The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 13:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Juliane Hazelwood. An Ontario man has been convicted in the 2023 murder of a provincial police officer and the attempted murder of two other officers.

23 murder of a provincial police officer and the attempted murder of two other officers. And then Belfoy shot the police who were doing a welfare check at his home. He said he thought it was a home invasion. Belfoy used a rifle with a magazine illegally modified to hold 22 rounds instead of the five allowed. Russia and Ukraine have each exchanged more than 300 of their service personnel on the second day of a prisoner swap. It took place a few hours after the Ukrainian capital was rocked by the latest Russian bombardment. Dominic Vleitis reports.

Ukrainian prisoners cheer their release. The 307 service personnel who made it home on day two of the largest prisoner swap of the war. Ukraine released the same number of Russians. For some, their first taste of freedom was an opportunity to phone home. We've been exchanged, Natasha, he says. Don't worry, everything is OK. This latest swap comes after nearly 400 from each side were released Friday, after the two countries agreed to exchange a total of 1,000 prisoners during last week's talks in Turkey.

Although another prisoner swap is expected Sunday, the war continues. Overnight, Russia launched 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles at Kiev, injuring at least 15 people. Dominic Velazquez for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. In Gaza, the Health Ministry reports at least 40 people were 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's not 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 the 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 people, is at risk of famine. The union in the Canada Post labor dispute says it's hoping to meet this weekend with mediators and the Crown Corporation. 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. Donald Trump's House Secretary is pushing back against a BC bird call. Hundreds of ostriches were ordered killed over concerns about avian flu. Janella Hamilton explains. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he spoke with the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday to discuss the fate of 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood where avian flu was detected

last December. Kennedy, the American Health Secretary, asked the CFIA to consider not culling the entire flock. Among the reasons cited is the long-lived nature of the birds and the possibility that they may hold information about antibodies to avian flu. He also says the U.S. would provide full support and assistance in research and retesting the birds. CBC News has reached out to the CFIA. Prior to the letter, the agency confirmed it would be moving ahead with the call

and would not be retesting the ostriches. It comes as dozens of protesters rally around the West Kootenay farm, calling for an end to the call. Janella Hamilton, CBC News, Vancouver. Seinfeld's soup Nazi is raising funds this weekend for victims of last month's alleged vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu Festival. Actor Larry Thomas says he'll be lifting his ladle out of Vancouver area deli and he'll be delivering his infamous line, No Soup for You, even as he's dishing it out. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood.