The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 19:00 EDT

So our podcast House Party was supposed to end right after the election, but we're really not done with the party yet. Yeah, there's way too much to talk about still with the new government and everything. That's right. House Party is now going until the end of June and I am excited to keep nerding out about politics with you guys. I'm Catherine Cullen. I'm Daniel Thibault. And I'm Jason Markossoff. And you can find House Party in the feed for the house wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.

A judge alone will decide the guilt or innocence of five former World Junior Hockey players at their sexual assault trial in London, Ontario. Justice Maria Carasia has dismissed the jury in the case, which focuses on one incident in London, Ontario in 2018. Alicia Song explains why. The concern here is about jury prejudice. It stems from a note that was submitted Thursday to the judge written by a juror on behalf of other jurors. It specifically called out two defense attorneys saying they appeared to quote whisper to each other and laugh as if they were discussing our the jurors appearance quote this is unprofessional and unacceptable the note said all of the

defense teams felt this is now jury prejudice that needed to be resolved justice Maria Carosia decided the only way forward is judge alone in a statement defense lawyer Dan Brown said this was an unfortunate misrepresentation of just two attorneys talking amongst themselves. Quote, the very idea of counsel making light of a juror is illogical and runs directly counter to our purpose and function. On Thursday, Carasia herself said she didn't observe any of this behavior from Brown and

that she would have stepped in if she had. After one mistrial already, here we have another jury being dismissed. Ali Chiesin, CBC News, London, Ontario. Some parts of southern Manitoba are seeing rain, but not all wildfire areas are finding relief. Meteorologists report the area around the Lactobani fire saw less than 15 millimeters of rain in the last day. Hundreds were forced to evacuate the southeastern community and two people have died. There have been some improvements. Rain stalled the fire in the rural municipality of Piney. More rain is in the forecast and officials hope it will be enough to put a damper on

the fires. Volunteers in rural Nova Scotia say they're resuming their search for two missing children. Our team has been called and PECTO has been called and I believe STRAIGHT has been called. I don't know if any other teams have been called at this point. President of Colchester Ground Search and Rescue, Kevin McLean, says RCMP asked them to get their team back together. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack had been missing for two weeks with no clues as to where they went. RCMP scaled back their search last week but are following up on more than 180 tips from the public.

McLean says they're working at the details and will begin what is likely a recovery search Saturday morning. Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each. That's the result of the first face-to-face talks the countries have held in years. But negotiations in Turkey fell short of reaching a ceasefire. Both sides are accusing each other of setting unacceptable conditions. The head of the Ukrainian delegation says the next step is to arrange talks between the leaders of the two countries. Prime Minister Mark Carney is on his way to Rome.

He's heading up a Canadian delegation for Sunday's inauguration of Pope Leo XIV. Tom Perry has more on Carney's journey. Mark Carney is back on the road after traveling to Washington, D.C. last week to meet Donald Trump. The Prime Minister is now off to the Vatican for the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV. Carney is leading a Canadian delegation that includes indigenous leaders, members of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as a number of independent senators and liberal MPs. The inaugural mass will take place on Sunday. Other leaders expected to attend include Australia's

Prime Minister, as well as US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping to attend. The new Pope has offered the Vatican as a possible site for peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. The man convicted of attacking author Salman Rushdie three years ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. 27-year-old Hadim Attar 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.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.