The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 07:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Mark Carney is in Rome this morning to attend his first major international gathering as Canada's Prime Minister. That's tomorrow's inauguration mass for Pope Leo XIV. As Tom Perry reports, it's an opportunity for Carney to meet with other world leaders. Touching down in Rome, Prime Minister Mark Carney leading a Canadian delegation that includes Indigenous and religious leaders, along with senators and liberal MPs. Carney will attend tomorrow's inaugural mass for Pope Leo XIV. Today he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney as well as the country's president. Roland Paris is director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He says this trip is an

opportunity for Carney to lay some of the groundwork for the G7 summit he'll host next month in Cananascus, Alberta. I think first and foremost, this is a chance for him to build those relationships to get to know them a little bit better. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who Carney has invited to the G7 summit, is also set to attend the Pope's inaugural mass. Other guests include Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US Vice President JD Vance. Tom Perry, CBC News, Rome. Israel's military has launched a major offensive

in Gaza. Dubbing it Operation Gideon's Chariots, officials say the goal is to seize control of parts of the territory. Anna Cunningham has more. Israel says its latest wave of airstrikes is a fresh effort to force Hamas to release hostages after a fragile ceasefire collapsed in March. The Israeli army has released a video showing what it says are targeted strikes on Hamas' military infrastructure. Any glimmer of hope that US President Donald Trump's visit to the region might result in renewed peace talks faded. Speaking to Fox News, he expressed some sympathy with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

I think I can say that Bibi, he's an angry man and he should be because of October 7th. The US President says he wants to turn Gaza into a freedom zone. They're starving. So I've already started working on that. The UN's human rights chief Volker Turk in a statement Friday described the Israeli aid blockade now into its third month as tantamount to ethnic cleansing. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The Ukrainian military says a Russian drone strike has hit a civilian bus in the Sumi

region, killing at least nine people and four others were injured. The attack came a day after Russian and Ukrainian representatives held direct peace talks in Istanbul. Here's the head of Sumi's military administration. The attack occurred as the bus was leaving the city of Bilopilia. As a result of this inhumane strike, there are fatalities and injuries. The exact number of casualties is being clarified. Emergency medical services, the state emergency service and the police are working at the

scene. Russia says the attack was on a Ukrainian military staging area. A tactic by one Ontario police force to combat distracted driving is stirring debate. They're using drones to catch those texting behind the wheel. As Dan Tacoma reports, some say it's a breach of privacy. Drivers who recently passed through three intersections in Kingston, Ontario, had no idea they were being watched. But high above them, a police drone hovered, zooming in and catching 20 people using their

phones. There are a lot of Kingston residents who find it creepy and are asking whether it's legal and in our view, it isn't. Josh DeHaas is with the Canadian Constitution Foundation. He sent a letter to Kingston's police chief saying it amounts to an unreasonable search. Kingston Police Chief Scott Fraser says police aren't snooping on people's screens. We're trying to keep the roadways safe. Fraser says in the past police have boarded public transit or even school buses to try

and catch distracted drivers. What's the difference of me sitting in a truck looking down in your window than a drone at 120 feet looking down in your window? Dan Tacoma, CBC News, Kingston, Ontario. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.