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

Episode Date: May 11, 2025

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

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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. After reports of some violations, the fragile ceasefire between India and Pakistan appears to be holding. This following days of cross-border attacks in and around the Kashmir region. Reporter Nihal Punia is in New Delhi. It's going to be nearly 24 hours since that surprise ceasefire was announced on Saturday evening local time and you know all through Sunday there's been this tense expectation

that the ceasefire which seems very fragile right now, will break. But for now, we've not had any drones going off, any missiles being fired, no air raid sirens going off. So there is this tense calm that prevails across both the Indian and Pakistan border regions. But we did see on Saturday evening, soon after that ceasefire was announced, India accusing Pakistan of repeated violations, firing drones into India. Pakistan in turn accused India of violating the ceasefire, but said its forces were handling the situation with responsibility and restraint. Both sides now, you know, still flexing their muscles.

But for now, the weapons seem to be down. US President Donald Trump is posting on social media about the future of Kashmir, promising to help find a solution and says he will increase trade substantially with the, quote, great nations, although it hasn't been discussed. Iran and the United States began a fourth round of negotiations today over Tehran's nuclear program. This is just ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump to the Middle East this week. The round of discussions are happening in Oman again.

American officials say the talks will include both indirect and direct portions, as in previous rounds of negotiations. Russian President Vladimir Putin has now proposed to restart direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul next week. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is calling this a positive sign, as is British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who was there in person Saturday. 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 U.S. position, saying this should be an unconditional 30-day ceasefire without conditions because Putin has responded by putting in conditions. We've rejected those. The Kremlin is denying any suggestion Moscow is dragging out the conflict. Zelensky and the other leaders had agreed on a 30-day ceasefire that could start on Monday. Here in Canada, sources tell CBC News the Quebec riding of Terrebonne has flipped the Liberals after a judicial recount.

The Liberals beat the Bloc Québécois 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. Terebon is one of four ridings where ballot recounts are taking place. And today is Mother's Day. And while a baby's birth is often a cause for celebration, for a Cree nation in northern Alberta, this one was extra special and decades in the making as midwives returned to the community after 65 years. CBC's Ariel Fournier met the new family.

Kasoake Kapuit, Everett Gadwa, entered the world last month surrounded by family. He's the first baby to be born in the Kiwin Cree Nation in nearly 65 years. His mother, Maylyn Simeganes-Sotok, knew she wanted him to be born here. The first language your baby hears is Cree. It just felt like I was doing the right thing. After decades without one, there's now a Cree midwife working in the community thanks to a federally funded program to revitalize births in Indigenous communities across Canada. Midwives weren't recognized legally in Canada until the 1990s. By that time, many

Indigenous communities were stripped of those traditional roles. And now many Indigenous families have to travel to give birth. Like Charity Wenger, a midwife in training who helped deliver the baby. She's from Big Stone Cree Nation, where the standard policy is to fly pregnant women weeks out before their due date to Edmonton. Bringing birth back to their community, that's such an honor. Ariel Fornier, CBC News, Kihiwan Cree Nation. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.