The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/03 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/03 at 13:00 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. The Liberal government has introduced a new bill aimed at tightening security at the Canada-U.S. border. Minister of Public Safety, Gary Anandasangari, calls it the Strong Borders Act. With this new legislation, we'll ensure Canada has the right tools to keep our borders secure,

combat transnational organized crime and fentanyl, and disrupt illicit financing. The bill gives border officers new powers to examine and search exports. It also provides law enforcement agencies with new technologies to combat fentanyl trade and illegal border crossings. Ananda Sangari says the border bill aims to strengthen Canada's response to national and economic security threats and to enhance the integrity and fairness of the immigration system. He adds the legislation also includes measures that will address US concerns and will help Canada

sustain its partnership with our southern neighbor. In Saskatchewan, the northern town of L'Orange and its surrounding communities are now under an evacuation order as a rapidly approaching fire burns nearby. That fire is more than 800 square kilometers in size and has forced more than 7,000 people to leave their homes. One of them is Tom Roberts. We saw a lot of emergency vehicles, ambulances, fire trucks, fire people, and they're heading north to help fight the fire. Smoke is just bellowing south of us here. It really looks

scary. This is the latest evacuation as wildfire threats have driven nearly 15,000 people out of their homes in Saskatchewan. Manitoba is also dealing with dozens of fires and more than 17,000 evacuees. And in Alberta, 28 wildfires are listed as out of control. Gaza officials say Israeli gunfire has killed at least 27 people at an aid distribution site. Dozens more have been injured. Palestinians had been gathering to collect food and supplies from an Israeli-backed aid program. Anna Cunningham reports. The injured are rushed

to hospital. The dead are swiftly buried. Amongst the mourners, Zayn, crying over his mother's body, asks, How can I let you go, ma'am? The Israel Defence Forces say they saw people deviating from the aid access route. Warning shots were fired away from the aid distribution point, says Israeli government spokesperson David Mensah. Some of the suspects continued, despite these warning shots, advancing towards the troops in a threatening manner. Further fire was directed near these specific individuals.

Jeremy Lawrence is spokesperson for the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Willful impediment of access to food and other life-sustaining relief supplies for civilians may constitute a war crime. The UN is calling for a prompt and impartial investigation. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. An opposition candidate has won South Korea's presidential election. Liberal candidate Lee Jae-mung has garnered nearly 50 percent of the votes, according to the early count. The vote was held two months after Conservative President Yoon Suk-yul

was removed from office. He'd been impeached for attempting to impose martial law last year. He was also charged with insurrection. Lee's Conservative rival Kim Moon-soo has conceded defeat and congratulated him on his victory. The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2025 and soccer great Christine Sinclair heads up this year's list. Nobody has now scored more goals for Canada at the Women's World Cup finals than Christine Sinclair. Sinclair being honoured along with curler Kevin Martin, alpine skier Eric Gay, wheelchair racer Michelle Stillwell, and softball player Darren Zack.

In the builders category, its former NHL coach Ted Nolan, along with sports philanthropist Martha Billis, they'll be inducted at a gala ceremony this fall at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.