The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/19 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/19 at 15:00 EDT

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I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Israel says a handful of aid trucks have entered Gaza. Food security experts warn nearly three months of Israel's blockade have brought the territory to the brink of famine. Israel's Prime Minister says it's allowing limited aid because of international pressure while 26 UN humanitarian partners including Canada released a statement saying full aid must resume. Crystal Goman Singh has more. Benzalos Motrich, Israel's finance minister, says aid will allow civilians to eat and friends

in the world to keep giving Israel diplomatic protection at the UN Security Council and in the Hague. No aid has entered Gaza since March 2. Israel's director general of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Eden Bartal, says limited amounts of aid will be entering. In the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid trucks. Israel's prime minister ended the blockade while escalating military operations. Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will capture and control all of Gaza as it looks to dismantle Haifa.

He also says Israel will continue to use its military power to control the country's military forces. He also says Israel will continue to use its military power to control the country's military forces. He also says Israel will capture and control all of Gaza as it looks to dismantle Hamas and return all of the hostages. Crystal Gaman Singh, CBC News, London. Canada is condemning that expansion of Israeli military operations. In a joint statement

with the UK and France, Ottawa says it has always supported Israel's right to defend against terrorism, but it calls this escalation wholly disproportionate. The nations say if Israel does not end its renewed military offensive and lift aid restrictions, they will take further concrete actions, including targeted sanctions. Donald Trump says ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will begin immediately. In a social media post, the president says his two-hour long phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin went very well and the conditions for peace talks will now be negotiated between Moscow and Kiev. Vice President J.D. Vance says Washington will follow Putin's next steps closely.

Look, the president's been very clear. This is not the United States is not going to spin its wheels here. We want to see outcomes. There are a lot of economic benefits to thawing relations between Russia and the rest of the world, but you're not going to get those benefits. You keep on killing a lot of innocent people. A round of talks between Russia and Ukrainian delegations last week fell short of reaching a peace deal, Putin now says contact between the negotiators has resumed. Amnesty International says it's redoubling its efforts to expose human rights violations

by Russia. The country has labeled Amnesty an undesirable organization and has outlawed it. Anyone cooperating with or supporting the group can be prosecuted criminally. Amnesty says Russia is committing human rights violations at home and abroad, and today's ban is part of a broader effort to silence dissent. The town of Tilt Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador is soon to be consigned to history. It has been known as Canada's smallest town, but now its final four residents are packing up and leaving. They're moving to be closer to amenities like

health care. Heather Gillis reports. Tilt Cove once flourished with a population of 1,500, now only home to four. Two couples in two houses. But not for much longer. Don Collins and the remaining residents are leaving the idyllic, isolated Cove. I figured I was going to be here until the end. But time takes a toll on everything. Collins remembers when Tilt Cove had a health clinic, school and rec centre. All gone. In the last five years, Collins and the other residents have been thinking about going too. In April, they found new homes 150 kilometers away.

Still, leaving is emotional. This is where I want to die. I should admit if I get sick, if you can get me a tackle before I die, I'll die a happy man. Many of Collins' family are in the graveyard on the hill, and when it's his time, he wants to return to Tilt Cove. Heather Yaliss, CBC News, St. John's. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderas.