The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 00:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer, Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca

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. The Mounties 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 man from British Columbia, is in critical condition. Top U.S. trade negotiators say talks with China this weekend have been positive and productive. While no specifics will be revealed until Monday, 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 US 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 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 Edan 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 Toronto Maple Leafs lost game four

tonight of their second round playoff series against the Florida Panthers. The CBC's Greg Ross reports from Florida. Throughout these playoffs, Leafs head coach Craig Brube has stressed the importance of playing a disciplined brand of hockey. It's essentially been the Leafs game plan and it's been very successful for them but there's no doubt they got away from that game plan a little bit in game four, particularly in the first period. The Leafs took four straight penalties, and while they were able to kill off the first three of them, their luck ran out on the fourth penalty kill. Carter Verhege scored a power play goal to give the Panthers a one to nothing lead,

and that goal would hold up as the game winner. The Leafs offense, unable to get anything past Panthers netminder Sergei Bobrotsky who stopped 23 shots for the shutout. Florida would add one more goal in the third period courtesy of Sam Bennett as they go on to blank the Leafs two to nothing. Things now shift back to Toronto all knotted at two games a piece which means it's now been reduced to essentially a best of three series. Game five will go Wednesday night at Scotiabank Arena. Greg Ross, CBC News, Sunrise Florida. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Herland.