The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 08:00 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, it's the world is our. I'm Joe Cummings. With the federal election in the books and the liberals again in power, a new session of Parliament opens today. And the first order of business will be the election of a new Speaker of the House. Janice McGregor reports.

There is an incumbent, Liberal Greg Fergus, was the Speaker in the last Parliament and he has some support. The question is, has he done enough to mend fences? Because Fergus faced down, not just one, but two votes calling on him to resign in the last parliament. After several incidents where he participated in liberal party events or made overtly partisan statements when he was supposed to be focused on his non-partisan role, Conservative Chris D'Entremont was the deputy speaker while those controversies played out and there's some talk that he could be a popular pick instead today. There are five others who are letting their names stand.

Veteran Toronto MP Rob Olyphant was out making his elevator pitch to reporters yesterday. I can use my experience and I can use good judgment and also I can be both firm and fair. After a series of speeches from all the candidates this morning, MPs will cast a single ranked ballot. We should have a winner by midday. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, King Charles and Queen Camilla touched down in Ottawa later today. They are spending two days in the capital for their first visit to Canada since the King's coronation two years ago.

After flying into the city, they'll be taken to Lansdowne Park and then to Rideau Hall to be met by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Mary Simon. Tomorrow King Charles delivers the speech from the throne. For the first time in either one of his two terms in office, US President Donald Trump is publicly criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin. It comes as Russia fired hundreds of drones and missiles into Ukraine over the weekend. Dominic Vileida says more. We're in the middle of talking and he's shooting rockets into Kiev and other cities.

I don't like it at all. US President Donald Trump's patience, it seems, is growing thin with Russia's Vladimir Putin following this weekend's uptick in violence in Ukraine. I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people. And I don't like it at all. Trump told reporters he was now seriously considering hitting Russia with more sanctions and later on true social He doubled down saying Putin had gone

Absolutely crazy and warned that any attempt to conquer all of Ukraine would lead to Russia's downfall Last night Russia attacked Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles for the third night in a row Just the day after Moscow launched its biggest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people. Dominic Velaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. Health officials in Gaza say more than 50 people were killed overnight in the latest round of Israeli airstrikes. That's emergency workers pulling people from the rubble of a destroyed school. of Israeli airstrikes. That's emergency workers pulling people from the rubble of a destroyed school.

It was being used as a shelter, and it's being reported that more than 30 people were killed in the facility while they slept. The Israeli military says it was targeting Hamas militants who had been operating in the building. This year's monsoon season is underway in India. That's torrential rain swamping the city of Mumbai today. Streets are flooded and a number of bridges have been washed out.

This year's southwest monsoon season is more than a week ahead of schedule, making it the earliest now in more than 30 years. The Minnesota frost can repeat as the PWHL champions today with a win over the visiting Ottawa Charge. The defending Walter Cup champions lead the best of five final two to one with the first three games all being decided in overtime. And the Frosts won Saturday's game in triple overtime.

A fifth game, if necessary, will be played Wednesday in Ottawa. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.