The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 13:00 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 defending his decision not to present a budget this spring. There is not much value in my judgment, and it's considered judgment, and it's judgment based on experience, that there is not much value in trying to rush through a budget in a very narrow window, three weeks, with a new cabinet.

Carney then said his government will table a budget in the fall. That's a change in direction. The Liberals faced criticism in the last week after the finance minister said he would present a fall economic statement, which is more like a mini-budget. Carney pointed to the upcoming NATO meeting as well as further discussions with the Americans as reasons to table a federal budget this fall. The prime minister is in Rome. He joined thousands of people in St. Peter's Square to witness the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV.

The new pontiff vowed to work for unity so the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world. Leo also spoke out against an economic paradigm that exploits the earth's resources and marginalized the poorest. In Toronto, three children were killed in an alleged impaired driving crash. It happened overnight at a highway off-ramp near Pearson Airport. Police Acting Inspector Behir Sirbenidan lays out the sequence of events. There was a minivan with a family of four children and two adults stopped at a red light. It's alleged the Dutch caravan was traveling at a high rate of speed, lost control, went over the raised median, collided with the minivan that was stopped. A 19-year-old man now faces multiple impaired and dangerous driving charges.

Israel has launched a ground offensive in Gaza. It follows days of airstrikes, part of an operation called Gideon's Chariots. This comes as indirect peace talks continue in Qatar. Anna Cunningham reports. Armoured tanks lining up along Israel's border with Gaza. Just before the Israel defence forces confirmed a ground offensive was underway in the north and south. Israeli airstrikes overnight prepared the ground. The IDF says over the past week it has struck 670 amassed terror targets. Amir Waseena, the southern city of Khan Yunis, was one area hit.

This a supposed humanitarian safe zone. Tents caught fire. Those who couldn't escape were burned alive. In Doha, Qatar indirect talks have been taking place over the weekend. The office for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement suggesting Israel was open to a deal with Hamas that would include ending the fighting in Gaza. But it included conditions that had been repeatedly refused by Hamas. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The FBI says it's investigating yesterday's blast in Palm Springs, California as terrorism.

A vehicle outside a fertility clinic exploded, smashing buildings and windows for several blocks. For local resident Dustin Burns, it reminded him of another explosion he lived through. I was in Oklahoma City for the Oklahoma bombing way back when. I didn't know what that was either. And it's just a terrible, terrifying thing to go through. One person was killed. He's believed to be the suspect.

No embryos, eggs or staff at the clinic were hurt. Elton John is accusing the UK government of theft over its proposals for artificial intelligence. They would allow tech companies to train AI models on British creative works without guaranteeing any compensation to creators. Big tech has so much money. And if you're a young person and you're fighting big tech, good luck. I want the government to see sense.

I mean, a machine can't create anything. It can, but it doesn't have a soul. It doesn't have a heart. It doesn't have human feeling. It doesn't have passion. What machines have passion? John's not alone in the fight. Paul McCartney, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and others also want the government to change course.

The proposal would leave it up to creators to say they don't want their works used for AI. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.