The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/03 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/03 at 15:00 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 Scanderres. The federal government has announced it'll be matching donations made to the Red Cross for people displaced by wildfires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The donations will be further matched by the two provinces. In Manitoba, the fires have forced some 17,000 people from their homes, but the focus today is on northern Saskatchewan. Scott Larson has more on

the developing situation there. It took one house after another all the way up the street until it took ours and most of the rest of the community. 35 weeks pregnant, Brooke Kindle evacuated to Saskatoon on the weekend as wildfire tore through her northern Saskatchewan village of Dener beach and intense winds forced the last remaining essential staff and firefighters to evacuate yesterday. Thousands of people in La Ronge, nearby villages and First Nations within a 20-kilometer radius of another burning fire are also under an evacuation order.

Many, including Tom Roberts, raced to get out before the fire blocked exit roads. We sat there for two hours, waiting for an opening in the fire. Sastel says wildfires have cut off phone and internet services, including Wi-Fi, in Larrange and areas to the north and northeast. The latest report shows there are 20 fires burning in the province, with only five of

them contained. Scott Larson, CBC News, Saskatoon. 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. Anandasangari 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 U.S. concerns and will help Canada sustain its partnership with our southern neighbor. Meanwhile, the White House has confirmed President Donald Trump will double steel and

aluminum tariffs starting at midnight. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says Trump will sign an executive order to increase the duties to 50 percent later today. Gaza officials say Israeli gunfire killed at least 27 people at an aid distribution site. Dozens more were injured. Palestinians had been gathering to collect food and supplies from an Israeli-backed aid program and a Cunningham reports. The injured are rushed to hospital. The dead are swiftly buried. Amongst them all is Zayn, crying over his mother's body, asks, how can I let you go, mum? The Israel Defense 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% of the votes according to the early count. The vote was held two months after Conservative President Yoon Suk-yol 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. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.