The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 14:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. We begin with a tense exchange at the White House. US President Donald Trump is hosting South African President Cyrille Ramaphosa.

Trump repeated accusations that the South African government is committing genocide against the country's white farmers. A video purporting to prove the claim was played at the meeting. But you do allow them to take land. No, no, no, no, do allow them to take land. Nobody can take the land. Nobody can take the land. When they take the land, they kill the white farmer.

And when they kill the white farmer nothing happens to them. Ramaphosa pushed back against the claims acknowledging that there is criminality in South Africa, but he says the majority of violent crime victims are black. In the meeting Ramaphosa also tried to touch on possible opportunities to improve trade relations between the US and South Africa. The US Department of Justice is scrapping police reform in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Louisville, Kentucky. It's also dismissing lawsuits against the city's police forces that accuse them of unconstitutional police practices and it's ending investigations or retracting findings into police violations in six other cities.

The announcement comes five years after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. His death sparked protests against racism and police brutality right around the world. As we speak, none of these aid have reached the Gaza population. Antoine Reynard with the World Food Program says Israel has not yet given permission for UN workers to collect aid at the Gaza border. Israel says dozens of aid trucks have crossed into the Palestinian side since it eased an 11-week blockade, but aid workers say they aren't able to access and distribute the supplies. Reynard says if urgent aid doesn't reach Gaza soon, young children will suffer long-term consequences.

Those that are below five require very specific and nutritious products. There are no fruits into the Gaza Strip. There are no dairy products. There are no not sufficient food for any of these children to actually have a proper growth. The military declined to comment on the UN's claims. Israel says its long-standing concern is that Hamas is stealing the aid shipments. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has likely killed the leader of Hamas. An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza hospital earlier this month targeted Mohammed Sinwar. After the attack, neither Israel nor Hamas had confirmed his death.

Last October, the Israeli military killed the militants' group's previous leader, Yaya Sinwar. Netanyahu's remarks are part of the first press conference he has delivered in months. Today he also affirmed his plan to take all of Gaza and keep it under Israeli control. The ministers in charge of the world's seven advanced economies are meeting in the Alberta Rockies. The G7 finance ministers meeting spans two days and it has a packed agenda. Karina Roman has more from Banff. Very nice to meet you. Congratulations. So glad you're here.

Canada's finance minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem welcome their U.S. counterparts Scott Bessent and Jerome Powell. While there are seven countries at the G7 table, everyone here is keenly aware that the one with the most impact on the success of this week's summit is the United States, with its ever-changing tariff and trade actions continually upending global economic stability. Today's agenda is long, including economic resilience, responsible growth, Ukraine reconstruction and financial crime. Champagne says the overall goal for the G7 finance ministers is to bring back financial

stability, but how that will be achieved when the biggest player at the table is the reason for all the uncertainty remains unclear. Karina Roman, CBC News, Banff, Alberta. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.