The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 11:00 EDT

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The trial now will resume before the judge alone. Five former Team Canada players are accused of sexually assaulting a woman known only as E.M. in June of 2018. All the former players have pleaded not guilty. 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 these two young children. Brett 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, neighbors, 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. Ukrainian and Russian officials are leaving the negotiating table in Istanbul with no peace deal, which is no surprise considering Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to attend and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zel Vladimir Putin refused to attend and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky refused to meet with the low-level Russian delegation Dominic Boletus has more The talks lasted around two hours according to one Ukrainian diplomatic source

Russia's demands during the critical meeting were detached from reality. They reportedly included ultimatums for Ukraine to withdraw from territory in exchange for a ceasefire. With no Vladimir Putin and no Volodymyr Zelensky taking part in today's talks, hopes of a breakthrough were low before they began, an opinion expressed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's leading the American team. At this point, I think it's abundantly clear that the only way we're going to have a breakthrough here is between President Trump and President Putin.

We'll see what happens with Russia and Ukraine. And such a meeting could now be on the cards, with US President Donald Trump saying he will hold talks with Putin as soon as they can be set up. Dominic Vlaidis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. There are reports of a new Israeli military operation in northern Gaza. Palestinian sources are saying 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 sweeping offensive unless a hostage deal is put in place by the end of US President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East. And that trip ended today. The man convicted of attacking author Salman Rushdie three years ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. 27-year-old Hattie Matter was found guilty of attempted murder and assault back in February.

Rushdie was attacked while on stage at a literary event in New York State. The 77-year-old was stabbed more than a dozen times, leaving him blind in one eye. The attack came 33 years after Iranian leader Atollah Khomeini called for Rushdie's death following his publication of the novel The Sitanic Verses. 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 go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.