The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 02:00 EDT

The election may be over, but that certainly doesn't mean things are settled on Parliament Hill, and that gives At Issue a lot to talk about. I'm Rosemary Barton, CBC's Chief Political Correspondent, and every week I'm joined by three of Canada's top political journalists, Chantelle Baer, Andrew Coyne, and Althea Raj, to help you understand what's at stake as the Liberals settled in for another minority and the Conservatives try to hold them to account. Follow At Issue as we break down the biggest stories in Canadian politics. New podcasts every Friday. From CBC News, the world this hour.

I'm Claude Fague. Russia launched a large-scale assault in Ukraine overnight and into early Saturday morning. Reports suggest it was a combination of drones and missiles fired towards the capital city of Kiev, injuring at least 14 people. The latest Russian attacks come following a rare moment of cooperation. Russia and Ukraine each swap 390 prisoners of war. Philip Leshchanek reports. It's a first stage.

We didn't yet achieve the ceasefire. Ukraine wants the ceasefire. Ukraine's defense minister Rustam Umarov says he hopes this prisoner swap, expected to be a thousand people from each side, will lead to the next steps in the peace process. Firstly is exchanges, second is a ceasefire, and third step is a leaders meeting. Umarov says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was willing to meet in Istanbul as suggested by Russian president Vladimir Putin for face-to-face talks, but Putin didn't show up, instead sending lower-level diplomats. Zelensky says he's happy the prisoner exchange is underway,

which he calls the only significant result of the meeting in Turkey. And he says Russia's proposal for draft conditions for negotiating a ceasefire is a mockery. Philip LeChanoff, CBC News, Toronto. European Union officials say Donald Trump's latest trade escalation would spell serious consequences for consumers in the U.S. The U.S. President is preparing to hike tariffs on the economic block on June 1. Aaron Collins is in Washington with the latest. It's time that we play the game the way I know how to play the game.

Donald Trump talking tough in the Oval Office, his latest target, the European Union. The U.S. President lashing out on social media threatening a 50% tariff upset about a trade deficit with the EU. They haven't treated us properly. They haven't treated our country properly. A reaction from Europe came swiftly but with some skepticism. Gunter Wolff is a policy analyst based in Brussels. He says Trump doesn't always follow through on his tariff threats. We know that he's very volatile and we know also that he is blinking once he sees the consequences.

Donald Trump also put pressure on one of the world's largest companies, the president threatening to slap a 25 percent tariff on Apple products produced outside the U.S., saying the levy could also apply to other smartphone companies as well. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Washington. A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate a return to the U.S. of a Guatemalan man erroneously deported. U.S. officials have acknowledged that they made a mistake deporting the man to Mexico. The Justice Department admits they erred when informing the judge that the deported man

had expressly stated he was not afraid of being sent to Mexico. There's a wrinkle in the recent deal that saw Canadian Tire agree to purchase the naming rights and some brands of the Hudson's Bay Company. HBC says it plans to sell up to 28 of its store leases to a BC mall owner who wants to launch a new modern department store. Canada's oldest company said Friday it will seek court permission for the sale of the

leases involving stores in Alberta, BC and Ontario. Canadian Tire, who agreed to a $30 million deal to purchase HBC earlier this month, would need to sign off on any licensing deal involving the bay name at those stores In the Stanley Cup playoffs the Edmonton Oilers have even the Western Conference final As seen on a hockey night in Canada, Burnaby BC native Ryan Nugent Hopkins with the goal He also added an assist as the Oilers beat the Stars 3-0 in Dallas, tying the series at a game apiece. Game 3 is in Edmonton on Sunday. Canada's Memorial Cup, first awarded over 100 years ago, is being contested by four teams in Quebec. And host Rimouski faced off with medicine hat in the opening game. Whitehorse native Gavin McKenna scored a goal and an assist as the Tigers beat the Oceanic 5-4.

And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.