The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 16:00 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, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Scanderis. We begin in Saskatoon where the meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Premiers is now underway. On the agenda, major nation building projects with Alberta pushing for a new pipeline. Rafi Boujikanean has more.

Let's get the commitment that we are going to build a new pipeline. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, before the first minister's meeting, fresh off a one-on-one with Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday evening, now preparing to convince her counterparts across the country. And then I'll have to work with the Prime Minister. Smith's got some commitments from almost every province, but there are outliers. I've been invited here by Mr. Carney, not by Daniel or whoever. After years of saying a pipeline through Quebec is a political non-starter, the province's

Premier François Lagault still says he would need to see what that project looks like. After years of saying a pipeline through Quebec is a political non-starter, the province's premier, François Lagault, still says he would need to see what that project looks like. What's the economic impact? What is the impact on the environment? Alberta's now placing the emphasis on a project that would end off Manitoba's shores on Hudson Bay, bypassing Quebec. But it would start on the west coast. That would still need BC to play ball. Rafi Boudikani on CBC News, Saskatoon. It's really at the mercy of Mother Nature right now. The mayor of Flint-Flawn, Manitoba hopes rain in the forecast will provide a crucial boost to firefighting efforts. George Fontaine says so far no

buildings have been lost to the wildfire burning at the town's doorstep. But he calls the situation a time bomb. Wildfires have forced 17,000 people out of their homes in Manitoba alone. Premier Wab Kanu says Canada needs to scale up its firefighting capability and fast. We ordered new water bombers. We're not going to get delivery of them for five years, right? And so we're in this challenge of having to respond during an emergency situation by pulling pieces that we have at our disposal. We're now turning to international sources of assistance. Thousands of people in Alberta and Saskatchewan have also been ordered to leave due to wildfires

and in northern Ontario, two First Nations have declared states of emergency and are planning evacuations. The suspect in yesterday's attack in Boulder, Colorado, has been charged with a federal hate crime. That's according to an affidavit filed by the FBI today. Mohammed Sabri Solomon is accused of using a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails during the attack. It happened at a Jewish community event in support of hostages

held by Hamas in Gaza. At least eight people were injured. Solomon is appearing in court this afternoon. Israeli forces have killed at least three people near an aid distribution center in southern Gaza. Local officials and witnesses say dozens of people heading to the center were injured. The military says it fired warning shots at, quote, suspects who approached its forces. The shooting happened at the same location where Israeli forces fired on crowds of people a day earlier.

After a second round of peace talks, Russia and Ukraine are no closer to reaching a ceasefire. But the hour-long discussion in Istanbul did garner some results. Both sides have agreed to conduct a new prisoner exchange. Dominic Velaitis reports. The atmosphere at the talks in Turkey was subdued. Ukraine's audacious drone attack on dozens of Russia's nuclear bomber aircraft on Sunday overshadowed proceedings. But both sides did agree to another prisoner swap, which according to Ukraine's defence minister Rustem Umarov, will focus on categories of prisoners rather than numbers.

We agreed to exchange all for all, seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners of war. Second category is young soldiers who are from 18 to 25 years old, all for all. Both sides also agreed to return the bodies of some 12,000 soldiers. Ukraine has proposed more talks later this month and although Russia is still refusing Ukraine's demand for a full unconditional ceasefire, it handed over a memo to the Ukrainian delegation outlining Moscow's terms for a pause in the fighting, which Kyiv says it's now studying. Dominic Vellaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.