World Report - May 9: Saturday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: May 9, 2026

Spanish authorities and the W-H-O prepare for a high — stakes evacuation as a cruise ship hit by a deadly virus nears the Canary Islands.A fragile three—day ceasefire takes hold in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin marks a scaled—back Victory Day in Moscow.Three men, including two Canadians, are in U.S. custody after New York State Police intercepted a shipment of 89 firearms allegedly bound for the Canadian border.Three men convicted of first—degree murder in the 2022 killings of an elderly Abbotsford couple.A Frontier Airlines flight was forced to evacuate on a Denver runway late last night after striking a pedestrian during takeoff.Indonesia’s finance minister sparks a regional row after suggesting a new toll for ships in the Strait of Malacca.A sellout crowd makes history in Toronto as the WNBA’s first Canadian team makes a dramatic debut.

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The vessels carrying nearly 150 passengers and crew. Officials from the World Health Organization have already arrived in Spain to oversee a complex evacuation. CBC's Linda Ward joins us now with the latest. Linda, we've just heard from the WHO. What do we know? Well, the WHO held a briefing today for countries with people on board that ship. The WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkow clarified the plan in a question and answer session today.

She says the ship is still expected to arrive sometime between 5 and 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. Local time, it will anchor offshore. There will be small boats that will bring people in for medical screening. anyone with symptoms will immediately go to a Medevac plane to the Netherlands. She also gave more details about the Canadian exit strategy. Some countries will actually put passengers together. The United States and Canada, for example, are discussing sharing a plane. There are some planes that will carry EU passengers.

The goal is for those flights, she says, to take place on Sunday and Monday because there's a weather system coming in and they want to get ahead of that. They are recommending countries monitor and track passengers for 42 days from the last point, of exposure. Now, 30 crew will travel onto the Netherlands with the luggage and the body of a German woman who died on the ship. The ship will be fully disinfected. We also know the Director General of the World Health Organization. Dr. Tedros Adinom Gabriasis has arrived in Spain, is meeting with the country's Prime Minister this afternoon and will then travel to Tenerife to coordinate the arrival of the ship. Meanwhile, Linda, the Director General has sent a letter to the people

of Tenerife. What's he saying? Yeah, so this is meant to allay. Some of of the fears among the local population there. In the early days, of course, of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenerife was one of the first places in Europe to lock down in an effort to contain the virus. He says in this letter, I know you're worried. I know that when you hear the word outbreak or epidemic and see a ship approaching your shores, memories surface. None of us have fully overcome. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not minimize it for a moment. But reiterating, he says, the risk to you in your daily life is low. Linda Ward joining us in studio. Thanks, Linda.

You're welcome. In Moscow, there is a fragile three-day ceasefire now in effect. Russian President Vladimir Putin led dignitaries in a wreath-laying ceremony today at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The country is marking Victory Day, the annual commemoration of the defeat of Nazi Germany. In his speech, Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine by comparing it to the Second World War. But despite the defiant tone, Red Square was empty of tanks and heavy missiles today for the first time in nearly 20 years. Officials cite security concerns over possible Ukrainian drones.

The pause in fighting includes an exchange of 2,000 prisoners of war. But just hours after it began, Russia's defense ministry is already accusing Ukraine of violating the truce with drone and artillery attacks. Kyiv has yet to respond to those claims. Three men are facing federal charges in New York this morning after a massive cross-border gun-running plot was intercepted by state police. Investigators allege they say they found 89 firearms including short-barreled rifles and nearly 20 stolen handguns

found stuffed into suitcases during a traffic stop on Thursday. Two of the suspects are Canadian citizens. US officials say the cash was destined for the Canadian. Canadian border. The trio remains in custody and faces up to 10 years in prison. A BC Supreme Court judge rules three men are guilty of killing an elderly couple in Abbotsford. The judge brought down the decision nearly four years after the couple was found dead in their home. The CBC's Kerr-Junos has more from the Fraser Valley. I like my heart was going to come out of my chest.

Sandra Bartell, daughter of Arnold and Joanne de Young, speaking in front of the Abbotsford courthouse about the moment her parents' killers were coming. convicted of first-degree murder on Friday, flanked by dozens of family members and friends who have followed them to court every day of the eight-week trial earlier this year, including her sister Kimberly Coleman. They had so many things about them that were so special to us that we miss every day. Justice Brenda Brown's verdict comes nearly four years to the day the DeYoungs were found dead in their Abbotsford home. Brown ruled that Kuswir Tor, Kukh Koukeren Singh, and Abh Singh are all guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. Sandra Martel found joy in that

ruling. Knowing that the judge saw this for what it was and that she was able to act upon it. The couple who was in their 70s were found dead in separate bedrooms on May 9th, 2022, bound by rope. The three men knew the couple through previous work done at the home for Apidit's cleaning company. The court heard they stole credit cards, checks, and more. The judge agreed with prosecutors. Their motive was financial gain. Heather Hooglund knows what she'll tell her kids about their grandmom, Joanne, this Mother's Day. I don't wait to Mother's Day to tell them about my mom. I tell them about my mom all the time.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 28th. Kier Juno, CBC News, Abbotsford, BC. One person is dead after being struck by a plane at Denver International Airport. We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire. Can you hear the souls on board? We have 231 souls on board. There was an individual walking across the runway.

We've got smoke in the aircraft. We're going to evacuate on the runway. Late Friday night, Frontier flight 4345 was accelerating for takeoff to Los Angeles when the plane hit a person on the runway. The impact triggered a brief engine fire and sent smoke into the cabin, forcing the crew to abort the flight. All 231 passengers and crew used inflatable slides to evacuate onto the tarmac. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, says a trespasser scaled a perimeter fence before running onto the runway. At least 12 people on the plane were hurt.

in the scramble to get out, five of them were taken to hospital. The disruption to shipping and global energy through the Strait of Hormuz is prompting fresh concerns over another critical corridor. The Strait of Malacca is one of the busiest shipping routes on Earth. As Patrick Falk reports from Singapore, there are concerns it could become the next global flashpoint. Indonesia's finance minister causing unease with comments

about the Strait of Malacca last month. He floated the idea of charging ship ships to transit the waterway. Following pushback, he walked back the comments. But it's raised concern about vulnerabilities through the corridor, just as the world is reeling from disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade. The Strait of Malacca links the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea and wider Pacific. It's a crucial trade route.

23.2 million barrels of oil were shipped through in the first half of 2025 compared to 20.9 million through the Strait of Hormuz. Another. critical choke point. Amid unease over governance of maritime routes, Singapore and foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishan, reaffirmed the city-state's commitment to the right of passage vessels under international law. And this is our profound importance to Singapore. But the episode has highlighted a dilemma for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. There's currently no framework for who governs the Strait of Malacca as a shared global choke point.

Existing cooperation has been limited to preventing illegal activity such as piracy. And as tensions rise between the U.S. and China and the Indo-Pacific region, experts say ASEAN's members must assert control without destabilizing a key global trade route. Patrick Fock for CBC News, Singapore. And finally, Canada's first ever WNBA team made its regular season debut last night, and the new team is already inspiring fans. She and Desjardin reports. The first ever Toronto Tempo, home opener, is underway.

In front of a sold-out home crowd with fans decked in tempo swag. One sign says, here for history. It's the moment so many have been waiting for. Toronto has long deserved a women's basketball team. It was high time to get it here, and I'm glad it is here. The energy is so electric. I think everyone's been waiting for this for so long. The WNBA is decades.

But a team in Canada, this is a first. Go tempo! And it's catching the attention of younger athletes, like Olivia Cadiz, here with her mom. I was so excited I get to go to the first game. It's like something to look up to. And like, if you like play basketball, then you could always like look up to the players and stuff. She wants to play in the league when she grows up. And she's not alone.

Women's sports are getting more and more popular. Players like Kiki Rice know young athletes are looking up to her. I think that's an incredible opportunity. for us because we could inspire a whole generation of younger kids coming up and that's something that you don't get to do very often. It was a tight first game, but in the end, the tempo fell just short. Still, fans cheered until the very end, as history was made and a new path paved for those who want to play professional basketball in Canada.

She and Deschalding, CBC News, Toronto. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm John Northcott. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with us here at CBC News. For more CBC podcasts, go to cBC.ca.ca.com.