The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 13:00 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 the CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Ceasefire first, then negotiations. That response from Ukraine's president to Vladimir Putin's call for peace talks this week. Dominic Volotis reports.

Posting on social media, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a positive step Russia had begun to consider ending the war with an offer of peace talks in the coming days. But Zelensky said the first step must be to agree to the US-backed unconditional ceasefire from tomorrow, as announced yesterday by European leaders, including those of Britain, France, Germany and Poland. The demand wasn't addressed directly by Vladimir Putin during his late-night press conference.

The Russian leader instead called for direct talks with Ukraine in Turkey this coming Thursday, a proposal applauded by US President Donald Trump, but one Ukraine and its European allies say will only happen if Russia agrees to a ceasefire first. Dominic Velaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. Just ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump to the Middle East this week, Iran and the United States held a fourth round of negotiations today over Tehran's nuclear program. The talks happened in Oman. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson describes the

discussions as difficult but useful. This Mother's Day isn't a happy occasion for every mother. Edith Ohel's son is being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas. It's a pain she doesn't wish on any mother. One, she says, has made her a different person. I've, of course, I've changed. I've grown. If I was naive before the 7th of October, I'm less naive. I feel that I am more with people, helping people,

helping myself. I'm more direct. I've changed. And as a mother, I'm different. Negotiations to end that conflict are continuing today. A senior Palestinian official says Hamas is talking with the U.S. about a ceasefire and aid entry to Gaza. As hostilities between India and Pakistan continue, some in B.C.'s South Asian community

say they're worried for their friends and family back home. Essel Kulmram is president of UBC's Pakistan Student Association. She says the conflict is being mirrored by an online information war, where finding reliable information has been a challenge. What students have been doing on campus is they've really been relying on their family and their friends back home as a more reliable source because there's so much propaganda right on the media and things. So it's hard to filter out what's right and what's wrong.

On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire had been reached. But hours later, both countries accused each other of violating the truce. There's a festivere in St. Peter's Square. Thousands of people packed in for Pope Leo's first Sunday address. Meghan Williams is at the Vatican. Buona Domenica. Smiling, waving and blessing the roaring crowd below. The new pope, originally from Chicago, called on Catholics to support young people in joining

the priesthood and religious life, a long-time crisis in the church, with fewer and fewer Westerners making that choice. He also turned to global conflict, calling for an end to all war. Never again war! And urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages and a peace deal for Ukraine. Pope Leo welcomed the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan and ended with a plea for what he called the miracle of peace. Meghan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will be sworn in this week. It's happening under the shadow of the tariff dispute with the U.S. This morning on Rosemary Barton Live, International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc talked about the goal for the ongoing talks. Our overwhelming priority is to, as quickly as we can, get to a circumstance where the tariffs that have applied to Canada are lifted. And obviously then our retaliatory tariffs would also be lifted, but they remain in place while this circumstance persists.

LeBlanc was also asked what role he would play in the new cabinet. All he would say is he hopes to be of service. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.