World Report - May 13: Tuesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet is sworn in at Rideau Hall.Honda postponing a $15 billion electric vehicle project in Canada due in part to US tariffs.US President Donald Trump has landed in Saudi Arabia for day one of 3 day trip to Middle East.Half a million people Gaza in danger of starvation, according to global authority on hunger, IPC.Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appears to have been elected mayor in his home city.Lawyers for Eric and Lyle Menendez will ask a Los Angeles court for their sentences to be reduced. 

In 1977, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club opened up a chapter in Montreal. Their enforcer was a man named Yves Trudeau. And over the course of his criminal career, Trudeau would murder no fewer than 43 people. And he would only spend seven years in prison. I'm Kathleen Gholtar, and this week on Crime Story, the soared tale of Canada's deadliest assassin. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is the right

person to take on US President Donald Trump and now we know the team that's going to help him. They are being sworn in this hour at Rideau Hall. There are some familiar faces in the Liberal cabinet but also some fresh ones joining Carney's inner circle. The CBC's Janice McGregor is here with the details. Janice, take us through some of the biggest changes. Marcia, Canada has a new Foreign Affairs Minister. Anita Onant is moving up and into that role.

Melanie Jolie is moving into an economic portfolio that may see her travelling a bit less as Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for economic development in Quebec. Nevertheless she will still be engaged in global trade tensions in her new role. The trade portfolio per se though is splitting in two. Canada-US trade will remain with Dominique LeBlanc and trade with other parts of the world will now be the responsibility of a new international trade minister, Meninder Shidoo, a Brampton MP who is new to cabinet. David McGinty is now the defence minister. His former role at public safety is moving to Gary and Andisangari.

The Crown Indigenous Relations Post will now be in the hands of Rebecca Alty from the Northwest Territories. The Minister for Indigenous Services will also represent a Northern Riding, Mandy Gull-Masty, who is a Grand Chief from the Cree Nation in Quebec, and Rebecca Chartrand, an Anishinaabe educator from Northern Manitoba, will hold a new post as Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs.

So there's a real emphasis in this cabinet on Northern representation. And there are also three indigenous MPs in total being sworn in today if we also include Buckley Boulanger who won the northern Saskatchewan seat and will serve as the Secretary of State for Rural Development.

What isn't changing? Well, Mark Carney's first budget will be delivered by François-Philippe Champagne. We have continuity in the finance minister's office. Christian Freeland remains the minister of transport and internal trade and will be delivered by François-Philippe Champagne. We have continuity in the

finance minister's office. Christian Freeland remains the minister of transport and internal trade and Stephen Gilbo also retains the Canadian identity and culture portfolio that he was assigned earlier.

But for the most part, today's story is about change. There's a new housing minister, Gregor Robertson, a new justice minister, Sean Fraser. The energy minister is now former Carney advisor and Goldman Sachs CEO Tim Minister, Gregor Robertson, a new Justice Minister, Sean Fraser. The Energy Minister is now former Carney advisor and Goldman Sachs CEO Tim Hodgson. There's a new Health Minister whose former PMO Senior Staff Marjorie Michelle Shee was elected in Justin Trudeau's former

seat in Montreal. Thank you, Janice. You're welcome. The CBC's Janice McGregor reporting from Rideau Hall. Honda says it is postponing its large-scale investments in Canada for approximately two years. Just last year, the auto manufacturer announced plans to build a $15 billion electric vehicle supply chain in Ontario, part of an agreement it reached with the Ontario and federal governments. But in the company's report for the past fiscal year, Honda says the growth of the EV market has slowed more than initially expected.

It also says Honda's profits are expected to fall in this fiscal year due to US tariffs on vehicles from Mexico and Canada. US President Donald Trump arrives at the Royal Court in Saudi Arabia. This is day one of a four-day visit to the Middle East, and it is expected to be a lucrative trip. Trump has brought along some high-profile business leaders, including Elon Musk. In the backdrop of this trip are renewed efforts by the United States to end the war in Gaza. CBC correspondent Chris Brown is following Trump's visit in Riyadh.

Donald Trump's visit here feels like an enormous trade fair. I'm at the Saudi U.S. investment forum in Riyadh. It's the centerpiece of this deal signing bonanza that Trump has been touting. The Saudis are trying to transition their country from one largely focused on producing oil to an economy that's much more diverse. And all around me they have these large-scale models of some of these so-called gigaprojects, such as a huge cube that's now being built in the middle of Riyadh that they say will not only be the tallest building in the world when it's done, but also the largest overall. Trump

stepped off Air Force One and was met by the de facto ruler here, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose vision is driving this transition. MBS, as he's called, hosted a big lunch full of the world's top business leaders and later the two men will attend a variety of business events on this day. But while Trump seems very comfortable in this part of the world, there are key issues that he and his Saudi hosts disagree on, namely the war in Gaza. Saudi officials want Trump to put more pressure on Israel to end its attacks on Gaza and to let humanitarian aid and food into the besieged

territory. Negotiators for Israel, along with mediators, are meeting next door today in Qatar. And Trump's team is hoping that there will be some momentum after Hamas's release yesterday of an American-Israeli hostage, so that ceasefire talks might possibly lead somewhere. Chris Brown, CBC News in Riyadh. Half a million people in Gaza are in danger of starvation, and the entire Palestinian territory is experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity. It's all carefully detailed in the latest snapshot from the IPC, the leading global

authority on Hungary. Kirstel Gomansing has more on what aid workers are seeing on the ground. Old children I'm seeing here in Gaza are really desperate and living in the most awful conditions. Jonathan Cricks is with UNICEF. He describes seeing 10 babies in Nasser Hospital wasting away, too exhausted from hunger to cry out. It's not difficult to understand when we've been 10 weeks, more than two months, without a single package of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip. The IPC, the body that tracks and reports on hunger, says nearly a half a million people in Gaza are experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger. If nothing changes, famine is the likely outcome.

Bushra Khalid is with Oxfam and based in Ramallah. Gaza is literally two hours away from where I am right now. There's an abundance of food meters away from children literally crying at the soup kitchens. On March 2nd, Israel shut all border crossings into Gaza. At the time, Israeli officials said they were imposing maximum pressure on Hamas so they'd return the hostages and relinquish power. Israel also accuses Hamas of stealing aid meant for civilians. Khalid says everyone needs to ask themselves some hard questions. So what if that's the military objective?

Do we then starve one million children? Is that then the response? Is that a reasonable response? World leaders have been urging both sides to agree to a ceasefire, release all of the hostages, and let aid in. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been elected mayor in his home city, but he is currently in a European prison. His win is a huge boost for his daughter, current vice president Sarah Duterte.

She is considered a strong contender for the 2028 presidential race, but Sarah Duterte is facing impeachment on a slew of charges she denies. Her father is being held by the International Criminal Court in the Hague for crimes against humanity. It's not clear how he'll be able to serve as mayor while behind bars. Lawyers for Eric and Lyle Menendez will be back in a Los Angeles court. The brothers were sentenced to life without parole for the murder of their parents. That was nearly three decades ago. Today, their attorneys are asking for a reduced sentence. Steve Futterman is following the case.

Eric and Lyle Menendez were found guilty in 1996 of first degree murder in the killing of their parents. But now their attorneys are asking a judge to re-sentence them, which could lead to their release. The brothers have served more than 35 years in prison. Defense attorney Mark Errico says they are no longer a threat. the The brothers haven't publicly acknowledged the brutality of the murders. He opposes any resentencing. The issue with the

Menendez brothers is not never that they should never qualify for resentencing. We said it was not yet. Supporters of the brothers also claim they were sexually abused by their father Jose. Anna Maria Barrault is a Menendez cousin. She wants them

set free. I know Lyle and Eric. I know them personally. I know their growth. I've seen their journeys and they are absolutely well suited for this process, for resentencing. Even if their life sentence is reduced to 50 years to life, a parole board would still have to approve their release. During the hearing, the brothers will be connected from their prison by a video link. It's possible they will testify. Steve Fetterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report for News Anytime. And more on the new cabinet ministers, go to cbcnews.ca. I'm Arsia Young.