The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 19:00 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 Hazelwood. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he still hopes a ceasefire with Russia will happen starting tomorrow. Zelensky says he's waiting for Russia's response to the U.S. back to unconditional truce and that he'll also be waiting for Vladimir Putin in Turkey for peace talks. Ukraine, along with European allies, had demanded Russia accept a 30-day ceasefire starting

Monday, but Russia's leader called for direct negotiations instead in Istanbul on Thursday. A ceasefire between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, even after both sides accused each other of violating it with airstrikes just hours after it came into effect on Saturday. In Kashmir, people walk through the piles of rubble to inspect the damage caused by cross-border shelling attacks overnight. Officials in both countries say strikes targeted military installations and infrastructure. India claims its strikes killed over 100 militants. The most serious confrontation between the two nations in decades was sparked by an attack last month in the India-controlled portion of Kashmir that killed 26 people.

China and the U.S. say they've made strides in their tariff talks in Geneva. They're trying to defuse a trade dispute that's threatening the global economy. Neither side is giving details, but they are giving plenty of hints. U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer. It's important to understand how quickly we were able to come to agreement, which reflects that perhaps the differences were not so large as maybe thought. That being said, there was a lot of groundwork that went into these two days. China's vice premier is promising more economic stability and certainty.

Full details are expected to be released tomorrow. At the Vatican during Pope Leo's first mass in St. Peter's Square, the pontiff called on Catholics to support young people in joining the priesthood and religious life. Leo also welcomed the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, expressed wishes for a peace deal in the Ukraine-Russia conflict and an end to the war in Gaza and a release of all the hostages. He ended with a plea for what he called the miracle of peace. U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll sign an executive order to cut the price of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals.

The social media post, he says, that would reduce prices between 30 and 80 percent and that the order will come on Monday. Trump added he would implement a price match policy where the U.S. would pay the same price as the nation paying the lowest price for that same drug. In rural Nova Scotia, five people are dead after a crash on Highway 101 about 60 kilometers north of Halifax. RCMP say two vehicles heading eastbound collided. Staff Sergeant Major Deepak Prasad talks about what happened to the people inside. The driver and passenger from the Honda Civic were pronounced deceased at the scene.

The driver and one passenger from the Nissan Sentra were both pronounced deceased at the scene. A 50-year-old male passenger was transported to hospital and was later pronounced deceased. A 29-year-old male passenger from British Columbia remains in critical condition. Investigators are asking witnesses to provide dashcam video they may have of the late Saturday crash. The New Democrats' interim leader says the party is negotiating with the Liberals and Conservatives about retaining official party status. The NDP lost that status when it was reduced to seven seats in last month's election, meaning they could lose certain privileges and funding.

Don Davies told Rosemary Barton Live the party has a strong case. I think we need to work together to build a strong economy in an independent Canada with good jobs and good wages in the face of unprecedented challenges from south of the border. So I think ensuring that we have the resources so that we can bring the voices of Canadians to Parliament and successfully advocate for those policies is in everybody's interest. Parliament is set to resume later this month with King Charles delivering the throne speech on May 27th.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.