World Report - May 6: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: May 6, 2026

World Health Organization says there are now 8 cases of deadly hantavirus infections, three of which are confirmed. US president Donald Trump pauses Operation Freedom two days after initiating the naval operation to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87. Alberta NDP claims governing UCP knew "Centurion Project" separatist group had access to confidential voters list, but did not inform police. The Northwest Territories considers expanding involuntary care provisions to include drug users.Mexico pushes back against US extradition request from for governor of Sinaloa for alleged dealings with drug cartel. PWHL adds 9th team in Detroit ahead of next season. 

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The number of hantavirus infections from a Dutch cruise ship is climbing. The World Health Organization says there are now eight suspected or confirmed cases. Three people have died. The cruise ship is supposed to sail from Cape Verde to Spain's Canary Islands. But regional leaders there are opposed to that plan. Spanish health minister Monica Garcia-Gomez is reissue. assuring them there is no need for fear. What will happen in the Canary Islands will have no risk for the Canary Islands

or for the economic activity of the islands. Spain will have the capacity to maintain and protect public health as we all deserve. Lab tests have confirmed the Hanta virus detected on board the ship is the rare Andi strain which spreads human to human. Dr. Christopher Labos is a Montreal. based epidemiologist. He says it is unlikely everyone on board the ship will get sick. I know this is sort of harkering back to the beginning of the COVID pandemic where the first cruise ship was experiencing a lot of cases. That's unlikely to happen in this scenario because

there isn't the same infectivity of hantavirus compared to something like COVID. Three people with presumed infections were medically evacuated from the ship today. Health officials say no one else on board appears to be falling ill. Just two days after its launch, U.S. President Donald Trump is putting Project Freedom on hold. The operation is aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The plan was for the U.S. Navy to guide commercial ships through the strait. But there are reports this morning the U.S. and Iran are closing in on a peace deal. Tom Perry has more on the latest change in direction.

The Straits of Hormuz do not belong to Iran. They don't have a right to shut it down and blow up ships. U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Washington yesterday, announcing Operation Epic Fury. The U.S. and Israel's war on Iran had concluded that the U.S. was now focused on Project Freedom, guiding stranded commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz to thwart Iran's plan to choke off the vital waterway. But then, just a few hours later, a very different message from the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump announcing on social media, Project Freedom, was on hold. Great progress has been made toward a complete and final agreement with representatives of Iran, Trump wrote,

Project Freedom will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the agreement can be finalized and signed. Trump has said before a deal was close at hand. But Axios News is today reporting the White House believes it is getting closer to an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear. nuclear negotiations. The Reuters News Agency quotes a Pakistani source confirming that. Trump was back on social media today, writing that if Iran agrees, the quote, already legendary epic fury will be at an end, concluding with a threat. If they don't agree, Trump writes, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. Ted Turner, the philanthropist who founded CNN, has died.

Turner is credited with creating the 24-hour news cycle, delivering television audiences news in real time every hour of the day. His media empire included cable's first superstation, multiple channels, and professional sports teams. Ted Turner was 87. A political controversy in Alberta is expanding. Last week, we told you, the provincial list of electors was accessed

by an Alberta separatist group. It's called the Centurion Project, and it was not authorized to see the list which contains confidential voter information. The opposition NDP now claims the governing United Conservative Party knew weeks ago the group had the list but did not inform police.

Michelle Belfontaine reports. NDP leader Nahad Nenshi says the party obtained video of the Centurion Project online meeting held on April 16th. The NDP released what they say are screen grabs of the meeting. In one, David Parker, leader of the separatist group, pulls up a name and personal information from the database. The CBC has not seen the video.

Nanshi says two names associated with the UCP can be seen listed among the participants. He asked Premier Daniel Smith in the legislature if those people told police, and if she truly only found out about the data breach last week. Did she know or her own staff keeping her in the dark? No, I didn't know. The UCP caucus said in a statement that unnamed staff were at the April 16th meeting, but they believe the Centurium Project obtained the data legally. Nanchi also alleged UCP President Rob Smith was part of that meeting,

but the party says Smith was not there. He was at a fundraiser in Red Deer that same night. One screen grab shows the Centurium project displaying personal information of former Premier and UCP leader Jason Kenney. That information is blocked out in the image shared by the NDP. Kenny says he's seeking legal advice after learning about the breach. Michelle Belfontaine, CBC News, Edmonton. The Northwest Territories is looking at what's been done elsewhere

to include drug users in involuntary care provisions. All provinces have laws allowing for mandatory treatment of some mental health disorders, but some are encompassing addiction. Devin Trudanek tells us how that idea is being received in Yellowknife. I will bring it back to the people of the Northwest Territories, to the indigenous leaders, to the indigenous people to see if this is a way that we want to go. Lisa Semler is the Territory's Health Minister. She says, expanding the scope of involuntary care to include drug addiction is a sensitive subject.

and notes that indigenous people in the Northwest territories are overrepresented. Byrne Richards is a community wellness manager at the Tree of Peace Friendship Center in Yellowknife. He says he supports involuntary care for people with addictions, if that's what they require. But he stresses it can't be a blanket policy. Each circumstance and each day is unique as people are trying to cope with the pain of their lives. And today, those challenges might be huge. But tomorrow, the state of their well-being, Maybe a little calmer.

Yesterday, Saskatchewan passed a law which allows for involuntary addiction's treatment, something other provinces are also considering. There is no new involuntary care legislation under consideration in the NWT, but Richard says it's a conversation worth having. Dr. Robert Tangay is the Senior Medical Director for Addiction Services with Recovery, Alberta. We're talking about those individuals that there's an addiction program right down the street. They can walk in and they can get help, and they're not. and they're overdosing and they're at risk of having severe inoxic brain injuries of significant and

severe lifelong disability and of death. Tangay says it is nothing more than human to intervene with involuntary care being an option. Devin Trudinick, CBC News, Yellowknife. Mexico is pushing back on an unprecedented extradition request from the United States. The U.S. has indicted the governor of Sinaloa for alleged dealings with a major drug cartel. But Mexico is not prepared to hand him over just yet. As Jorge Barrera reports, some critics say that's a double standard. I would say the initial reaction of Claudia Shinebaum is disappointed.

Mexico City-based author, Yon Grillo, has spent most of his career covering organized crime in Mexico. A governor accused of working with a drug cartel. That's murdering thousands of people and selling fentanyl. You're going to defend Vangelo. Grillo said he was surprised to see Mexican president, Claudia Seymbaum Bach at the U.S. request to extradite sitting Sinolawa Governor Ruben Rocha after he was indicted for dealings with the

Sinolawa cartel, one of the most powerful drug gangs in the world. If the Fiskenia General of the Republic, receive proofs contundes and irrefutable, shembom says her government needed to see irrefutable evidence against Rocha, who stepped down on May 1st, before the extradition process started. Mexico City lawyer Marco Abiles says the burden of proof is normally much lower for extradition cases. But he says the government has set the bar for Rocha's extradition almost on par for a conviction. Plus, he says in the past 15 months under U.S. pressure, Mexico has sent 92 people to face American cartel-related charges without any hearings or right to appeal.

It's forced exile, which is against Mexican and international law, he says. Avilis says the Schaembon government is now moving the extradition goalposts to protect a political ally. Jorge Barrera, CBC News, Mexico City. The professional women's hockey league is growing. Detroit, it's official. The PWHL is coming to Hockey Town. Detroit becomes the home of the ninth PWHL team. There were six when play started in 2024.

this season, the Vancouver Golden Eyes and Seattle Torrent were added. That is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Martina Fitzgerald. This is CBC News. For more CBC podcasts, go to cBC.ca.ca slash podcasts.