The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/14 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/14 at 08:00 EDT

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U.S. President Donald Trump on a visit this week to the Middle East has announced he is lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria. The move comes after Trump met today with Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharah. Al-Sharah is a former member of Al-Qaeda and once fought U.S. forces in Iraq. Chris Brown has more. In Syria's capital, there were celebrations after Donald Trump announced an end to US sanctions on the country, the most severe of which had been in place for 14 years. They were imposed on the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad, but allies of the insurgent leader who recently pushed him out, Ahmed al-Sharah, urged the US to give Syria a chance

to rebuild its crushed economy and stabilize the country at a fragile moment. Al-Shara used to be a member of Al-Qaeda but renounced his ties in 2016 and within the US government there are reportedly still skeptics of the sanctions move. Trump will move on to Qatar where this next portion of his trip has already been overshadowed by word that the Qataris intend to give Trump a $400 million 747 aircraft as a gift. Democrats say the plane would amount to a bribe from a foreign country, and even some far-right Republicans have said they're uncomfortable. Chris Brown, CBC News, Inriad.

Now to Ottawa, where Prime Minister Mark Carney meets today with his newly sworn-in cabinet. With the election now in the rearview mirror, Carney can start work on shaping a new focus that will separate him from the previous liberal government. And for the opposition conservatives, a new focus is being considered as well. Janice McGregor explains. Pierre Pellet has had signaled previously that the opposition could cooperate to help defend Canada's sovereignty in the wake of Washington's threats, for example, but yesterday, Ontario conservative Kyle Seback appeared to go farther than that.

So if they're looking at ways to approve pipelines or permitting process for mines a lot faster, I think those are things we could absolutely support. If they finally decided that they wanted to do something about the revolving door of crime, we would look to support that. If the opposition moves on from the dysfunctional filibustering that dominated last fall to a strategy of negotiating specific votes to shape an influence policy, that may be a hopeful signal for the next parliament. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. A report from the International Energy Agency is suggesting that electric vehicles are on their way to becoming the first choice for millions of car buyers around the world. But there

are factors at play that could slow that momentum. Anayat Singh has more. We're not going back. Daniel Breton is the president of Electric Mobility Canada, an association representing the EV industry and is encouraged by the latest numbers on battery powered cars around the world. One in four cars sold worldwide being electric or plug-in hybrid, I think it says it all. And in some countries, it's even more. In China, 11 million EVs were sold, half of all new cars. According to the latest global EV outlook from the International Energy Agency, that's in part because EVs in China are the same price or

even cheaper than gasoline cars. But while the report said Asia and Latin America are leading on adopting EVs, North America is lagging behind. EV manufacturing went down in the US and Canada's nascent EV sector remains pretty small. The report said EV sales are projected to continue growing, driven by falling prices, rules to cut carbon emissions from transportation, and incentives for buying electric. In Ayat Singh, CBC News, Toronto. UNICEF's 19th Annual Child Health Report Card is suggesting that one in five Canadian youth face frequent bullying. One in five say they are lonely, one in four say they struggle to make friends.

Despite being among the ten wealthiest countries studied, Canada ranks in the bottom half overall when it comes to adolescent mental health. One child support group is calling the results disappointing, saying Canada should have the resources to address youth struggles and the societal factors that exasperate them. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.