The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 15:00 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 Julie Ann Hazelwood. An Ontario man who killed a provincial police officer has been convicted today of murder and the attempted murder of two other officers. As Christine East reports, graphic body camera footage played an important role in the case. It took the jury a little more than a day to reach the verdict. Guilty is charged for the first degree murder of Sergeant Eric Mueller, a father of two, and attempted murder for

firing at two other officers in Bullject, Ontario on May 11th, 2023. They'd entered Elaine Belfay's home at 2.30 in the morning to check on him. Belfray was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years. There were hugs and sighs of relief among relatives and supporters of the police. On the other side of the courtroom, Belfray's family cried. The 41-year-old had admitted to shooting the officers but maintained his innocence. He said he thought it was a home invasion by robbers. Crucial evidence in the case came from the body-worn cameras of the police, at that time quite new for OPP. The defence says Belfort's family and friends are heartbroken. He has 30 days to decide if he wants to appeal.

Kristi Neese, CBC News, Ottawa. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's devastated after hearing about a fatal collision on a country road east of London, Ontario. Police say a transport truck and two SUVs were involved. Four people were declared dead within hours of yesterday's crash. A fifth was airlifted to hospital, where she died. 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 Vilaitis 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 have 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. News. Overnight, Russia launched 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles at Kyiv, injuring at least 15 people. Dominic Vlases for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. In Gaza, the Health Ministry reports more than 40 people were killed in airstrikes today, as Israel maintains its military offensive. 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. Hudson's Bay is planning to sell more than two dozen of its store leases to a billionaire mall owner from B.C.

Ruby Liu says she wants to launch a new modern department store. The company is seeking court permission for Liu to take over properties at the Bay and its sister store, Saks, leased in B.C., Alberta and Ontario. Bruce Winter is a retail analyst. She wants to create something that's sort of a culturally diverse entertainment centre slash shopping centre slash food centre within these stores. So it's going to be multi-generational, multi-cultural. Hudson's Bay files for creditor protection in March and is in the process of liquidating

all its stores. The deal to sell the stores to lose still has to be court approved. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.