The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 14:00 EDT

Okay, so I'm Tom Power. I host the award-winning interview show Cue, and it's not just about art. It's also a podcast that delves into conversations with artists as to why we create at all. Like you'll hear boy genius member Lucy Dacus open up about why she's dead dissatisfied with the way we talk about love. You'll hear Cate Blanchett describe what it's like to forget the sound of your own voice. And you'll hear how Coleman Domingo actually honed his acting skills in the circus. Listen to Cue with me, Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazel Wood. In Toronto, a man has been charged with impaired driving after three children were killed in a collision. It happened overnight on a highway off-ramp.

Cameron Mahler reports. The crash between two minivans in Toronto early Sunday morning resulted in the children's deaths. Toronto Police Inspector Behir Sarbanandan. Two other children, a 15-year-old and a 13-year-old, were pronounced deceased on scene. The third child was transported to a nearby trauma center and pronounced deceased at the hospital. The three other passengers, a fourth child, the mother of all four, and a family friend

are in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It's alleged that Dodge Caravan failed to stop at the red light, went over the raised median and collided with the car that was facing northbound. Police have charged a 19-year-old man with three counts of impaired driving, causing death and three counts causing bodily harm, as well as three counts of dangerous driving causing death and three causing bodily harm. Cameron Mahler, CBC News, Kitchener, Ontario. Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched its largest drone attack yet,

hundreds of the flying vehicles striking across Ukraine. It comes ahead of tomorrow's planned call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Dominic Valedis has the details. Residents in Kyiv region survey the damage caused by this morning's drone strike. Among them is 65-year-old Leobov. Her home was badly damaged.

My parents built the house, she says. I have been living here my entire life until now. Now I have no roof over my head. This was Russia's biggest drone attack since the full-scale invasion began. More than 270 drones targeted several regions, including the central Kiev region. One woman was killed in the barrage and at least three others were injured. The large-scale attack follows Friday's peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and came ahead of tomorrow's telephone meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, during which the two are expected to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine. Dominic Velaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia.

The Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been meeting with several world leaders during his visit to the Vatican for Poplio's inaugural mass. Zelensky and his wife were one of the many groups received in private audience by the pontiff where he offered prayers and hope of a fair negotiated end to the war in Ukraine. After the meeting, Zelensky thanked the Pope in a social media post adding that every nation deserves to live in peace. Prime Minister Mark Carney was also in Rome for the Pope's mass and meetings with several leaders. He says he's taking away one main message.

I will leave Rome tomorrow morning more convinced than ever that Canada has what the world wants and we seek to follow the values that the world respects. So there's a tremendous opportunity for Canada to help lead a world that is being reshaped. Carney also says his government will present a budget this fall, saying there's little value in rushing the process. It's a change in direction. The finance minister had previously said he would table a fall economic update. That's more like a mini budget. In Manitoba, a man airlifted out of Noapaming Provincial Park as a massive wildfire spread says

he's grateful for his rescuers. Pascal Breton says he and his friend were on a camping trip with their kids when they started to see signs of fire. They were outside of self-service so couldn't see evacuation alerts. He says he didn't realize how serious the situation had become until they were

on a helicopter being flown out. To see it from above and see how much smoke was coming up and not being able to see the sky, like literally seeing a wall of smoke and flames and 50 foot flames, it was shock and devastation. Bretton says since he's been home, his thoughts have been with all the firefighters battling the blaze. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.