The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 12:00 EDT

The election may be over, but that certainly doesn't mean things are settled on Parliament Hill, and that gives At Issue a lot to talk about. I'm Rosemary Barton, CBC's Chief Political Correspondent, and every week I'm joined by three of Canada's top political journalists, Chantelle Baer, Andrew Coyne, and Althea Raj, to help you understand what's at stake as the Liberals settled in for another minority and the Conservatives try to hold them to account. Follow At Issue as we break down the biggest stories in Canadian politics. New podcasts every Friday. From CBC News, the world this hour.

I'm Gina Louise Phillips. We begin in Gaza. Palestinians in Haun Younis hold a funeral for people killed in an Israeli airstrike. Palestinian authorities say a local journalist and a senior rescue service official are among the dead. Altogether, at least 23 people were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the north, south and central Gaza. Canada's joint declaration on Israel and Gaza is getting what you could call a nuanced

response from the families of Hamas hostages. On Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the leaders of France and the UK, urging Israel to end its military campaign in Gaza and allow humanitarian aid into the territory. CBC's Tom Perry reports from Jerusalem. We know they are alive and we know time is running out. At their weekly rally in Tel Aviv, the families of Israeli hostages make their plea yet again in front of thousands of supporters, urging an end to the war and for their loved ones to finally come home.

Yehuda Cohen's son Nimrod was taken on October 7th and remains in captivity. He supports the joint declaration by Canada, France and the UK, urging Israel to step back from its assault on Gaza. Israel is not an island. It cannot survive by itself. It needs, especially in connection with the Western world. Dalia Kusnir, whose brother-in-law, Etan Horn, is still in Gaza, is more critical. I think it's a misunderstanding of priorities. First release the hostages, then you can take care of Gaza.

Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. The French Riviera has been hit with a second power outage in just two days, and authorities blame both incidents on suspected sabotage of the electric grid. A major blackout interrupted the Cannes International Film Festival yesterday, and overnight tens of thousands of homes lost power in Nice. Officials say both incidents were caused by fires at power substations, likely caused by arson. Well, today marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Steve Futterman has more on how Floyd's death changed America.

It is a death that has reverberated around the world. It's estimated that hundreds of millions 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. In Minneapolis, near the spot where Floyd was killed, an outdoor weekend celebration of his life, Floyd's brother, Philonis, says the memories do not go away. At the end of the day, my brother was murdered. Five years later, civil rights activist Earl LaFauré Hutchinson says George Floyd forced America to come face to face with some ugly truths.

We've got a problem in America with police abuse. Floyd brought that home. But this past week, the Trump administration announced it's rescinding a number of orders brought on by the death of George Floyd. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. To southeastern Australia now. The cleanup continues after the region is hit with damaging floods. It's the worst we've ever seen. It's the worst everybody's seen around this area.

Dan Patch is surveying his mud-logged farm in Guinea Guinea, some 300 kilometers north of Sydney. Days of non-stop rain turned streams into rivers, destroyed homes and swept away livestock. The floods are being blamed for at least eight deaths. But amongst the devastation, there are moments of relief. Boy, it's been so bad! Okay, we found the little boy calf. We thought we'd lost one in the water. We thought he might have drowned, but apparently he's there. She had twins in the water, in the mud. Tens of thousands of people remain isolated even as floodwaters recede. Officials have been using helicopters to airdrop animal feed to farmers across the region.

And that is your World This Hour. Listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.