The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 18:00 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 Julianne Hazel Woods. Ukraine's president says he'll be in Turkey waiting for Russia's leader to begin peace talks this week. As Dominic Valetis reports, Moscow proposed peace talks after Ukraine called for a ceasefire. 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 Vilaitis for CBC News, Riga Latvia. India says attacks this past week on Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan killed more than 100 militants. A ceasefire that started yesterday remains in place with each side accusing the other of violating the truce. India's head of military operations, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai. It took only a couple of hours for the Pakistan army

to violate these arrangements by cross border and across the line of control firing, followed by drone intrusions across the expanse of the Western Front. These violations were responded to robustly and dealt with as they must be. Pakistan confirms it sent armed drones to hover over several major Indian cities, including New Delhi, adding it hit more than two dozen military targets. Top military officials from both sides are expected to talk tomorrow. Hamas says it will release the last living American hostage in Gaza. Israeli

American soldier Eidon Alexander was abducted from his military base during the October 7th attacks. In a statement the militant group says the 21 year old will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire and resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The White House calls a release a positive step forward in ceasefire negotiations and is calling for the remains of four other Americans to be released as well. This Mother's Day isn't a happy occasion for every mother. Edith O'Hell'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. 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. RCMPs say at least five people are dead after a two-vehicle collision in Nova Scotia. It happened late Saturday night on Highway 101, about 60 kilometers north of Halifax. The lone survivor, a 29-year-old British Columbia man, is in critical condition. Investigators are asking any witnesses to provide dashcam video they may have.

A former Trump White House trade official says the U.S. President's fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada are likely the first to be dropped. That refers to tariffs on goods that are not compliant with the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement. Kate Kalutkowitz says the prime minister was on the right track at his meeting with Donald Trump by raising Canada's progress on reducing the flow of illegal narcotics across the border. It's obvious that both Canada and Mexico have made tremendous progress when it comes to the president's asks on fentanyl and the border security issues. So to me it would make it would

make a lot of sense if we saw some movement on that in the near term. Caloukowitz says she believes U.S. tariffs on Canadian-made steel, aluminum and vehicles will take longer to resolve. vehicles will take longer to resolve. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.