The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 08:00 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, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We start with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who later today will be updating the premiers on his visit to the White House. Carney says his trip to Washington yesterday is the start of a long process aimed at bringing

trade stability back to the Canada-U.S. relationship. But here at home, it appears he may have another stability issue to deal with. Janice McGregor explains. Premier Daniel Smith has focused her attention over the last week on a fresh round of demands for the federal government, acknowledging the frustration in her province over the election result and amplifying the minority of Albertans that want to channel that into a referendum on separation. That risks undermining the work of other premiers like Ontario's Doug Ford, who's been lobbying flat out for Team Canada. This is a time to unite the country, not people saying, oh, I'm leaving the country, I'm

doing this, I'm doing that. I don't tell him how he should run his province and I would hope that he doesn't tell me how I should run mine. Since the election, Carney's been asking premiers to identify their top priorities to strengthen Canada's economy, particularly infrastructure projects, which in the energy sector can be divisive. We'll see if the prime minister can do that while keeping a lid on these tensions. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa.

The United Nations, Britain, France, and even Russia and China are calling for restraint in Kashmir. They're concerned that war is on the verge of breaking out between India and Pakistan. Britain, France and even Russia and China are calling for restraint in Kashmir. They're concerned that war is on the verge of breaking out between India and Pakistan. Overnight, India launched missiles into nine sites in Pakistani territory and Pakistan is said to have responded with shelling of its own. Salima Shivji has the latest. The missiles were fired just after midnight.

India's military hitting nine locations inside Pakistan and the part of contested Kashmir that Pakistan controls. Vikram Misri, India's foreign secretary, says the target was camps where militants are trained. Measured, non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. Pakistan does not see it that way, calling this an act of war over the Kashmir region which both countries claim in full but only control in part. Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary speaks for Pakistan's military. Pakistan only responded in self-defense. He says Pakistan is retaliating and claims it has already shot down

several Indian fighter jets. The strikes come two weeks after a deadly militant attack that targeted tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, which India blames on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denies. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. Former U.S. President Joe Biden says he believes there is a greater threat now to global democracy than at any point since the Second World War. In his first interview since leaving the White House, Biden tells the BBC that among other things, the Trump administration needs to stop criticizing their European allies for not doing enough to support NATO.

Imagine there being no NATO. Do you think Putin would have stopped Ukraine? I don't understand how they failed to understand that there's strength in alliances. There's benefits, the costs there. It saves us money overall. Biden was also asked about Donald Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the White House back in February. Biden says that interaction was beneath America and what the country stands for. The Edmonton Oilers are off to a good start in their second round playoff series with Las Vegas.

Game one is over. Edmonton rallies from two nothing down to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights by a count of four to two. In Vegas, that's the Oilers taking game one in that best of seven series. Game two is set for tomorrow night. Tonight, the Winnipeg Jets will open their series with the Dallas Stars. Game one is in Winnipeg. Also tonight, the Toronto Maple Leafs play host to the Florida Panthers.

The Leafs won the opener back on Monday. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.