The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/10 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/10 at 12:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find who broke the internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all firing and military action. That's India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Mishri announcing an apparent end, at least for now, to a serious military escalation between India and Pakistan. Salima Shivji has more on the ceasefire and why it came at an unexpected time.

A ceasefire comes as a bit of a surprise considering how seriously the military confrontation escalated even just last night with both India and Pakistan accusing the other of firing missiles at army bases and other military installations in a tit for tat. Pakistan earlier was even naming their military counter attack calling it Operation Banyan ul-Marsus, a phrase from the Quran basically translating to wall of lead. And then we see a tweet from US President Donald Trump, who was the first to confirm a ceasefire had been agreed upon.

He wrote of quote, a long night of talks mediated by the United States that he says helped India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire. And he congratulated both for using common sense. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also confirmed it on social media. Currently, of course, there are questions of whether the ceasefire will hold. This was a very angry conflict, one of the worst, basically the worst escalation in several decades. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. Ukraine says it's ready for a full and unconditional ceasefire and they're prepared to begin it on Monday. The leaders of the UK, France, Poland and Germany are in Ukraine meeting with its president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

They're showing their support for the ceasefire plan first proposed by the United States. But so far, Moscow has refused to agree to the terms. Anna Cunningham has more. Arriving together in Kiev, where they were greeted by President Vladimir Zelensky and Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenskaya is symbolic. A visible response to the welcome of Russia's President Vladimir Putin gave Friday in Moscow's Red Square parade. There, he greeted the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as well as leaders from Brazil, Venezuela, Serbia and Slovakia. We are clear the bloodshed must end, the European leaders say in a joint statement, adding Russia

must stop its illegal invasion. This Kiev summit is all about tightening pressure on Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire, something Moscow rejected in March. President Macron telling French media they will seek direct talks if a truce is agreed. On Friday the UK announced further sanctions on Russia, upping the economic pressure. Other allied countries are warning the same. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Talks are underway in Switzerland between top trade officials from China and the US. As Lisa Jing reports, they're trying to de-escalate a dispute that is threatening to cut off trade between the two superpowers. So it was clear that something had to give.

International trade law professor Nicholas Lamp at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, saying a trade war between the world's two largest economies is unsustainable. But the US and China have been playing a game of chicken about who essentially has to ask for the talks to start. After weeks of escalating tensions that have seen more than 100 percent tariffs on goods shipped between the US and China. Talks are happening, reportedly initiated by the states. Chinese Vice Premier He Li-feng will meet with US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and US Trade Representative

Jameson Greer in Geneva, Switzerland. A sign things could de-escalate, says Trump. Right now you can't get any higher. It's at 145. So we know it's coming down. The talks come after the US and UK announced a trade deal, a first in a worldwide tariff war that has wreaked havoc on financial markets and thrown supply chains into chaos. Lisa Shing, CBC News, Toronto. The mayor of Newark, New Jersey is free after being arrested yesterday at an immigration detention centre. Ras Baraka was among a group of people protesting the opening of a new 1,000-bed detention facility for migrants

when he was arrested. Baraka says he did nothing wrong. That's the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.