but run out. At food distribution sites, tensions are boiling over. Olga Cheravko with the UN says people are scavenging through garbage to survive. There's a water truck that has just arrived and people are killing each other over water. It's unclear whether Israel will allow more aid through a proposed humanitarian zone in Rafa. Mira Bains, CBC News, Vancouver. Now to Alberta. The hot weather and high winds this weekend had fire

crews across the province hustling. There are currently 16 active wildfires burning, including three that are out of control. That includes one in Sturgeon County northeast of Edmonton, where a state of local emergency is in effect due to a wildfire in the Redwater Provincial Recreation Area. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.