The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 22:00 EDT

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sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. We'll get a better idea of what Mark Carney's new government will look like this week. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister's cabinet will be sworn in at Rideau Hall. JP Tasker reports. At the Prime Minister's office, work is underway on crafting a new cabinet to be revealed Tuesday, one that will be focused on confronting the terror threat. Carney has been coy about who's staying on to do that work, batting away questions about whether he will keep Finance Minister

Francois-Philippe Champagne in that role. Did he ask you to ask that question? Now we know your sources. Sources say there will be new faces on the front bench as the former central banker puts his stamp on government. I think this is about Carney. This is one of the most anticlimactic anticipations of a new cabinet I can remember. Political scientist Laurie Turnbull says Carney himself is taking on the country's most pressing challenges.

The Liberals are just two seats shy of a majority government, which means Carney will have to rely on at least one opposition party to get anything through parliament. JP Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. RCMP 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 kilometres north of Halifax. The lone survivor, a 29-year-old man from British Columbia, is in critical condition. Top US trade negotiators say talks with China this weekend have been positive and productive, while no specifics will be revealed until tomorrow. US President Donald Trump is hailing it as a total reset in the trade relationship. Katie Simpson reports from Washington.

At the end of two days of closed-door talks with China, the US Treasury Secretary emerged from trade negotiations sounding rather optimistic. I'm happy to report that we made substantial progress between the United States and China. Scott Besant stood beside U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer, both promising to share specifics on Monday, claiming some kind of deal has been reached with Beijing. It's important to understand how quickly we were able to come to an agreement which reflects that perhaps the differences were not so large. Until the text of any supposed agreement is released,

it will remain unclear what, if anything, has been accomplished, though President Donald Trump on social media called it a total reset. The current standoff between Washington and Beijing has been a source of great anxiety for investors, business owners large and small, and of course consumers. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it will release the last living American hostage in Gaza. Israeli-American soldier Yidan Alexander was abducted from his military base during the October 7th invasion. In a statement Hamas 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 president of Ukraine says he'll be in Turkey waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin peace talks this week. As Dominic Volitis reports, Moscow proposed the 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 Velaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. In Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs are facing the Florida Panthers tonight in Game 4 of their second round series. Florida is ahead 2-0 in the third period. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Hurland.