The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 09:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's Personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. After his visit yesterday to the White House, Prime Minister Mark Carney is back in Ottawa and is scheduled today to meet with the premiers. And it's possible he'll be suggesting that a revised North American trade deal is the

key to keeping the Trump administration's tariff campaign at bay. Peter Armstrong reports. Thank you very much everybody. It's a great honor to have Prime Minister Mark Carney. There was a subtle but important message in yesterday's meeting between Donald Trump and Mark Carney. Is USMCA dead? No, it was actually very effective and it's still very effective, but people have to follow

it. Goldie Heider, president of the Business Council of Canada, says he's been telling businesses that the path through the trade war lies within the confines of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade deal. And I think the president has opened a wide open door and we need to drive through it. Heider says Carney and Trump are set to meet in person again at the G7 summit in Cananascus, Alberta in June. Why not, he says, invite Mexico's president and use KUSMA as a way of resetting the trade relationship and jump starting negotiations to end the trade war. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington.

The United Nations is urging restraint, but Pakistan is calling it an act of war. This after India carried out multiple missile strikes overnight on Pakistani territory. Ishan Garg has the latest now from New Delhi. Indian missiles hit nine locations in Pakistani territory. Five of them in Pakistan administered Kashmir and four in mainland Pakistan. Indian officials say all of the targets were terrorist hideouts. And in what's being called India's biggest counter-terrorism offensive,

officials say they have responded to the Pehelgaum attack that killed at least 26 people two weeks ago, an attack India says was backed by Islamabad. India exercised its right to respond and preempt, as well as deter more such cross-border attacks. That's India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri saying India insured no civilian or military properties were hit. Pakistan is vowing to respond to what it calls an act of war. Both sides are exchanging gunfire and firing projectiles. Asian and French airlines are diverting and in some cases canceling

flights to avoid the region's airspace. Ishaan Kirk for CBC News, New Delhi. Now to the Vatican where 133 cardinals are gathering and are about to start the process of selecting the next pope. Here's Megan Williams. No phones or cell phone reception or contact with the outside world. Just ballots, prayer, and the pressure of history. This conclave is unlike any before. With 133 cardinal electors, men only, and under 80, it's the biggest in history.

It's also the most geographically diverse. The late Pope Francis wanted a church from what he called the peripheries, and those he made cardinals reflect that desire. They come from distant places that never before had a vote. Brunei, South Sudan, Mongolia. Italy's top Vatican diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is considered a front-runner, with a position that gives him global visibility. So is Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines, charismatic, multilingual, and often seen as the Asian Francis. But observers warn, with Cardinals divided, distant, and unfamiliar, any outcome is possible.

Megan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican. The odds are you'll be hearing this at some point today. It is test day for Canada's Alert Ready Emergency Public Warning System. Once a year the system gets a test run with that distinctive two-beat drone being broadcast on TV, radio and most wireless devices. You can check the Alert Ready website for the time it's going out in your province or territory. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.