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

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/05 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 Pat Philpott. Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Washington for tomorrow's meeting with US President Donald Trump. It comes at a tense time in Canada-US relations. Tom Perry has more. The Prime Minister is traveling to Washington for a very high-stakes meeting with US President

Donald Trump. Trump has slapped tariffs on US allies, including Canada, but the US President has also been musing pretty much non-stop about Canada becoming America's 51st state. Trump was on about that again over the weekend on a US political program though Trump did say he did not see the US using military force to take over this country. Carney says he's going into this meeting expecting some difficult but constructive discussions and as for Trump's 51st state talk Carney says it's important to distinguish

what the president wants from reality, adding that Canadians have made it clear they will never join the U.S. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has laid out a series of demands for Mark Carney's new liberal government. So while I will in good faith work with Prime Minister Mark Carney on unwinding the mountain of destructive legislation and policies

that have ravaged our provincial and national economies this past decade, until I see tangible proof of real change, Alberta will be taking steps to better protect ourselves from Ottawa. Calling it the Alberta Accords, Smith outlined the policy changes she wants from Ottawa. These include a guarantee the province will have access to all Canadian coasts for oil exports. As well, Smith is seeking a repeal of a variety of federal laws affecting the resource and energy industries. She's also addressed what she called the elephant in the room. The Premier says she doesn't support separation from Canada, but she would allow a citizen-led

referendum to move forward if there was sufficient support. The complainant accusing five former World Junior Hockey players of sexual assault testified for a second today. There's a publication ban on the woman's name. She's known only as E.M. All the men have pleaded not guilty. Ali Chiesan has more from the London courthouse and a warning the report contains explicit details of alleged sexual assault. The day started with a gathering of advocacy groups for sexual assault survivors chanting in support of EM. The complainant is on the stand in day two of her testimony of what happened in that London hotel room.

As each of the five accused hockey players headed briskly into the courthouse, they rallied louder. The judge reminded the jury not to be swayed by supporters and that they must only consider evidence presented to them inside the courtroom. The complainant has been describing an out-of-body experience, she felt felt while performing sexual acts on several men. She alleges being spit on and smacked, things she says made her feel degraded. Videos were shown that were recorded that night of her saying, quote, it was all consensual. When asked by the Crown attorney whether that was an accurate representation of how she was feeling in the moment, EM said no, quote, I think it was from a time where my mind was disconnected from my body. Ali Shiasan, CBC News, London, Ontario.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is preparing for an intensive invasion of Gaza. And he says Palestinians there would be moved for their own safety. Netanyahu stresses this time soldiers won't go in and out. The Israeli government has approved a plan to seize the entire Gaza Strip. Officials say the military will stay in the territory for an unspecified amount of time. Three people are dead and nine others missing after their boat capsized off the California coast. The U.S. Coast Guard says four others were injured. Officials say the three and a half meter vessel flipped over in high surf near San Diego's coast.

Coast Guard vessels and helicopters are searching for those missing. It's believed the boat was carrying migrants, but authorities don't know where it was coming from. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Pep Philpott.