The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 07:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. With some big issues on the agenda, Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Saskatoon today

for talks with the premiers. I'm looking forward to finding some common ground. We've had a couple of nice texts and a couple of nice phone calls and I think that there's a spirit of collaboration and I'm going to walk into the meetings with that in mind. That is a cautiously optimistic Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. It's believed today's talks will focus primarily on inter-provincial trade and large-scale national projects such as pipelines, which historically Quebec has been wary of. But Premier Francois Legault says he's willing to keep an open mind.

If there's a project, we're ready to look at it if it goes through Quebec territory, but will need to have economic impact, positive ones for Quebec. The first minister's meeting comes with Prime Minister Carney insisting that Canada needs to reconsider its economic future in the face of the Trump administration's ongoing tariff campaign. The FBI in Boulder, Colorado is investigating

what it's calling a targeted act of terror after a crowd of people was attacked over the weekend by men wielding some form of flamethrower. Eight people were injured and a suspect, who police say had been shouting pro-Palestinian slogans, is in custody. Katie Simpson has more. We're forcing God! It was 1.30 Sunday afternoon. Members of the Jewish community had gathered for a march to raise awareness about hostages in Gaza. Something that happened at this same location around the same time nearly every week in Boulder, Colorado.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Mihalik says the group was targeted in what authorities are calling a terror attack. Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd. The suspect was heard to yell, free Palestine, during the attack. At least two people had to be airlifted to a burn center. A 45-year-old suspect, identified identified as Mohammed Solomon was arrested at the scene. U.S. President Donald Trump was briefed on the attack, the second targeting the Jewish community in the U.S. in a matter of weeks. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington.

Foreign analysts agree there is little hope a peace deal can be reached this week as officials from Ukraine and Russia open a new round of talks in Istanbul. Willem Marx reports. Ukraine's defence minister and a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin will lead the talks in Istanbul. Discussions last month yielded few breakthroughs besides a sizeable prisoner swap between the two nations. Kiev is requesting an unconditional ceasefire while Moscow insists Ukraine must drop its ambition to join the NATO alliance among other demands. US President Donald Trump continues to insist peace is possible, but has also threatened

to walk away from negotiations, warned Russia it may face further economic sanctions, and criticised the attitude of Ukraine's leadership. Meanwhile, the fighting continues. Ukraine's intelligence services conducted audacious drone attacks on military sites some thousands of kilometres inside Russia. They targeted long-range nuclear-capable bombers. Russia's defence ministry acknowledged the attack succeeded in at least two regions, damaging some aircraft without inflicting casualties. Villain Mark, CBC News, London.

In the midst of all this, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is telling the BBC that Russia poses a serious national security threat that cannot be ignored. This says his government is preparing to release its strategic defense review. The world has changed and we are entering a new era when it comes to defense and security. I think that's a common feeling across Europe and more broadly. There is greater instability on defense and security than there has been for many, many years and greater threats. And that's obviously having a direct impact back into the United Kingdom.

Stammer says the defense review will call for the United Kingdom to be in a greater state of warfare readiness. And that's expected to include, among other things, the building of 12 new attack submarines. United Kingdom to be in a greater state of warfare readiness. And that's expected to include, among other things, the building of 12 new attack submarines. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.