The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/10 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/10 at 15:00 EDT

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India is accusing Pakistan of breaching a ceasefire within hours of the truce being reached. Tensions over Kashmir have ramped up since the deaths of more than two dozen tourists last month. Several countries were involved in the ceasefire, but first word of the deal came from Washington. Aaron Collins explains. President Trump, as he often does, announcing this development on social media

and not afraid to take credit for the deal either. Writing in that social media post that the ceasefire came after a long night of talks mediated by the United States. So it appears that they were fairly directly involved in this process. As far as what's motivating the administration to get involved now, we heard from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today who said that he and J.D. Vance had been directly involved in negotiations.

What it is safe to say is that nobody liked the trajectory of this conflict, that it was on, that it may still be on, especially when two nuclear powers are involved. So there is a sense from some experts that the U.S. didn't really have much of a choice here. The CBC's Erin Collins in Washington. India and Pakistan are expected to meet again on Monday. In Geneva, negotiations between the U.S. and China to resolve a tariff dispute have ended for the day.

There's no word whether any progress has been made. The two countries have been in a tit-for-tat tax off, the U.S. charging a 145% levy on Chinese products, with Beijing responding with a 125% surcharge on American goods. While a major breakthrough isn't expected, there's hope the two sides can reduce those tariffs. BC officials have a grim forecast for worsening drought conditions this summer. Renee Lucas has more. It could be worse than last year. It could be worse than 2023. Jonathan Boyd is a hydrologist

with the BC River Forecast Centre. He says the snowpack levels are concerning as a quarter of the peak snowpack has already melted and sits at 71% of normal. The expectation is that we likely will continue that. We have to be in like really, really cold temperatures to slow that down. Boyd says flooding isn't a big concern unless a heavy rainstorm rolls through. That is always a risk throughout the late spring and summer is the potential for a flash

flood just from like 30 minutes of rain. Environment Canada's May to July forecast shows higher than normal temperatures for much of BC and BC Wildfire Service says it's keeping an eye on the provinces northeast and southern Nichaco as drought conditions there persist. According to the Wildfire Service the amount of rain the interior gets in May and June will influence the length and intensity of core wildfire season. Renee Lucas, CBC News, Vancouver. Measles is continuing to spread across Canada. Eastern Ontario has reported its first two cases,

that's among the nearly 200 new cases, across the province this week, while the number in Saskatchewan doubled in a week to more than two dozen. Saskatoon mother Shruti Kodad would like to see her province follow Ontario's lead and make it mandatory for students to get vaccinated.

I think we should educate people and basically spread the correct information. And if somebody has any questions, I think those questions should be answered. Ontario students can be suspended for failing to get vaccinated or not updating their records. Exemptions are made for medical or religious reasons, but Saskatchewan officials say they don't see the need or the benefits. Thousands took to the streets of Warsaw protesting immigration and EU policies. Demonstrators waved Polish flags and carried banners with slogans saying, stop mass immigration. The protests came come as the country prepares for upcoming presidential elections later this month. And Pope Leo has made his first foray into public.

He ventured out of the Vatican to visit the shrine to the Virgin Mary known as Our Lady of Good Council. Leo also made a stop at St. Mary Major, burial place of Pope Francis, to pay his respects to his predecessor. And that is your World this Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.