The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 22:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. Canada's auto sector is taking another

hit from US tariff uncertainty. Stellantis paused production of one of its vehicles, but says no jobs will be lost. Thomas Dagla reports on the latest bump in the road for uncharacteristic, and tariff uncertainty. Stellantis paused production of one of its vehicles, but says no jobs will be lost. Thomas Dagla reports on the latest bump in the road for Canada's fledgling electric car sector. Every day we come in, we go from there. It's the latest in a series of abrupt changes at the assembly plant, leaving workers like Paul Lachance with their heads spinning.

Our schedule has changed three times in the last, say, week or so. Stellantis is still set to assemble other Dodge Charger models in Windsor, even as U.S. President Donald Trump piles on pressure for car companies to build more vehicles stateside. Plus, I think this is a reflection of the general slowdown in EV sales. Peter Freys at the University of Windsor points to that other major challenge. The companies will pause EV investments until sales return to a sustainable level. In particular, industry experts say the electric Dodge Charger model that's now on hold may not have been selling as well as the company had hoped.

Its starting price listed just under $58,000. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. G7 finance ministers have wrapped up their summit in Banff. They agreed on several global economic challenges, but tariffs were not among them. Karina Roman reports. We found common grounds. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says that's a win. The final joint statement talks about combating financial crime,

the reconstruction of Ukraine, and possible further sanctions on Russia. But a word that is not mentioned once? Tariffs. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem. Obviously tariffs are on all of our minds. We clearly have more work to do. We are committed to continuing to reduce that uncertainty and that includes around trade and tariffs.

Minister Champagne didn't give any details about his one-on-one meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. Because Canada is the biggest customer in the United States, so it's quite normal when you meet your biggest customer that there's a lot to discuss. This week lay the groundwork for the G7 Leaders Summit in June. A high stakes gathering, even more so now that President Trump confirmed he will attend. Karina Roman, CBC News, Banff, Alberta. A deadly plane crash in San Diego is under investigation.

Six people on board were killed. The accident woke families from their sleep in the early hours this morning. Philip LeShannick reports. A backyard surveillance camera caught the moment. The sky turning red as a small commuter jet crashed in the suburban San Diego neighborhood. My favorite aircraft overturned and an explosion. Parked cars and homes burst into flames.

With burning debris and jet fuel everywhere, extra firefighters had to be called in. About 100 people were evacuated from one of the largest military housing units in the world. All the fatalities right now look to be that they're from the plane. According to the Federal Aviation Administration the Cessna Citation 2 had six people on board and music executive Dave Shapiro the owner of the plane and a licensed pilot was one of the fatalities. It's not known if he was at the controls. We do know the plane hit power lines before crashing and the

search is still on for its flight data recorder. Philip LeShannock, CBC News, Toronto. A portion of a major Southern California highway closed due to wildfires earlier this year is set to reopen. A roughly 18 kilometer stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway will reopen on Friday. The highway, over 1,000 kilometers in total and renowned for its breathtaking coastline view, has been closed since wildfires ravaged the Pacific Palisades area back in January. According to transportation authorities, it will operate two lanes of traffic in both directions, with heightened patrolling and checkpoints in Palisades 24 hours a day. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.