The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 07:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find Who Broke the Internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. After a confusing week on the diplomatic front, talks to end the war in Ukraine are now underway in Turkey. The talks won't involve Vladimir Zelensky meeting face to face with Vladimir Putin, as hoped, so instead, the negotiations are happening at the delegation level. Ross Cullen has more from Istanbul.

The talks are between Turkey, Ukraine and the United States to start with, and then Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. That's the big symbolic meeting here in Istanbul. Ukraine is very simple. They would like to achieve an unconditional ceasefire. They have broad support from that. But Russia say that before we can speak about a ceasefire, we need to discuss eliminating the root causes of the conflict. And Russia say there are many, many technical issues that need to be addressed first before they can agree to a ceasefire. The Europeans are planning a massive round of sanctions.

We heard from the French foreign minister that the time might be coming to try to suffocate the Russian economy with devastating sanctions once and for all. They really want to put pressure on Vladimir Putin. Also, the U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham proposed 500 percent sanctions on Russian exports to force Vladimir Putin to come to the table. Ross Cullen for CBC News, Istanbul. Hospital officials in Gaza say more than 80 people were killed overnight as Israel's latest military campaign in the territory continues and Palestinian

sources are saying it's not just air strikes they say attacks are now coming by land sea and air crystal commandsing has the latest explosions in the night panic searches of rubble and daybreak, with intensifying strikes seemingly focused mostly on central and northern areas. We're not immune in any way insensitive to the suffering of the people of Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday acknowledged the worsening humanitarian crisis. Israel has been blocking humanitarian aid since early March. We're looking at Gaza.

Today, U.S. President Donald Trump, still in the Middle East, said the U.S. is going to take care of that. Israel's security cabinet approved plans to expand its military offensive against Hamas earlier this month. The full force of the Israeli military would be used, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to destroy Hamas and rescue the remaining hostages. An increased offensive, reports Israeli media, could start after President Trump leaves the region. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. It's now been two weeks since a brother and sister in Nova Scotia disappeared from their

rural family home. And despite the efforts of the RCMP and volunteer search crews, it appears we're still no closer to learning what happened to these two young children. Ruskin reports. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack lived with their mother and stepfather in a small home here in the dense forests of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Far from any major town, in these woods ticks are everywhere and cell service is sparse. Still, searchers combed through this area for days. Dogs tried to find ascent, helicopters rumbled overhead, and drones flew through the night looking for any sign of the missing children.

RCMP say even though the search was scaled back, they still haven't given up. They're speaking with friends, relatives, neighbours and community members, and they're following up on more than 180 tips from the public. Everyone involved left wondering how these two children can simply vanish. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia. Diplomats and business leaders from around the world are in Ottawa today looking to chart a course through the tariff war launched by the United States. It's known as the B7 Conference. It's a partner event leading up to the G7 Summit next month in Alberta. Pete Hoekstra,

the U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley are both scheduled to speak. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.