The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/24 at 23:00 EDT

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sponsored by IG Private Wealth Management. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Russia and Ukraine are trading drone attacks. Ukrainian officials say more than 10 Russian drones are flying over Kyiv, while Russia's defense ministry says it has intercepted around 100 Ukrainian drones. It's just one day after Russia launched a massive attack on Kiev. All this as the two countries are exchanging hundreds of prisoners. Philip Lee Shanuck reports. Russia launched hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles during a widespread attack on Ukraine.

Dozens of people were injured in the capital Kiev in one of the biggest aerial assaults since the war began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says National Defence Forces were able to shoot down six of the 14 ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones. And he blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for prolonging the war. This requires a reaction, a tough reaction from everyone in the world who wants the war to end, he says. The airstrikes came as Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners, as agreed to in talks between the two sides in Turkey.

Russia said the next step would be exchanging conditions for both sides to agree to ending hostilities, but Ukraine has called the offer a stalling tactic and has demanded an unconditional ceasefire before negotiations begin. Philip LeShannok, CBC News, Toronto. A jury has found an Ontario man guilty of first degree murder in the 2023 death of a provincial

police officer. Elaine Belfoy was also convicted of the attempted murder of two other officers. Sergeant Eric Mueller went to Belfoy's home after a concerned neighbor called for a wellness check. Mueller was killed when Belfoy repeatedly fired his rifle. Bill Dixon is a spokesperson for the Ontario Provincial Police. Today's verdict reinforces our focus on what Sergeant Mueller stood for, and on wavering commitment to the community, to his family, and to the safety and protection of others. It also acknowledges the life-changing impact felt by Provincial Constables Mark Lozan and Francois Guimard-Chazelin.

Crucial evidence in the case came from the body cameras worn by the officers. Four high school students and a school staffer are dead after a multi-vehicle collision east of London, Ontario. They were in an SUV that collided with a transport truck which then smashed into a second SUV. Their school board says they were in London for a sporting event.

Police say they're continuing to investigate the Friday afternoon collision. A fire that has ravaged an area twice the size of Winnipeg may have also destroyed an important habitat. Experts fear a herd of endangered caribou may never be able to recover from the loss. Ian Frays has the details. Woodland caribou have found their home in the dense, mature forests of Southeastern Manitoba. But a fierce wildfire is putting their habitat at risk. It doesn't bode well for the health

of the population long-term. Ecologist Daniel Dupont has studied this caribou herd for years. He says the 100,000-hectare fire at Nopeming Provincial Park comes at a terrible time. Calving season. The area that the fire passed through, it passed through that core area where this herd uses to calve.

That will leave any surviving caribou scrambling to find an established forest. The Nopeming area is the habitat to between 40 to 60 caribou. They need a mature forest. The province says it hasn't received reports of any caribou deaths yet, but the government is promising to review how it manages the species after this wildfire is under control. Ian Frays, CBC News, Winnipeg. In Montreal, five people have been arrested in connection to jewelry thefts targeting seniors.

It's the latest in a series of similar incidents that have prompted warnings from police forces across the country. Montreal police say three men and two women were arrested after allegedly approaching victims to have them try on a worthless gift and then stealing one or more pieces of valuable jewelry worn by the victim. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.