The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 13:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find who broke the internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Donald Trump is threatening to hike U.S. tariffs on imports from the European Union. The president now recommends a 50 percent levy on EU goods set to kick in on June 1st. German Foreign Minister, Johann Waddefuhr, says that such tariffs will only make both economies suffer. Johann Waddefuhr says Europe will defend its market and continue to exert pressure on the

US. Originally, the tariff for EU goods was set at 20%. Trump proposed the steep hike, frustrated with a slow pace of trade negotiations. The president today also threatened a 25% import tax on iPhones not manufactured in the U.S. A U.S. judge has blocked an attempt by Donald Trump's administration

to keep foreign students out of Harvard. The ruling comes hours after the university challenged the policy that was announced yesterday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Harvard of fostering violence, anti-semitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party. The ban would have affected as much as a quarter of the school student body, including the daughter of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Russia and Ukraine have each released hundreds of prisoners of war as part of the largest exchange since the invasion began, and the swap is expected to continue this weekend.

Dominik Vleitis has the latest. Ukrainian prisoners celebrating their release. Ukrainian prisoners celebrating their release. In all, Russia and Ukraine each handed over 390 soldiers and civilians in an exchange that took place on Ukraine's border with Belarus. This is, Ukraine's defence minister said, just the beginning of the largest prisoner exchange of the war so far. The two countries agreed to exchange a total of 1,000 prisoners each following two hours of talks in Turkey last week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it the only concrete result during Russia

and Ukraine's first face-to-face meeting in three years. He accused Russians of blocking all other efforts at moving closer to a ceasefire. Dominic Velaitis for CBC News, Riga Labvia. The Conservatives are holding on to a southwestern Ontario riding after a judicial recount. Cathy Borrelli won in Windsor to Cumsey Lakeshore by just four votes. That margin narrowed significantly from the 233 initially reported and the 77 that Elections Canada had certified. The writing had been held by the Liberals before last month's election.

The last recount in the Newfoundland writing of Terra Nova the Peninsula's is expected to be completed today. The judge in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial has decided key evidence is not admissible. That evidence is a number of text messages Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden sent to a teammate. Both were members of the 2018 World Junior Hockey team. Howden is not charged but is a crown witness in the trial of five of his former teammates. Karen Pauls has the latest. The Crown wanted to introduce the texts as evidence and ask Brett Howden questions about them, but now she won't be able to.

And legal experts say that will weaken her case against Dylan DuBey. In one of the texts, Howden wrote that he was happy he left the hotel room when he did because Duber, or DuBey, was smacking the girls behind so hard it looked like it hurt so bad. The defense argued those texts should not be entered as evidence because Howden says he can't remember writing them, can't now confirm the details are accurate, and never expected them to be used as evidence seven years later. Howden told court he believes he was being truthful in what he texted. The complainant has testified someone slapped her on the buttocks without her

consent. Other players have also testified she was spanked and at least one identified DuBey. DuBey and the other players have all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.