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

Episode Date: May 11, 2025

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

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Sources tell CBC News the Quebec rioting of Terrebonne has flipped to the Liberals after judicial recount. The Liberals beat the Bloc Québecois by just one vote. The result means the liberals have 170 seats in the House of Commons. That's just too shy of a majority government. Tarabun is one of four writings where ballot recounts are taking place. India and Pakistan are accusing each other of violating a ceasefire between the nuclear armed neighbors.

This came just hours after India and Pakistan agreed to a U.S. broker truce over the disputed region of Kashmir. Aaron Collins has more. India and Pakistan began the day as they have the last few, exchanging missile attacks, a fight that appeared to be escalating. But before day's end, a dramatic shift after the two nuclear powers met through the night. It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all firing with effect from 1700 hours Indian Standard Time. That news a relief in the disputed Kashmir region. This man says his village has faced severe shelling over the last four or five days.

Like the rest of the world, people here found out about the ceasefire from the US President. Donald Trump posting that the ceasefire came after a long night of talks mediated by the United States. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Washington. Prime Minister Mark Carney took part virtually in discussions on Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They were aimed at working toward a ceasefire with Russia. British Prime Minister Kirill Starmor was there in person and feels positive about the prospects.

You saw five leaders here standing alongside the Ukrainian president and then many other world leaders on the virtual meeting that we had aligned with the US position saying this should be an unconditional 30-day ceasefire without conditions because Putin has responded by putting in conditions. We've rejected those. But the Kremlin is denying any suggestion that Moscow is dragging out the conflict. And Russian President Vladimir Putin has now proposed to restart direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul next week.

Zelensky and the other leaders had agreed on a 30-day ceasefire that could start on Monday. B.C. officials have a grim forecast for worsening drought conditions this summer 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 Center. 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 B.C. And B.C. Wildfire Service says it's keeping an eye on the province's northeast and southern Nechaco 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. In Montreal. Hello! Where do we go? Carrying Canadian flags and wearing pins with the number 51 crossed out, a delegation of Vermonters were welcomed. The group was there to shop at the local farmers market as a gesture of solidarity with Canadians and to express their opposition to US President Trump's latest policies.

Accompanying them was Vermont's Treasury Secretary Mike Pacheck. We are here in the spirit of friendship. Vermont is different than our president. Vermont is different than our country. We have not chosen this moment. Canadians have not chosen this moment. But we can choose our friends. And Vermont chooses Quebec and Canada. We hope that they will choose us as well.

And that is your Worldless Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.