The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/29 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/29 at 13:00 EDT

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We begin with an update on wildfire evacuations across the country. Wildfires on the prairies are causing chaos for communities in northern regions. Thousands are fleeing their homes to escape the advancing flames. Sam Sampson has the latest. Flynn Flawn City Councillor Allison Dallas Funk wants people still in the community to get out. This is a mandatory evacuation. We will not be able to find you if you do not leave. The northern Manitoba community is among several under evacuation order.

About 17,000 people in total are fleeing to Winnipeg. On Wednesday night in Saskatchewan, three First Nations declared a joint state of emergency, demanding meetings with Premier Scott Moe and others in power, looking for help. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in those northern region communities. And in Alberta, a community of about 1,300 people north of Edmonton has been forced to evacuate due to a raging fire. Those people went elsewhere, but the province's capital is ready. Edmonton built a semi-permanent evacuation site this year, ready to welcome anybody fleeing

these disasters. The site has not yet been triggered, but hot and dry conditions are known to change things quickly. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton. Emergency crews are also fighting a wildfire near Churchill Falls in Labrador. The town of about 700 is home to a massive hydroelectric power station. The fire broke out last night and quickly grew to 170 hectares. The flames damaged a power line and temporarily forced the closure of the Trans-Labrador Highway.

Officials hope cooler and wetter weather in the coming days will help stop the spread of the fire. Prime Minister Mark Carney is embracing a U.S. court's decision that has blocked most of the sweeping U.S. tariffs. The court ruled President Donald Trump overstepped his authority, imposing the levies on the world, including Canada. David Thurton reports from Ottawa. The government welcomes yesterday's decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade,

which is consistent with Canada's longstanding position that the U.S. IEPA tariffs were unlawful as well as unjustified. Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrating the American court ruling. But Carney warns Canada is not out of the woods yet. American tariffs on steel, aluminum and the auto sector remain. Those are the so-called Section 232 tariffs. That said, we recognize that our trading relationship with the United States is still profoundly and adversely threatened and affected by similarly unjustified 232.

Carney said Canada still faces threats in other sectors including lumbars, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. He added the government cannot rest until it establishes a new economic relationship with the U.S. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Israel has approved its biggest expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank in decades. Ultra-nationalist minister Bazaar Leal Smutridge says 22 Jewish settlements have been approved. He says the Security Cabinet decision reinforces Israeli control of the territory and prevents the establishment of

a Palestinian state. Israeli settlements in the occupied territory are considered illegal under international law. The move comes as its military ramps up raids and arrests across the West Bank to dismantle what it calls terrorism infrastructure. To the UK, police in Liverpool have laid formal charges in a car ramming earlier this week. 53-year-old Paul Doyle faces six charges related to grievous bodily harm and one count of dangerous driving. But Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims would not speculate on his motive. Our detectives are working tirelessly with diligence and professionalism to seek the

answer to all of those questions. Sims says 79 people were hurt in total. Seven of them remain in hospital. The incident happened as thousands of people packed the streets celebrating Liverpool FC's Premier League title win. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.