The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 11:00 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. The United States and Britain have come to terms on a trade deal. The final details are being written up in the coming weeks. We'll have it all very conclusive, but the actual deal is a very conclusive one.

We think just about everything's been approved. As U.S. President Donald Trump making the announcement this morning in the White House, he was joined virtually by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. As Trump suggested, the details will be rolled out in the coming weeks. But it means Britain is the first country to cut a deal with Washington since Trump announced his global tariff campaign last month. For a second straight day now, India has fired multiple drones and missiles into Pakistan. A Pakistani military says multiple cities were targeted along with a military installation

in Lahore. Here Mustafa has the latest. General Ahmad Sharif is Pakistan's military spokesperson. The international community can visibly see the path that India is treading through these extremely provocative military aggression. India is confirming it targeted air defense systems in Pakistan. It says this is in response to Pakistan trying to hit military targets in North and Western India. Here is Indian Foreign Minister S

J Shankar. It is not our intention to escalate the situation. However, if there are military attacks on us, it will be met with a very, very firm response." China and the United States have both offered to mediate, an offer that neither Pakistan or India have accepted. Hira Mustafa, CBC News, Islamabad. Canadian police officials are warning high school students about the dangers of a real-life game known as Senior Assassin. It involves tracking down fellow players and shooting them with water guns.

But as Ifel Moussa reports, police say the game can become dangerous when toy guns are confused for the real thing. It's supposed to be all fun and games, teens ambushing their classmates with toy guns. But police across the country are warning. Replica firearms look an awful lot like real firearms. Constable James Dixon is with York Regional Police just north of Toronto. The service has recently received numerous reports of young people carrying

what appear to be guns. And Dixon says that kind of misunderstanding can lead to serious trouble. Whether it's a police-involved shooting, whether there's criminal charges of either assault with a weapon, whether there's mischief to property, there's a lot of different things that can come out of here that we're very concerned about. Last year in Kansas, a teen was paralyzed when the father of a target shot him. In February, an 18-year-old in Florida was shot by an off-duty police officer who mistook his water gun for a real one. Police are

urging teens to make sure their toy guns look nothing like the real thing. Idul Moussa, CBC News, Toronto. The ceremony was held today at London's Westminster Abbey, marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. Let us pray for peace in Europe and across the world, in our time and for generations to come. And his 10-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill. As well, King Charles and Prince William laid wreaths today at the grave of the unknown warrior and a two-minute silence was also observed across the country at midday. Now to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Dallas will win game one three two here in Winnipeg. That's Winnipeg

Jets dropping the first game in their best of seven series against the Dallas Stars. As for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the news a little better. They beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 to take a 2-0 lead in that series. Meanwhile, the women's hockey and the PWHL playoffs. That's the Toronto Scepters opening their best of five semifinal with Minnesota with a strong 3-2 win over the Frost. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.