The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 08:00 EDT

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I'm Joe Cummings. U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Washington today on a three-country tour of the Middle East. Trump will be visiting Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but his first stop is Saudi Arabia. Chris Brown reports. The Saudi capital is getting ready to throw a big party for Donald Trump, with fancy dinners and lots of extravagant ceremonies.

The country's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS as he's known, has held out the prospect of a deal-making bonanza for the US president. Trump is arriving in a country in the midst of significant changes. You can see women and men mixing together, and women can now hold decent jobs.

Trump had once hoped for a grand deal for Saudi Arabia to normalize its relationship with Israel, but the war in Gaza stopped that process in its tracks. Now he'll try to push Israel for a ceasefire as a precondition for better relations. Hamas agreeing to release U.S. hostage Eden Alexander gives the U.S. president an early win and maybe some momentum as this trip begins. Chris Brown, CBC News in Riyadh. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he is willing to meet personally with Russian

President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war. And Russia too is calling for peace talks, possibly to get underway later this week. Andrew Rasulis is with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. This is a very important development. To say that it's a breakthrough and that the war will end, that's premature. But certainly we are at a point now, the closest we've been to a potential negotiated settlement since March of 2022, when the last talks between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul. This was one month into the war and then things broke off. So we have not had any direct dialogue between the Russians and the Ukrainians since then.

In a flurry of diplomatic developments over the weekend, Moscow turned down a ceasefire proposal tabled by the United States and by a number of European leaders, but his offering has been mentioned to hold direct talks with Ukraine. Prime Minister Mark Carney introduces his cabinet tomorrow morning at a gallus swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall, which means for those in Ottawa, there's another day of speculation on who is and who isn't expected to make the grade. Here's Janice McGregor. Janice McGregor This is an exercise in managing expectations for the newly expanded Liberal caucus, MPs who frankly brought the prime minister here, but can't all be stars.

If there is a need for continuity with the previous government, it could be around the relationships that a handful of senior ministers have already built with key players in Washington. On Rosemary Barton Live yesterday, International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc played coy about whether he'd be staying on that basis. I'm certainly not going to offer any views on the Prime Minister's decision with respect to the Cabinet. I hope I can continue to make a contribution and I'm enthusiastic about the work ahead. The 24 hours before a Cabinet swearing-in often leads to a bit of a parlour game in this town. Pundits weigh in on what they do. The fact is only a very small group of people

know what the prime minister is doing and frankly, we'll all find out soon enough. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. In his first meeting with representatives of the general public today, new Pope Leo called for the release of imprisoned journalists. Speaking to a crowd of around 6,000 people, the Pope called for journalists to use words for peace, to reject war, and to give voice to the voiceless. The 69-year-old was elected in a 24-hour conclave last week and received a standing ovation today as he entered the Vatican Auditorium. Now to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Oh, and the chant of USA is echoing through the arena in Florida. In Miami, the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs last night 2-0.

That ties that best of seven series at 2. As for the Winnipeg Dallas series, bad news there as well. The Stars beat the Jets 5-2, and Dallas leads that best of seven two games to one. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.