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

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

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

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Starting point is 00:00:00 When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.
Starting point is 00:00:34 From CBC News, it's the world is our. I'm Joe Cummings. For the second night in a row, India has carried out a series of drone and missile strikes on Pakistan. The Pakistani military says multiple cities were targeted along with a military installation in Lahore. Salima Shivjit has the details. Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhary speaks for the Pakistan Armed Forces.
Starting point is 00:01:00 India has undertaken yet another blatant military act of aggression against Pakistan. India says it did target air defence systems in Pakistan, but it accused that country of attempting its own drone attacks. And New Delhi says this response has been measured and justified, spurred by the militant attack last month that killed 26 men, mostly tourists. India's Foreign Affairs Minister Subramaniam Jayashankar is again saying that his country does not want the conflict to spiral. However, if there are military attacks on us, it will be met with a very, very firm
Starting point is 00:01:34 response. Strong words of warning as heavy artillery fire is still being exchanged along the line of control. Salim Ashifji, CBC News, Mumbai. The Vatican today, black smoke drifted out of the chimney at the Sistine Chapel. That's a sign that on the second day of voting, the sequestered cardinals have failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to elect the next pope. There have been three ballots so far, with two more possible before the end of the day. Washington and London have come to terms on a trade deal.
Starting point is 00:02:05 It means that the UK is the first country to cut a deal with the United States since President Donald Trump announced his global tariff campaign last month. Nick Harper reports. The UK has wanted a trade deal with the US ever since Brexit, when it withdrew from the European Union back in 2020. But of course, Donald Trump's tariffs have sped up the process. President Trump has posted this morning on social media a couple of times. He's written that this should be a very big and exciting day for the US and UK. He's calling it a full and comprehensive deal, which will cement
Starting point is 00:02:37 the relationship, he says, for many years to come. However, the details are a little thin, but we do know what both sides want. The UK wants to remove the 25% tariffs on UK steel and the 25% tariffs on UK cars entering the US. Washington, in return, wants to deal on pharmaceuticals and technology, in particular for the UK to remove the digital services tax that UK tech companies have to pay. Nick Harper for CBC News, Washington. Not a surprising news in the Yukon. Premier Ranch Palay, after just two years in office, has announced he's stepping down.
Starting point is 00:03:12 Chris Windeer has more. It is truly an honour, the greatest honour of my life. But my time in this role has come to an end. Ranch Palay ends his time as Premier the same way it began, without facing voters. Palay was acclaimed as leader of the Yukon Liberals in 2023. He leaves ahead of a fixed election date set for November. Palay says he's simply not prepared to endure another election campaign.
Starting point is 00:03:38 You can succeed in an election, but then you also have to have everything you need to continue to do all that work. The Liberals finished the last election tied with the center-right Yukon party with eight seats apiece. That means Palay relied on support from the NDP to stay in power. And with at least two other cabinet ministers saying they won't run again, either another term for the Liberals is far from guaranteed. NDP leader Kate White. I think this resignation really shows that this this election is a is a two-party race. It's going to be between the Yukon NDP leader Kate White. I think this resignation really shows that this election is a two-party race. It's going to be between the UConn NDP and the UConn party.
Starting point is 00:04:09 Chris Wendier, CBC News, Whitehorse. Now to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and another win for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs have a two-game synthetic lead in this battle of the Atlantic. That's the Leafs beating the Florida Panthers last night, 4-3 the final score, and Toronto leads that best of seven series, two games to nothing. As for the Winnipeg Jets, they lost their series opener to Dallas, the Stars beating the Jets 3-2 in Winnipeg.
Starting point is 00:04:37 Meanwhile, in the PWHL playoffs, the Toronto Scepters opened their best of five semifinal with Minnesota with a 3-2 win over the Frost. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.

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