The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 00:00 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. Parliament has returned and after more than five months away, there's a new speaker, new MPs and a new prime minister. And while it was a lighter mood on opening day, there's no shortage of work ahead in the House of Commons. Olivia Stevanovic reports. Before any parliamentary business can get done, the first job for MPs was to elect a speaker.

Canadians want to see sticks on the ice and it's the responsibility of the speaker to make this so. It was an analogy about hockey that led Francis Scarpelegia to victory. The reward the Quebec MP ceremoniously dragged to the speaker's chair by opposition leader Andrew Scheer and Prime Minister Mark Carney. After Parliament's five-month hiatus, Scarpelegia introduced one of its newest members. The right honourable Prime Minister.

Who rose in the House for the first time. And I'd like to thank Canadians, Mr. Speaker, for the trust that they've put in this government, but in all members of this great House. And they've got a lot to do as the country faces threats to its sovereignty and a trade war with the US. Olivia Yastavinovich, CBC News, Ottawa. King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Canada on Monday afternoon. The main reason for their visit is for Charles to deliver the speech from the throne. The

King's appearance is requested by the Prime Minister at a time when Canada is seeking to underscore its sovereignty amid tension with US President Donald Trump. Kate McKenna reports. King Charles III, Canada's monarch, arriving on Canadian soil for the first time since his coronation, a symbol of sovereignty amid threats from US President Donald Trump. He and his wife Queen Camilla were met on the Ottawa tarmac by Indigenous leaders the Governor General and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two-day trip marks King Charles' 20th visit to Canada.

It's his first as King. This visit is meant to underscore Canada's strength. Donald Trump's repeated threats of making Canada the 51st state loom large. Many in the crowds, including retired Chief Foreign Officer Brian Budden, say it's a non-starter. We are precise that we are a sovereign nation and we are who we are. We have a king as our sovereign head of state with a prime minister who governs the country. Canada is Canada and will never be anything else. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. minister who governs the country. Canada is Canada and will never be anything else.

Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Officials in Gaza say dozens of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. Many of them are said to be children who are hiding with their families in a school. Tom Perry reports from Jerusalem. Some Israelis marking an occasion seen very differently by Palestinians and Jews. Thousands of nationalist flag-waving marchers, most of them young men, celebrating Jerusalem Day, commemorating the Israeli takeover of East Jerusalem and its historic old city in the Six-Day War of 1967.

And we're happy to be here and to say it's our country. Jerusalem's Palestinians not celebrating. Shops in the old cities normally bustling Muslim quarter shut tight against crowds of young Israelis, some chanting anti-Arab slogans. May your village burn, these young men shout. This day has caused friction before between Jews and Muslims, but the backdrop these days is more harsh. Israel is continuing its bombardment of Gaza, striking a school overnight where Palestinians forced from their homes had been seeking shelter. Tom Perry,

CBC News, Jerusalem. The Minnesota Frost are PWHL champions once again. They keep their eyes on 16. Minnesota working in Minnesota. And Farr, the chance here, it's a little to the right, he scores! Minnesota Farr, back to back, Walter Cup tickets! Liz Shepard scored 12 minutes into overtime of Game 4 to give Minnesota a decisive

2-1 win over the Ottawa Chargers on Monday and a second Walter Cup in as many years. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.