The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 06:00 EDT

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Nicole Williams has more from Ottawa. Now the time has come for Her Majesty to read the speech from the throne. It will be only the third time a reigning monarch has done so. Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, delivering the speech in 1957 and 1977. But this time, the King's speech is meant to send a message about Canada's sovereignty, particularly as the U.S. president has mused about Canada becoming a 51st state. This is all happening while the U.K UK navigates its own relationship with the Trump

administration. It's an invitation for a second state visit. The King personally inviting the president back to the UK for another visit and a state dinner. Experts say both Canada and the UK are each doing what they need to do to protect their own interests. In this case, the king playing a key role in both storylines. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. Today marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. Steve Futterman has more on how his death changed America. It's a death that has reverberated around the world. It's estimated that hundreds of thousands have watched the horrific videotape of George Floyd slowly dying, repeatedly saying

he couldn't breathe. His death sparked angry and sometimes violent protests that went on for weeks. The officer responsible for his death was eventually found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to 22 years in prison. This weekend, there have been many remembrances. The day boys had sing. In Minneapolis, near the spot where Floyd was killed, an outdoor weekend celebration of his life,

Floyd's brother, Thelonus, says the memories do not go away. At the end of the day, my brother was murdered. This past week, the Trump administration announced it's rescinding a number of orders brought on by the death of George Floyd to implement reforms. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Well, it's no fluke visitors from all over the world travel to Newfoundland and Labrador at this time of year. They come to take in the massive icebergs moving down the coast

and the thousands of whales just offshore. Now the province's tourism department is adding to that experience. Leanne Power reports. Welcome to the humpback capital of the world. In Newfoundland and Labrador these days you can not only watch humpbacks, you can also get to know them. Every humpback's tail or fluke is like a human fingerprint, unique to the animal. With the tourism department's new app, Hello Humpback, you can take a photo of the whale you see and find out more about it.

The app uses AI to generate a story about the individual whale you've seen. The information comes from a database run by the group Happy Whale, which has been tracking humpback sightings around the world for a decade. The group uses the data to follow individual whales and keep tabs on their health and environment. Ted Schiezman is co-founder of Happy Whale. It's just proving to be a very, very powerful tool. The part that ultimately is probably the most meaningful is to get people engaged in knowing their whale. So far, visitors are loving the new app.

Leanne Power, CBC News, Gander. And that is your World This Hour. Get all the news you need anytime, anywhere. Download the free CBC News app today. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise-Phillips.