The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 11:00 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 Gina Louise Phillips. Officials say Russia carried out a large scale overnight strike on Ukraine's capital. This latest attack comes as a prisoner exchange continues in phases. Today, Russia said the two sides swapped 307 prisoners each. The CBC's Anna Cunningham has more. Explosions lighting up the night sky over Kyiv. Tracer fire from Ukrainian air defences continued throughout the night. Ukraine's air force says Russia launched 250 long-range drones and 14 ballistic missiles. Smoke could be seen billowing from the top floor

of one apartment block as emergency crews battled fires. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says these attacks show why the war is being dragged out. He repeated calls for stronger international sanctions on Russia to force Moscow to a ceasefire. On Friday, Russia and Ukraine started a prisoner exchange. But last night's attack on Kiev is leaving Ukrainians feeling that peace is currently out of reach. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. In Gaza, at least six people have been killed in airstrikes today as Israel maintains its military offensive in the territory.

Israel is partially lifting its humanitarian blockade, but aid workers say there is nowhere near enough food getting to displace Palestinians. Rachel Cummings is with Save the Children in Gaza. Every day, I literally say it can't get any worse for children in Gaza, and every day it gets worse. So we now have a situation where not enough supplies are being allowed into Gaza, 11 weeks of no supplies being allowed into Gaza. But on top of that, since the 15th of May, over 170,000 people in Gaza have been forcibly displaced.

The UN says the entire population of Gaza, 2.1 million, is at risk of famine. Europe is responding to the latest tariff threat from Donald Trump. The European Union's trade commissioner says negotiations must be based on respect. The US president is frustrated with the slow progress of trade talks with Europe and says he'll slap a 50% tax on all EU goods entering the US. Gunn-Trump-Wolf is with Bruegel, a European economic think tank. The predictions on Trump are very difficult to do. We know that he's very volatile and we know also that he is blinking

once he sees the consequences. So indeed, I think there's significant uncertainty on whether they will happen. But Wolf goes on to say if Trump does impose the tariff, it will bring major disruption to the American and European economies. At least five people are now confirmed dead in record flooding in eastern Australia. Some areas have had four months' worth of rain in just three days. Phil Mercer reports from Sydney. It's nerve-racking. Can't sleep because you're tossing and turning. Where's the water up to?

There was no way out for Jessica Collins when the floods bore down on the town of Gloucester, 260 kilometers north of Sydney. Guys, we're still stuck here at Glenborne, still coming up. Tens of thousands of people remain isolated by record-breaking floods in the Australian state of New South Wales. Many are without power. Towns and homes have been inundated. We realised that the bottom half of our house was going to go under.

I've been in a lot of floods in the last 40 years, but this one is something that I would rather forget about. Helicopters have rescued residents who sought refuge on their roofs. There are warnings that snakes and rats could be lurking in the dirty brown flood waters, which should start to recede in the coming days. The government says that climate change is having a significant impact on weather events and that Australia is not immune. Phil Mercer for CBC News, Sydney. It's day two of job action at Canada Post with no sign of the dispute ending anytime soon. The Union's 55,000 workers were in a legal strike position as of

yesterday but chose to stay on the job. They are however refusing to work overtime so there may be disruptions to mail delivery. And that's The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.