The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 09:00 EDT

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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 Gamansing, CBC News, London.

President Trump, meanwhile, leaves Washington today on a three-country tour of the Middle East. His first stop is Saudi Arabia, and from there he'll fly to Qatar and then the United Arab Emirates. The United States and China are pausing at least some of their back-and-forth tariff fight. The two countries agreed today to take a 90-day break. For the most part, it involves Washington's 145% rate going down to 30, and China's going

from 125 down to 10. After a nearly five-decade armed struggle, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or 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 Ercalan call 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. The US tariffs on the Canadian 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 from 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 kilometers higher than today. Yeah I was definitely angry at them. So who committed odometer fraud 15,000 kilometers 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. It is a click of a button. 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. You don't have to have any know-how, you just need to know how to select a vehicle on a screen. Erica Johnson, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is The World This Hour. how to select a vehicle on a screen. 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.