The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/29 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/29 at 20:00 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 this hour, I'm Julie Ann Hazelwood. Saskatchewan is the latest

province to declare a state of emergency over wildfires. Premier Scott Moe says he wants to prepare communities in his province for what may be ahead, especially with continuing hot, dry weather. It's a very serious situation that we're faced with in Saskatchewan. We do need some rainfall. We need that sooner rather than later. And in light of that not being in the forecast, we most certainly are putting in place every measure possible to prepare our province, prepare our communities, and prepare those that live in our northern communities that are threatened by these wildfires in the days ahead. Fire officials estimate eight blazes are burning out of control in the northern part of the province.

The biggest one, 216,000 hectares. Several communities have already been evacuated. Premier Moses, Saskatchewan officials are working closely with their Manitoba counterparts. That province declared a state of emergency yesterday. Everybody was just scared because we never know what could happen. Gina Malate is one of 5,000 people forced to flee Flynn Flon, Manitoba. She and her family drove through the night to make it to Winnipeg. The Flynn Flon fire has grown to about 20,000 hectares, but officials say it has not yet crossed into the city.

Police in Pickering, Ontario, just east of Toronto, are asking residents to shelter in place after a woman was killed this afternoon. Durham Regional Police Peter Marrera describes what happened. An elderly female was outside of her home when she was approached by a male. After a brief interaction, the suspect stabbed the female in a sadistic and cowardly unprovoked attack. He is described as male, brown, wearing a surgical mask, a long black skinny jacket and carrying a black bag. We believe him to be on foot in this area and armed.

Marrera says the attack was captured on video and the woman was pronounced dead at hospital. The White House says there's no Plan B when it comes to tariffs. The Trump administration insists it will find a way to enact them, even as the sweeping import taxes imposed on virtually all other countries are challenged in court on home soil. Aaron Collins reports. We see this as a judicial blockade. The White House pushing back against a court ruling that most of its tariffs are illegal. The administration has appealed that decision, keeping the tariffs in place for now. And Trump trade adviser, Peter Navarro, says no matter what happens in court, they are here to stay.

Even if we lose, we will do it another way. Dan Rayfield is Oregon's attorney general, one of the states that challenged the tariffs. He says the Trump administration is out of line when questioning the validity of judges. It's absolutely rhetoric and those are the type of things you say when you're losing consistently in court. This fight over Trump's tariffs likely to end up in the Supreme Court. No matter what happens there, it won't impact Canada much. The tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum aren't covered under this ruling. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Washington.

Israel says it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. It marks the largest expansion in the territory in decades. Palestinian officials are slamming the decision, calling it a dangerous escalation that harms the pathway to a future Palestinian state. Sasha Petrasek reports. Fields burn in the occupied West Bank as Palestinian villagers blame Israeli settlers for an overnight attack. Al-Mukhair village is surrounded by Israeli outposts, new settlements in the making. The aim is displacement says village councillor Marzouk Abunaym. Settlers say our village

should not exist. The attacks have increased sharply here since the Gaza war started. Now those outposts are getting formal recognition by the Israeli government, as it also announced the creation of 22 new Jewish settlements. Finance Minister Bezelel Smotryk calls it another step toward sovereignty over the West Bank. Most countries consider the settlements illegal, with Canada threatening sanctions against Israel if they are expanded. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood.