The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 14:00 EDT

Are Swifties the best music fans? Should kids be on social media? Is the customer really always right? You know there are two sides to every debatable question and we're here to make you laugh while you listen to Canada's top comedians taking on these topics and many more. I'm Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters, and I'm here to make sure our debates don't end in tears or bloodshed or hockey type fights with sweaters over each other's heads. No guarantees though. Find and follow the debaters podcast and never miss an episode. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Scanderis. King Charles and

Queen Camilla have bid Canada farewell. Their brief two-day visit is now over. The highlight of their trip was the speech from the throne, which the King delivered this morning, the first time a monarch has delivered the throne speech in nearly 50 years. The speech is mostly written by the government and highlighted Canada's distinct identity. Canada has embraced its British, French and indigenous roots and become a bold, ambitious, innovative country that is bilingual, truly multicultural and committed to reconciliation.

From there, the King outlined the government's immediate priorities, including the middle-class tax cut Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised, as well as building more homes and tackling affordability. Wildfires are forcing hundreds of people across the prairies to leave their homes. In northern Alberta, 1,400 residents of Swan Hills have been ordered to evacuate. Officials say the efforts of firefighters are being challenged by dry and windy conditions.

Wildfire Information Officer Jose Santange says thunderstorms have also sparked new fires. We are going to be busy in the coming days responding to these new wildfires. And some areas will receive some scattered rain, but we're not expecting significant enough amounts to make a big difference on the wildfire danger. In Saskatchewan people living in pelican narrows have been ordered to leave immediately. Wildfires had been burning in the area for weeks and in Manitoba a mandatory evacuation order is in effect for 600 people in the town of Lynn Lake. Police in Liverpool say 11 people remain in hospital

after a car ploughed into a large crowd of Liverpool FC supporters yesterday. Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims says streets had been closed to traffic ahead of yesterday's celebration but she says the driver of the car followed an ambulance after a barrier was briefly lifted to let it through. There was no intelligence to suggest an incident of this nature would take place. And as we previously stated, the incident is not being treated as terrorism. The driver of the car, a 53-year-old British man, is held on suspicion of murder and driving under the influence of drugs. Israel says 8,000 food boxes have been distributed in Gaza under a new scheme backed by the U.S.

But the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says operations were cut short following chaotic scenes at distribution points. The UN, Red Cross and other aid groups are boycotting the US-Israeli plan. Sasha Petrusic reports. Thousands of Palestinians stormed food distribution sites in southern Gaza desperate after almost three months of an Israeli aid blockade. No flour, no food, no one is eating, says Fatima Ahmed. As crowds advanced, the US-backed private contractors hired to provide security were overwhelmed and withdrew. Israel says the new system aims to keep aid from getting into the hands of Hamas.

But NGOs call it the weaponization of aid, and the UN warns it's too little to prevent starvation. Spokesman Jens Lerke. It is a distraction from what is actually needed, which is the reopening of all the crossings into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says distribution will continue Wednesday. Sasha Petruszek, CBC News, Toronto. National Public Radio in the United States has launched a lawsuit against the Trump White House.

It's arguing the president's executive order that cuts federal funding to NPR and PBS is illegal. Trump issued it earlier this month alleging there is a quote liberal bias in the public broadcasters reporting. The Trump administration has also cut funding to a number of other media outlets including Voice of America, Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skanderas.