The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/06 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/06 at 05:00 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 Neil Herland. The White House has released the agenda of today's meeting between US President Donald

Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two leaders will meet at 1130 a.m. in Washington. They'll have a 30-minute bilateral meeting followed by lunch together. Canadian businesses will be watching the meeting. Every day those businesses do billions of dollars in trade with U.S. companies, but the tariffs and the trade war have shaken that relationship. Peter Armstrong reports. The Canada-US economic relationship is the envy of the world. It encompasses more than a trillion dollars a year in two-way trade.

But Donald Trump has said he doesn't want or need anything Canada sells and shrugged when asked what may come from today's meeting. What's your expectation for your meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister tomorrow? I don't know. He's your expectation for your meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister tomorrow? I don't know, he's coming to see me. I'm not sure what he wants to see me about, but I guess he wants to make a deal. Everybody does. They all want to make a deal because we have something that they all want. Not surprisingly, the expectations are low. Candice Lange, CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says the key goal is for the Prime Minister and the President to reset

relations and set the stage for a better line of communication if and when negotiations get underway. It is important that I think these two leaders have a good connection established where communication and follow-ups are easy. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington. Well he was once President Donald Trump's right-hand man, but former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is weighing in to the tariff war.

During an interview with CNN, Pence questioned the White House strategy. With the president's call for broad-based tariffs against friend and foe alike, that ultimately the administration is advancing policies that are not targeted at countries that have been abusing our trade relationship, but rather are essentially new industrial policy that will result in inflation, that will harm consumers, and ultimately harm

the American economy. Pence had a falling out with Trump at the end of the first administration when Pence officially certified the results of the 2020 U.S. election, defying Trump's will. The new Democratic Party of Canada has chosen a new interim leader. Don Davies represents the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He's been a member of Parliament since 2008. He takes over from Jagmeet Singh, who lost his parliamentary seat in last week's federal election and announced his resignation on election night. A new permanent leader will be selected in the months ahead, but details of the leadership

process have not been announced yet. Lawyers for five former World Junior Hockey players accused of sexual assault will continue to cross-examine the alleged victim known as EM on Tuesday as they challenge her account of that night in June of 2018. Katie Nicholson reports. What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now! Ever since her first day in court, supporters of EM have gathered outside the courthouse. Hey culture has got to go! Hey hey! Those who work to end gender-based violence have taken a

keen interest in the trial, even sitting in for her testimony and especially her cross-examination. On Monday that meant probing for inconsistencies between statements EM gave to hockey Canada and London police, but also questions about how much she used to drink and whether she was really as intoxicated as she has testified. We probably got a little bit of a taste of the cross-examination that's going to be happening. Jessie Roger is with ANOVA, which among other things, works with sexual assault victims. I think that those of us who work in the field of sexual violence are going to be listening

closely to how rape myths come into the courtroom. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, London, Ontario. The airports in Moscow are open again. Russia says Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks overnight targeting its airports. The Russian Defense Ministry says it destroyed 105 Ukrainian drones. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.