The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 09:00 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 is Our. 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. It has 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 has happened to the two young children. Brent Ruskin has the latest. 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. RCMPs 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. Now to the spring wildfires, and as of this morning, 19 fires are burning in Manitoba, with three still out of control. And right next door, Ontario is also experiencing an early wildfire season. The province already has more fires burning this month than all of last year, with the Canora 20 blaze forcing the evacuation of at least one First Nation. Sarah Law has more.

I hope it rains because I just want to go home. Audrey Mandaman says she left her community in a cloud of smoke. A 27,000 hectare fire is quickly approaching Wabsamum, a northwestern Ontario First Nation of about a thousand people. Road closures mean Wapsamum is no longer accessible. As of today, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources has issued a complete fire ban for much of the region. Gord Howard is Fire Chief of the City of Canora. There's a lot of people working very hard to make sure that residents across the northwest

are safe. At least 68 wildfires have been reported in Ontario this season, a jump from the 45 fires altogether last year. Trudy Kidd is a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Seeing areas getting up to 35 millimeters again. She says rainfall could bring some reprieve in the coming days. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. 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 later next month in Alberta. Pete Hoekstra, the US 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.