The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 06:00 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. We go first to Vatican City where black smoke is again coming out of the chimney at the Sistine Chapel signaling that no new pope has been elected after a second ballot. It indicates the Cardinals failed to reach a two-thirds majority vote needed to select the next Holy Father.

That means we'll move on now to a third ballot which is set to take place later this afternoon Now to the escalating military action between India and Pakistan India has undertaken yet another blatant military act of aggression against Pakistan that is Pakistan military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chowdhury, it's the second straight day India has targeted Pakistan with multiple drones and missile strikes, and Indian officials are now confirming it is targeting Pakistani air defences. India's foreign minister is warning Pakistan not to retaliate, saying any military attacks will be met with an immediate response. Pakistan says it has shot down at

least 25 Indian drones, and thousands of people are being moved from villages in the disputed region of Kashmir. Officials in northern India have also closed numerous airports until at least Saturday. The United States and Britain have come to terms on a trade deal. The details have yet to be released, but US President Donald Trump on social media is saying an announcement will be made later this morning. It's believed the agreement involves a significant reduction in the tariffs imposed this year by both countries. An article published in an American medical journal is casting doubt on ongoing claims that hundreds of people in New Brunswick have fallen victim in recent years to a mystery

brain illness. Bobbi Jean McKinnon has more. She's very sick. Stacey Quigley Cormier has watched her stepdaughter Gabrielle deteriorate for years. The 23-year-old needs a cane or wheelchair and suffers from memory and concentration issues. She's one of hundreds of people stricken by a so-called neurological syndrome of unknown cause, according to Moncton neurologist Dr. Alie Marrero. He was the first to sound the alarm about a mystery disease cluster more than four years ago. Yesterday, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a report by 13 Canadian doctors and researchers who reassessed 25 of more than 200 of Marrero's patients and found each had an

identifiable condition like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or cancer. Toronto neurologist Dr. Anthony Lang is one of the authors. When we did the statistics, the chances of any of those other individuals having a mystery disease was less than one in a million. In 2022, an oversight committee of six neurologists found potential alternative diagnoses for most of Marrero's patients. Bobby G. McKinnon, CBC News, St. John. Police in Ontario are warning teenagers about the dangers of a real-life game known as Senior Assassin. It involves tracking down fellow players and

shooting them with water or foam dart guns. But as Itham Moussa reports, police say the game can become dangerous when those toy guns are confused with the real thing. It's supposed to be all fun and games. Teens ambushing their classmates with toy guns. But police across the country are warning. Replica firearms look an awful lot like real firearms. Constable James Dixon is with York Regional Police just north of Toronto.

The service has recently received numerous reports of young people carrying what appear to be guns. And Dixon says that kind of misunderstanding can lead to serious trouble. Whether it's a police-involved shooting, whether there's criminal charges of either assault with a weapon, whether there's mischief to property, there's a lot of different things that can come out of here that we're very concerned about. Last year in Kansas, a teen was paralyzed when the father of a target shot him. In February, an 18-year-old in Florida was shot by an off-duty police officer who mistook his water gun for a real one. Police are urging teens to make sure their toy guns look nothing like the real thing. Ido Moussa, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.