The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/19 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/19 at 18:00 EDT

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Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing its workers. They indicate the Canadian Union of Postal Workers intends to begin strike activity at midnight on Friday, May 23rd. The last work stoppage led to the pile-up of millions of packages around the holiday season. The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered both sides back to work and extended the collective agreement to May 22nd. The union and the postal service have been holding talks

but without much progress. Canada is among nearly two dozen countries calling on Israel to fully reopen humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza. Today's statement also stresses the need for the UN to be allowed to do its work in the territory to save lives. Today a handful of trucks entered Gaza for the first time in 11 weeks. Food security agencies warn 2.1 million Palestinians are at dire risk of famine. Spokesperson James Elder with UNICEF says the rate of malnutrition in children is doubling. We need some of the thousands and thousands of trucks that are at that border to flow into Gaza. It can't just be tokenistic. It can't just be in the South.

We need those 400 distribution points in Gaza to be utilized, not drip, drip, drip to prevent political pressure. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says famine must be avoided from a quote, practical and diplomatic standpoint. Israel says the blockade was meant to put pressure on Hamas to release hostages still held in Gaza. Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will once again work towards a ceasefire. The renewed diplomatic push comes after the US president spoke with the leaders of both nations, but there are few details and many doubts about future peace talks. Aaron Collins has the

latest. I think some progress has been made. Donald Trump happy with his call with Vladimir Putin, hopeful that it might be a step towards peace. It's a terrible situation going on over there. 5,000 young people every single week are being killed. So hopefully we did something. Vladimir Putin also positive calling the two-hour call productive Putin saying Russia is willing to work on a memorandum on future peace talks and President Trump also spoke to Vladimir Zelensky the Ukrainian president expressing skepticism over Russia's commitment to peace I was I we really want to finish this war

I'm not sure that Russia is ready and we don't trust them. The calls come as fighting escalated in recent days. Russia launched its largest drone attack of the three-year conflict over the weekend. Erin Collins, CBC News, Washington. Amnesty International says it's redoubling its efforts to expose human rights violations by Russia. The country has labeled Amnesty an undesirable organisation 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.

In eastern Manitoba, some people forced to flee the wildfire near Lakdubani have been able to go back home, but the situation is still too dangerous for hundreds of others who are waiting to return. Reeve Lawrence Schinkel is urging them to be patient. I think that it's a matter of hours but you know what we're taking it day by day here and we're working in conjunction certainly with Manitoba Wildfire Services as well as the emergency measures people that are on this. More than 800 people were forced to flee the area starting last Tuesday as flames spread, whipped up by strong wind.

The fire is now listed as being held. There are currently 13 fires across Manitoba, with three burning out of control. Later this year, a 50-year-old kids show will find itself in a new location. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? The answer is Netflix. Its new streaming deal gives Sesame Street a new home

after Warner Brothers Discovery decided not to renew the show for HBO Max last year. Select past episodes will also be available on Netflix and Sesame Street will continue to air on PBS. No specific premiere date has been set. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. [♪upbeat music playing.♪