The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 01:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer, Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca

sponsored by IG Private Wealth Management. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neal Kumar. After a six-month break from parliamentary business, MPs are returning to Ottawa for the first sitting of the year. In preparation, the Conservatives and Liberals both held caucus meetings. Olivia Stevanovic reports. I don't have to ask whether this room is ready. I know this room is ready. Prime Minister Mark Carney rallying the Liberal caucus. Carney says he plans to introduce several key pieces of legislation.

The details to be laid out this Tuesday in the throne speech delivered by King Charles. The Liberals arranged this Sunday caucus meeting at the request of MPs who called for a vote on the Reform Act, a piece of legislation that gives caucus the ability to trigger a leadership review. I do believe in caucus accountability. Ryan Turnbull is one of the Liberal MPs who voiced support for the Act, but the majority of his caucus members voted against it.

The opposition also holding a caucus meeting of their own Sunday. Although he doesn't currently hold a seat in the House of Commons, Pierre Poliev remains party leader. We will present ourselves as a government in waiting. The new minority parliament gets to work Monday. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. A central Ontario community held a vigil Sunday to mourn the loss of four high school students and a popular teacher. They were killed in a car crash on Friday.

Phillip Lee Schenock reports. Keegan Padfield looks at a growing memorial of flowers and teddy bears outside the front doors of Walkerton District Community School. Like many in the town, he left shoes out on his porch as a tribute to the student athletes and a well-liked coach. He likes to make a lot of jokes and he's always really nice with the students. 33-year-old teacher Matt Eckert was driving an SUV with four

members of the school softball team when they were involved in an accident with a tractor trailer and another SUV. All five occupants of the SUV died. They were on their way home to Walkerton from a school softball tournament. Two of the girls were 16, two were 17. I think everyone would have gotten along with those girls. Padfield, a 15 year old in the 10th grade, said it would be a difficult week for the school and community. Phil Tshanok, CBC News, Toronto. Sunday marked five years since George Floyd was murdered. The black man died after white Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's

death prompted protests around the world, demanding racial equality and police reform. Cornell Brooks is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, specializing in leadership and social justice. Five years ago, you had more than 50% of Americans saying that they thought that those protests then would lead to change. Five years later, 70-plus percent are pessimistic about the possibilities of change.

So what that means is change does not happen. We have to be more determined to bring it about in order to be the country we claim to be. Anniversary tributes took place on Sunday for George Floyd. Israeli attacks over the weekend have left dozens of people dead, including nine children, all from the same family. The Israeli government says its target is Hamas. Tom Perry reports. They gather every week, the families of Israeli hostages and their supporters demanding an

end to the war in Gaza and a return of their loved ones. This week, some welcoming a message from Israel's allies. It's a good step for ending the war. Yehuda Cohen's son Nimrod was taken hostage on October 7th and remains in Gaza, one of 59 Israelis living or dead still held by Hamas. Cohen's hope that a joint declaration by Canada, the UK and France is assigned countries are prepared to apply pressure on Israel's government.

The Israeli military says it's reviewing the strike in Hanyunas, but it's incidents like this that caused Canada, the UK and France to issue their warning to the Israelis. The Israeli government now has a warning of its own, cautioning its citizens in Canada about what it calls an increased threat of terrorism against Israelis and Jews. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.