The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/13 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/13 at 03:00 EDT

Are Swifties the best music fans? Should kids be on social media? Is the customer really always right? You know there are two sides to every debatable question and we're here to make you laugh while you listen to Canada's top comedians taking on these topics and many more. I'm Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters, and I'm here to make sure our debates don't end in tears or bloodshed or hockey type fights with sweaters over each other's heads. No guarantees though. Find and follow the debaters podcast and never miss an episode. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. Prime Minister Mark Carney

will reveal his cabinet Tuesday, and it will be smaller than the recent Trudeau cabinets. This morning, we are learning some of the names of who will be joining Carney's inner circle. Ashley Burke reports. Mark Carney will be back at Rideau Hall for swearing-in ceremony. His office says more than half of the faces will be new to his cabinet. Sources tell Radio Canada Joelle Lightbound and Natalie Provo are expected to join the ministerial team. Sources say Carney is expected to drop a lot of people that were in his first cabinet like Jonathan Wilkinson as he tries to remake the Liberals image and focus on the economy. But sources say some familiar faces like Christia

Freeland and Stephen Guibeau will stay. The Prime Minister's office says Carney is expected to keep his cabinet under 30 people plus add a second tier. Up to 10 more junior ministers known as secretaries of state. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. And liberal sources tell the host of CBC's Power and Politics, David Cochran, that John Fraser will become Canada's Justice Minister, Tim Hodgson will become Minister for Natural Resources and Energy, and former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will join Cabinet as

Minister for Housing. Other new names in the Cabinet will include Eleanor Olshosky from Edmonton, Rebecca Alty from Yellowknife and Wayne Long from St. John New Brunswick. Every province and the north has a region but not each territory will be represented with either a Secretary of State or a full cabinet minister. U.S. President Donald Trump has just landed in Saudi Arabia for a state visit, kicking off a tour at a time when the war in Gaza is still going and the US is trying to make a new deal with Iran.

Lawyers have presented their opening arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Sean Diddy Combs in New York. The hip hop mogul is accused of five felony counts. Anushka Mutanda Doherty is host of the Diddy On Trial podcast. So the defense are saying that these victims, these alleged victims that the prosecution are saying were victimized by Sean Combs, were capable, strong, independent women who were making their own choices and these relationships were defined by consent, not coercion. The prosecution told a completely different story.

They talked about people who were being drugged to be kept compliant, who were being abused and threatened with violence and forced to perform these days-long drug-fueled orgies. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. In Los Angeles today, a much-anticipated hearing is set to take place involving the Menendez brothers. Their lawyers want their life in prison sentenced with no possibility of parole reduced. Steve Futterman reports. Eric and Lyle Menendez were found guilty in 1996 of first-degree murder in the killing of their parents, but now their attorneys are asking a judge to

re-sentence them, which could lead to their release. The brothers have served more than 35 years in prison. Defense attorney Mark Garagos says they are no longer a threat. LA County District Attorney Nathan Hockman says the brothers haven't publicly acknowledged the brutality of the murders. He opposes any resentencing. The issue with the Menendez brothers is not never, that they should never qualify for resentencing. We said it was not yet. Supporters of the brothers also claim they were sexually abused by their father, Jose. Even if their life sentence is reduced to 50 years to life,

a parole board would still have to approve their release. During the hearing, the brothers will be connected from their prison by a video link. It's possible they will testify. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And finally in the Stanley Cup playoffs last night, the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights in game four of their second round series. Edmonton leads the series 3-1, the Winnipeg Jets play the Dallas Stars Tuesday night. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.