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

Episode Date: May 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 17:00 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, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Rome meeting with European leaders. It's part of his weekend trip centred around tomorrow's inaugural mask of Pope Leo XIV. Tom Perry reports. A musical welcome for Mark Carney

as he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Malone. Carney will host the G7 Summit next month in Cananascus, Alberta, the group's last summit hosted by Maloney in Italy last year. The Italian Prime Minister thanking Canada for taking over as G7 chair at what is, in her words, not an easy moment. Carney meeting later with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is set to attend the

G7 summit in Alberta as a guest. Of course we have to make pressure, more pressure on Russia, on Putin to make peace as quick as possible. Carney also meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, all in the lead-up to Sunday's ceremony at the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV. Tom Perry, CBC News, Rome. Zalensky's meeting with Carney comes hours after a blast in Ukraine killed at least nine people. Firefighters used the jaws of life to break through the twisted metal of a passenger bus. Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone attacked that bus, calling it a war crime. The blast comes a day after brief talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Turkey

fail to yield any progress towards a ceasefire. U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll speak Monday with Russia's Vladimir Putin, then with Zelensky and NATO allies, about ending the conflict. Israel has launched a major operation in Gaza. Officials say the military is ramping up attacks to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages. The new offensive comes as Israel faces growing international pressure to lift its humanitarian aid blockade and as ceasefire talks resume. Phil Pleszanak reports. Code-named Gideon's Chariots, Israel's defense forces say its

military operation is aimed at seizing strategic areas in the Gaza Strip. And again, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gattarez, who is at the Arab League Summit, called for an end to the Israeli blockade of aid into Gaza. The situation of Palestinians is beyond description, beyond the thrushes. The policy of siege and starvation makes them mock of your international law. U.S. President Donald Trump just returned from the Gulf region, where he suggested Gaza be declared a freedom zone.

Former Israeli government adviser, Alam Pinkes, says Trump appears to be putting pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu needs to end the war. The only person that can make him end the war, make him end the war, is Donald Trump. But he worries Trump will get distracted by other issues and allow a ceasefire to slip away. Fulton Shannock, CBC News, Toronto. Search teams of at least 100 people are trying once again to find two missing Nova Scotia children.

Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack were last seen May 2nd. They're believed to be in Epicto County forest. This is their stepfather Daniel Martel. I'm just hoping for anything man, anything positive. I've had just so much negativity over the last two weeks. I'm just hoping for something positive, a positive outcome. It's bringing the kids home. That's the main goal here. It's the main goal. It's just to find the truth, man. RCMP say they've received more than 180 tips from the public. In addition to the ground search, drones are being used to get a higher level view. The efforts will continue into Sunday.

A BC-based brand specializing in outdoor equipment is back under Canadian ownership. Mountain Equipment Company, or MEC, had been sold in 2020 to a U.S. private equity group after financial difficulties led to its dissolution as a consumer-owned cooperative. Thousands mounted a campaign to block that sale, saying it felt like a betrayal. The company's newest ownership is led by an investor with stakes in Canadian brands Tilly and Roots. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.