The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 11:00 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 this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We go first to Ottawa, where MPs are back in the House of Commons today for a new session of Parliament. And their first order of business is the election of a speaker. Six candidates have put their names forward, including the previous speaker, Greg Fergus.

Janice McGregor has more. 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 as speaker. If votes in this house are close, neither the conservatives nor the liberals may want to have given up one from their caucus to have served as speaker. On the other hand, the gap between the two parties in terms of seat count probably means that one vote isn't big enough to tip the

balance. So this really comes down to who MPs trust to be fair. We could also see a female speaker elected, deputy speaker from the last Parliament Alexandra Mendez is running, as well as Sherry Romanado, both from the Quebec caucus. After a series of speeches from all the candidates this morning, MPs cast a single ranked ballot marking their first, second, third choices. 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'll be 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. An Ontario judge has approved a settlement and a class action lawsuit that accuses La Blah and its parent company of taking part in a bread price fixing scheme. In total, the settlement is worth $500 million. More than $400 million will be paid out by La Blah and George Weston Limited. The rest will be accounted for through a gift card program La Blah introduced back in 2017. 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 Bellitus reports. 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 Truth 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, including children. 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 teams 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 that 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 in more than three decades. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.