The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/26 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/26 at 08:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. -♪ And the holy season... The Sistine Chapel Choir sings as the coffin of Pope Francis is carried inside St. Peter's Basilica following his funeral. An estimated quarter million people packed in and around St. Peter's Square for the outdoor mass. Dozens of world leaders join the throng of Catholic faithful to bid farewell to the pontiff. The CBC's Chris Brown reports.

Here in St. Peter's Square, it's been a morning of excitement, grand spectacle and sadness as the world said goodbye to Pope Francis. Immense crowds, including school groups, Catholic nuns, church congregations and tourists, have all come to share in the experience of his funeral. A procession of cardinals wearing red robes escorted the pope's simple wooden coffin outside of the basilica to an altar on the main steps of St. Peter's. Speakers read scriptures and choirs sang hymns during the 90-minute service that was held in front of 150 world leaders.

Francis was eulogized as a pope who wanted to be close to everyone, especially those in need. Following the ceremony, the pope's coffin was transferred to a white popemobile that had been modified to carry his coffin on a six-kilometer journey to St. Mary Major Basilica, where he asked to be buried. Along the way, thousands clapped as the motorcade passed. Chris Brown, CBC News at the Vatican. More than 500 people were injured in southern Iran following a massive explosion. Iranian state media reports the blast happened at a port outside the city of Bandar Abbas.

Authorities say the port mainly handles container traffic. It also has oil tanks and other petrochemical facilities. The blast comes as representatives from Iran and the United States have resumed negotiations in Oman over Tehran's nuclear program. This is the third weekend that the two parties have held talks. Virginia Joufray, who accused Prince Andrew and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, has died at the age of 41. Dufray alleged she was groomed by Epstein and sexually trafficked to the

Duke of York when she was 17 years old. The Prince has always denied the allegations. CBC's Anna Cunningham reports from London. Virginia Dufres was one of the first and most vocal accusers to publicly call for criminal prosecutions against Jeffrey Epstein. In 2019, she spoke outside court in New York. I'm trapped in a world that I didn't understand and I've been fighting that very world to this day and I won't stop fighting. I will never be silenced. Today, her family say it is with utterly broken hearts that she has lost her life to suicide. She died at her farm in rural Western Australia. Dufray alleged Epstein groomed and sexually abused her at multiple locations, including

his private Caribbean island. She first met his associate, the former British socialite, now convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000 when she was working at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Joufray alleged Epstein and Maxwell trafficked her to Prince Andrew when she was 17. Joufray's family say the mother-of-three was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London.

Canadian teams fared well Friday night as two series in the Stanley Cup playoffs moved north. In Edmonton, the Oilers got a goal and two assists from captain Connor McDavid to beat the Los Angeles Kings 7-4 for their first win in their Western Conference Series to trail 2-1. In Montreal, six different players scored as the Canadians beat the Washington capital 6-3, cutting the Caps Eastern Conference series lead to 2-1 in a game that saw both teams lose their starting goalies to injury. Tonight, the Battle of Ontario resumes in Ottawa with the Senators needing a win to stay alive, trailing the Maple Leafs three games to none in their Eastern Conference series.

The only other Canadian team to be playing this weekend is the Winnipeg Jets. They're in St. Louis tomorrow. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Paig.