The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 12:00 EDT

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.

From CBC News, it's the world is our. I'm Joe Cummings. First to Washington where the United States and Britain have agreed to a trade deal. The deal includes billions of dollars of increased market access for American exports, especially in agriculture, dramatically increasing access for American beef, ethanol, and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers. Well, as U.S. President Donald Trump making the announcement today at the White House, he was joined virtually by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

It means Britain is the first country to finalize a deal with Washington since Trump announced his global tariff campaign last month. For the second day 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 Shivji has the details. Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhary speaks for the Pakistan Armed Forces.

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

response. Strong words of warning as heavy artillery fire is still being exchanged along the line of control. Salimah Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. An article published in an American medical journal is again casting doubt on claims that hundreds of people in New Brunswick have fallen victim in recent years to a mystery brain illness. Bobbie 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. Bobbi G. McKinnon, CBC News, St. John. Now to Newfoundland and Labrador, where an out-of-control wildfire means a state of emergency remains in effect along the eastern, rather the western shore of Conception Bay.

Peter Cowan reports. Everything else in Adams Cove is right to the ground. Like it is Armageddon. Pauline White is lucky. All around her house is scorched black, but her home is still standing. For her neighbors, it's devastation. There was no structure left at all. Just metal. That's it.

The fire started behind the graveyard in Adams Cove, which is in Conception Bay North. With hot, dry conditions, it quickly spread. The mayor says at least 12 houses are gone. Curtis Delaney says cooler, wetter conditions today are giving people hope. There are still a couple of active areas that they're hoping to knock down. You're going to knock down. For people out of their homes today, all folks that the community centre can offer are a meal and a hug as everyone waits to find out just what's left to go home to. Peter Cowan, CBC News, St. John's.

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.