The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 19:00 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, centered around tomorrow's inaugural mass 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. Arab leaders are demanding Israel end its latest offensive in Gaza. They're meeting in Baghdad as Israel steps up attacks. The Israeli military says it's an effort to force Hamas to release hostages. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. We need a permanent ceasefire now.

The unconditional release of all hostages now. The unconditional release of our hostages now. And the free flow of humanitarian aid ending the blockade now. Guterres adds the UN rejects the forced relocation of Palestinians. Reports out of the USA Washington is looking to move as many as 1 million Palestinians to Libya. The State Department is denying that though. Police in Palm Springs, California are calling an explosion that killed one person an intentional act of violence. The blast happened near a fertility clinic.

And officials say it was in or near a vehicle. The explosion extended for blocks and damaged several buildings. The owner of the fertility clinic told the Associated Press that all the staff are safe and accounted for and no patients were inside the clinic told the Associated Press that all the staff are safe and accounted for and no patients were inside the clinic at the time. He also says all stored embryos were unharmed. Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada. One is near the Manitoba community of Lactobani.

The province estimates it spans more than 4,000 hectares and nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Municipal Reeve, Lauren Schinkel, says while progress is being made, the blaze isn't under control. We've got some very serious hot spots within that contained perimeter that still won't allow us to open up the other evacuation routes. There's several of the different areas and Mother Nature's cooperating with a little bit of moisture. We could certainly use more of that. You know, our hearts and souls are all grieving still

because of the loss of our two residents here. And our thoughts and prayers are certainly with the family members and the loved ones. There are 16 active fires in Manitoba. It's the May long weekend, but winter still has its grip in parts of the country. Snow is in the forecast for some areas of British Columbia. Michelle Morton has the story.

Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Seikone says a system moving in is bringing cooler air and unsettled moisture. Going to give some showers across the province as well as the possibility of snow on the highest mountain passes. The BC wildfire service says this doesn't mean people should not worry about any open fire risk and information officer Taylor Coleman says there are some fire bans in place. So it's really important to be careful with any activity that could potentially spark a wildfire. BC ferries spokesperson Shirin Sayani is advising passengers to keep an eye on current conditions and to plan ahead. If reservations are sold out there's a number of other things you can consider. Travelling off peak, so early mornings and late evenings, walking on as a foot passenger.

YVR is expecting a 12 percent passenger increase compared to last year and recommends travelers check their flight status ahead of time. Michelle Morton, CBC News, Vancouver.