The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 07:00 EDT

Okay, so I'm Tom Power. I host the award-winning interview show Cue, and it's not just about art. It's also a podcast that delves into conversations with artists as to why we create at all. Like you'll hear boy genius member Lucy Dacus open up about why she's dead dissatisfied with the way we talk about love. You'll hear Cate Blanchett describe what it's like to forget the sound of your own voice. And you'll hear how Coleman Domingo actually honed his acting skills in the circus. Listen to Cue with me, Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Prompted by the White House, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky now says he is

willing to hold face-to-face peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Crystal Gamansing has more. Donald Trump on Sunday posted online that he was starting to doubt Ukraine will reach a ceasefire deal with Russia and urged Ukraine to meet with Russian officials to quote, end the bloodbath. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky responded saying he would fly to Turkey to meet his Russian counterpart that a ceasefire was still on the table and was waiting for Moscow's response. It was the Russian president who invited Zelensky to talk, prompting Trump to make demands of Ukraine.

Europe, on the other hand, is pushing Putin. This is the time for Vladimir Putin to get serious about peace. David Lammy, the UK's foreign secretary, is leading talks with European officials in London today. Lammy says peace is the goal, but questions remain about Putin's intentions. Crystal Gamancing, CBC News, London. President Trump meanwhile leaves Washington today on a three-country tour

of the Middle East. His first stop will be Saudi Arabia and from there he flies on to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The United States and China are pausing their tit-for-tat terroriff fight, at least partly. The two countries have agreed today to a 90-day pause. The US says that will include them dropping its 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods down to 30 percent, while China has agreed to lower its rate down to 10 percent. After a nearly five-decade armed struggle, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or the PKK, says it's ready to lay down its weapons.

Dorian Jones has more now from Istanbul. In a statement released this morning, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, declared the end of its armed struggle against the Turkish state. The group has been fighting for an independent Kurdish state for nearly 50 years and is designated as a terrorist organization in Turkey, Canada and most western countries. The PKK leadership now says it will disarm and disband as an armed organization transitioning to a democratic political struggle. Something its imprisoned leader and founder Abdullah Erdogan called for back in February. A Turkish government

spokesman is calling the PKK announcement a positive first step. There are still questions about whether Turkey will heed the PKK calls for democratic reforms. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said good things will follow if the PKK disarms. Dorian Jones for CBC News, Istanbul. U.S. tariffs on the auto industry are expected to lead to a boom in the used car business. But with that could come a problem. Odometer fraud. With more, here's Erica Johnson with our Go Public team. Steve Andrews thought he'd found the perfect car for his growing family, a 2012 Subaru Outback. The price was right

and the mileage low for the car's age just under 98,000 K. But shortly after buying the car, he discovered recall records that showed five years ago the odometer was 15,000 kilometres higher than today. Yeah, I was definitely angry at them. So who committed odometer fraud? In a game of hot potato, neither the seller, the dealership she sold to, or the dealership that took the car on consignment and sold to Andrews said they had anything to do with altering the mileage.

No one keeps stats on odometer fraud in Canada, but Ontario's regulator for car dealers says the problem's on the rise. Mechanic Josh Engel says it's easy to tweak the mileage using a device sold online for a few hundred bucks that plugs into a vehicle's computer port. Erica Johnson, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.