The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 20:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Juliane Hazelwood. This is the largest evacuation Manitoba will have seen in most people's living memory. Premier Wab Kanu says a state of emergency is now in place to respond to the wildfire crisis. More than 17,000 people are being ordered to evacuate. That includes several Northern First Nations and the city of Flintlawn. Kenew had this message for evacuees. This is a moment of fear and uncertainty. But I want to tell you that your fellow Manitobans will welcome you. We will get through this difficult period and we'll get through this trying period

the way that we always do, by working together. Canoe says the majority of evacuees will head to Winnipeg and be housed in large facilities, including arenas. The premier added that Prime Minister Mark Carney has accepted the province's request for the Canadian Armed Forces to step in and help. Thousands of people across Alberta and Saskatchewan are also out of their homes because of the growing threat of wildfires. The World Meteorological Organization has released its latest climate forecast. The world is seeing hotter temperatures and more intense weather in recent years. And the report is dashing any hopes that the worrying trend is reversing. The world is seeing hotter temperatures and more intense weather in recent years.

And the report is dashing any hopes that the worrying trend is reversing. Science reporter Anand Ram explains. There's now an 80% chance of a new record high in global temperature in the next few years. Adam Scaife is head of monthly to decadal prediction at the WMO. His latest report, Looking Forward Until 202929 says the chances of another blisteringly hot year for the earth is high, even pushing past 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial era. This would trigger droughts in various parts of the world.

Dry in the Amazon rainforest, wet in the Sahel desert, the report also predicts much more heat for the Arctic, saying it will warm more than three times faster than the rest of the world over the next five years. Troubling still, the tiniest signal of an even deadlier future. That possibility is very faint, but it is now possible that we could even have a two degree year. A decade ago, there was only a tiny signal that we'd have a year 1.5 degrees hotter than the pre-industrial average. That happened last year. Anand Ram, CBC News, Toronto. only a tiny signal that we'd have a year 1.5 degrees hotter than the pre-industrial average. That happened last year. Anand Ram, CBC News, Toronto.

The ringleader of an international smuggling plot linked to the death of migrants near the US-Canada border has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. In January 2022, a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the US along a remote stretch of Manitoba. Indian national Harsh Kumar Patel was convicted of bringing unauthorized people into the U.S. for profit. The driver of the smuggling plot, Florida resident Steve Shand, received a six-and-a-half year sentence.

Lisa Kirkpatrick is acting U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota. Lisa Kirkpatrick, U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota These defendants knew it was cold. In fact, they knew it was life-threateningly cold. But they didn't care. What they cared about was money and their cash. They cared about money and their cash. They cared about money and their cash. They cared about money and their cash. They cared about money and their cash. They cared about money and their cash. These defendants knew it was cold. In fact, they knew it was life-threateningly cold. But they didn't care. What they cared about was money. And their callous indifference

to the value of human life cost a family of four their lives. Kirkpatrick says the sentencing sends a message that human life does not have a price tag. U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to see foreign student admissions at Harvard capped at 15 percent. It's the latest blow to the university accused by the White House of being soft on anti-semitism. The Trump administration has already revoked visas for hundreds of foreign students involved in protests against the war in Gaza. And yesterday the State Department also ordered the temporary suspension of all student visa processing. We want to know where those students come.

Are they troublemakers? What countries do they come? You're going to see some very radical people. They're taking people from areas of the world that are very radicalized. But I want to make sure that the foreign students are people that can love our country. The U.S. State Department says it will restrict visas for anyone who tries to censor Americans. That includes foreign officials issuing arrest warrants for US citizens. In other news, the US Court of International Trade has ruled that US President Donald Trump

does not have the authority to impose his sweeping Liberation Day tariffs or his fentanyl-related duties against Canada. We'll have more on that story in the coming hours. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.