The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 08:00 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. It has now been exactly two weeks since Felice's six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack wandered away from their home in rural Nova Scotia. And despite the efforts of the RCMP and volunteer search crews, it appears we're still no closer to learning where they are.

Brett Ruskin reports. The investigation has found no signs of abduction, so an extensive search spread all across this area. Volunteers and dogs on the ground, helicopters and drones in the air. After six days, the search was scaled back, with police saying if the children were in the woods, there was a low chance of survivability. Police say even though the ground search and rescue efforts have been scaled back, the investigation is still ongoing.

Officers are following up on more than 180 tips from members of the public and are interviewing nearly three dozen relatives, friends and community members, all in an effort to find some answers or uncover some clues as to what may have happened to these missing children. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia. 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. A growing

number of foreign analysts are suggesting that these talks are just a stalling ploy that will allow the Kremlin to launch a spring offensive aimed at claiming more Ukrainian territory. There are reports of a new Israeli military operation in northern Gaza. Palestinian sources say Israeli forces are attacking now by air, ground, and sea, with more than 80 deaths reported overnight. Hundreds of people have been killed this week across northern and southern Gaza, and Israel recently announced it would be initiating a new offensive and occupying Gaza unless a new hostage deal is put in place by the end of Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East.

And that trip ends today. Even as the Canadian military insists it is getting a handle on its recruiting crisis, CBC News has obtained an internal report that shows a spike in the number of new members leaving the armed forces shortly after completing their initial training. Murray Brewster explains. There's no point recruiting if you're not retaining people. A statement of the obvious from Canada's top military commander, General Jenny Carey-Nan, as she was questioned recently about efforts to keep people in uniform while the forces

deals with a shortage of as many as 14,000 troops. A new internal report obtained by CBC News shows the military and the Defense Department are doing themselves no favors in that category. The evaluation says the highest attrition rates within the military involve its lowest ranks and newest members. Essentially, people are coming through the door, but many quit in frustration over the inability to get trained. Some are waiting as long as 206 days, but in the meantime,

are underemployed. Three years ago, DND unveiled a strategy to keep members in uniform. As part of it, a research office was set up to help advise on how best to retain people. It was defunded recently, with no explanation from the department. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. King Charles' personal wealth grew by more than 30 million pounds last year. He's now Marie Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. published by the Sunday Times. It's the annual list of the 350 wealthiest people in Britain. And while the king is getting richer, this year's rankings show the biggest decline in the number of British billionaires in the 37-year history of the list. And that is the World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your

podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. And for news anytime, of course, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.