The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 16:00 EDT

Canadians have plenty of reasons to pay attention right now, but not everyone has a daily news habit. So if you're hoping to build one, we're here to make that really easy. I'm Marcia Young. I'm John Northcott and we host World Report. Give us 10 minutes every morning and we'll give you the biggest stories happening in Canada and around the globe. Whether you're tracking Trump's latest tariff threats, election season in Canada, or how the war in Ukraine is changing, we'll help you understand what's going on. You can find and follow World Report wherever you get your podcasts.

From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. We begin in Newfoundland and Labrador. A 12-day judicial recount has resulted in a riding flip. The Conservatives are picking up a seat initially believed to have been won by a Liberal candidate. Heather Gillis has the details. Conservative Jonathan Rowe has won the riding of Terranova the Peninsula's after a lengthy judicial recount. Rowe won the recount by 12 votes.

After election night, Liberal Anthony Dramaine won by 12 votes, and it was a margin so small that it triggered an automatic recount. The recount started nearly two weeks ago in Marystown. It took elections workers and scrutineers nearly two days to sift through the bulk of the 41,000 ballots. But an unprecedented number of ballots, 1,041 of them, were disputed. Judge Garrett Handrigan had to go through every single one of the ballots and make a decision. Rose win means the Conservatives have made inroads in Newfoundland and Labrador

and have increased their share of seats in this province from one before the election to three. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. A Montreal area Bloc Québécois candidate has filed a challenge in Quebec's Superior Court to annul the election result in the riding of Terban. Nathalie Sinclair-De Gagne lost by one vote to the Liberal candidate in a judicial recount. But Elections Canada says there were issues with six mail-in ballots. The Bloc is looking to have a new election in the riding. Donald Trump says the U.S. is on track to hike tariffs on the European Union as of June

1st. It's time that we play the game the way I know how to play the game. The U.S. president is threatening to tax EU imports at 50 percent to reflect his growing frustration with trade negotiations. When asked if the EU could do anything to avoid the levy, Trump had this to say. There is no tariff if they build their plant here. Now, if somebody comes in and wants to build a plant here, I can talk to them about a little bit of a delay. European officials say Trump's trade policy would significantly disrupt both economies,

adding that it won't deter them from negotiating for Europe's interests. Trump is also threatening to tax Apple's iPhones if they aren't manufactured in the U.S. He says those tariffs could apply to other smartphone companies as well. A U.S. judge is temporarily blocking Donald Trump's attempt to keep foreign students out of Harvard. It would have forced up to a quarter of the student body out of the university, including the daughter of Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Alexander Silberman reports. I am not sure how it's going to work when I try to re-enter the United States. Marco Avinha says the end of his studies at Harvard University is now up in the air after US Homeland Security revoked the school's ability to enroll international students. Avinya, a Canadian PhD student from Montreal, says he's finished his in-person coursework but could miss out on opportunities to present his research due to the ban. For people who are at an earlier stage than I am, those people would be in quite a bit of trouble right now. Harvard University sued the government and asked for a restraining order.

The action from Homeland Security marks the latest escalation in a battle between the government and Harvard. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has accused the school of fostering anti-Semitism. Harvard calls the government's move unlawful and is pledging to continue supporting foreign students. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. Eight of the people accused of robbing Kim Kardashian have been found guilty by a Paris court, but none of them will serve time in prison. The verdict comes nearly a decade after the celebrity was robbed at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room. The robbers got away with more than $6 million worth of jewelry.

Sentences ranged from prison terms to fines, but all will walk free due to time already served. The gang became known as the Grandpa Robbers in France. The chief judge says old age played a factor in the court's decision not to impose harsher sentences. And that is Your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week.

For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.