The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 00:00 EDT

The Council for Interior Design qualification administers the NCIDQ exam. This rigorous examination assesses the competency of interior designers to practice in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of a building's occupants. CIDQ's more than 17,000 active NCIDQ certified interior designers protect the public through the design of safe, code compliant and accessible spaces. Learn more at cidq.org slash design. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Trisha Kindleman. Donald Trump is pushing ahead with a massive plan to build a missile defense system they're

calling the Golden Dome. The plan will take years to develop and cost tens of billions of dollars. The US president is claiming Canada will not only be involved but it will also help pay for it. Katie Simpson reports. The Golden Dome missile defense shield. It will cost 170 billion dollars US and should be operational Trump says by the end of his term in office capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from

Other sides of the world and even if they're launched from space Trump compared it to a more advanced version of the iron dome that protects israel saying the u.s. Will use state-of-the-art technology land sea and space base to ramp up protection of the homeland. Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it so we'll be talking to them they want to have protection also so as usual we help Canada do the best we can. Trump said he'd work out the pricing with Canada and his comments are in line with statements from Canada's former defense minister Bill Blair who said Ottawa is interested in participating.

Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. The United Nations says no humanitarian aid has been distributed in Gaza despite the easing of Israel's 11-week blockade. UN spokesman Stefan Dujaric says trucks crossed the border but haven't reached its warehouses or delivery points. The arrival of more supplies closer to where they are needed is a positive development. It is only a drop in the ocean of what is actually needed to address the massive scale of the humanitarian operation. The deprivations we are seeing in Gaza is a result of ongoing bombardments and blockade

and the recurrent displacement. The UN says supplies that arrived on Monday have yet to be handed out. The World Health Organization says 2 million people in Gaza are starving. Back here in Canada, the sexual assault trial involving five former World Junior hockey players continued in London. On Tuesday, the court heard from Brett Howden. He was a member of the 2018 World Junior team and is a current forward for the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights.

Howden was in the room when the alleged incident occurred, but is not facing any charges. A warning. This story contains some graphic details. Karen Pulse reports. Brett Howden told the court there are many things he can't recall, even after reading the statement he made to a Hockey Canada investigator in 2018. He does remember a woman coming out of the bathroom, but doesn't remember she was naked. Howden does recall things escalated quickly when the woman started taunting the guys, egging them on because he says nobody was taking her up on her offers of sexual acts.

Finally, two of them did. He recalls Carter Hart and Michael McCloud getting oral sex from her, although he remembers not looking because it was uncomfortable and awkward. He also recalls it was the woman who took Alex Forman to the bathroom where it's alleged he had sex with her. But he can't remember Dylan Dubay spanking the woman, even though he recalls hearing the sound, and he told the investigator about it in 2018. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario.

Weekend work remains an obstacle in negotiations between Canada Post and its employees, who have threatened to walk off the job on Friday. Canada Post is pushing for part-time workers to be deployed on weekends in response to rising parcel demand. The union is backing a purely full-time model that would move existing employees onto some weekend shifts. And some sad news from Hollywood as one of the lovable bar stool regulars at Cheers has died. Norman, you are looking especially spry today. Thank you. As a matter of fact, I joined the health club today. Oh, good for you. Nice facilities.

Excellent snack bar. George Wendt played Norm Peterson on the sitcom, which aired on NBC from 1982 to 1993. He was nominated for an Emmy six years in a row, but never won. After Cheers, he continued in movies, television, and Broadway. George Wendt was 76. For CBC News, I'm Trisha Kindleman.