The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/23 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/23 at 11:00 EDT

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["The World Is Our"] From CBC News, it's The World Is Our. I'm Joe Cummings. With less than a week left in the federal election campaign, the main party leaders are fanned out across Canada today. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is in Hamilton, Ontario, promising to shut down the country's urban encampments and tent cities. These homeless encampments are a symbol of everything this last liberal decade has brought us.

Doubling housing costs, out of control food prices, which put people under economic strain, and of course rampant liberalization of drugs and crime, which allow the chaos to expand. Paulyev is also announcing that his party's tough on crime agenda is being endorsed by the Toronto Police Association. Meanwhile, the Liberals' Mark Carney is campaigning in B.C. with a rally scheduled for Surrey. Jagmeet Singh is also in Western Canada. He's in Edmonton this morning and will take part later in a virtual forum with the Assembly

of First Nations. The body of Pope Francis is now lying in casket was carried into the Basilica, followed by a procession of cardinals and members of the Swiss Guard. Thousands of people will file past the coffin over the next three days ahead of Saturday's funeral. It doesn't appear Mark Carney in his capacity as Prime Minister will attend the ceremony, but it's expected that Governor-General Mary Simon will be in attendance.

Indian police say they're searching for four gunmen following yesterday's attack on a popular tourist destination in Kashmir. Twenty-six people were killed in what the Indian government is calling an act of terrorism. Nia Punya has the latest. Businesses in Indian-administered Kashmir are shut as locals protest what is the deadliest attack on civilians in nearly two decades. Tourists are leaving the picturesque region in large numbers. Eyewitnesses claim the gunmen appeared out of nowhere as tourists entered a scenic valley

in the town of Pahelgaon. Survivors say only men were targeted. The Indian government says it won't bend to terror and in a rare moment of solidarity, Malikar Junkarghe, the head of India's main opposition party, delivered this message. This is a direct attack on the Indian state. We urge the government to use all its strength to hunt down the terrorists. World leaders, including Donald Trump, have condemned the attack, which coincided with

US Vice President JD Vance's India visit. Experts say the timing was likely aimed at grabbing maximum international attention. Neha Poonia for CBC News, New Delhi. Talks on a peace agreement for the war in Ukraine are underway in London. However, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has backed away at the last minute, fueling speculation that the U.S. may be considering Russian demands that Ukraine considers unacceptable. Crystal Gamansing has more.

These negotiations must not result in appeasing the aggressor. Yuri Sak, advisor to Ukraine's Ministry of Strategic Industries, says Ukraine's negotiators will be at the table. They want peace, but says Ukraine has clear red lines. It would be naive to actually expect Ukraine to somehow miraculously change our position now, for example, with regards to Crimea. There are reports that the US is willing to bend to some of Russia's demands.

They are reported to include recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea, as well as at least four other Ukrainian zones invaded by Russia. In exchange, fighting would be halted. European leaders have expressed concern Russian demands are being prioritized over Ukraine. Axios reports the White House's Ukraine envoy,

Keith Kellogg, will be there to present the US's final peace plan. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. And that is the World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.