The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 21:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. We begin at the Vatican. We have a Pope!

The historic announcement before a crowd of thousands packed in St. Peter's Square as a senior cardinal proclaims, we have a Pope. The next leader of the Catholic Church is American Robert Prevot. The 69-year-old then appeared and delivered his first words as Pope Leo XIV. Peace be with you all! Peace be with you all! He was born in Chicago and is a missionary who spent much of his career ministering in Peru. Prevo is the first American in history to be Pope.

He succeeds Pope Francis, who passed away on April the 21st. The election of an American pope has taken many in the US by surprise, but many Catholics there say they are hopeful for the new papacy. Steve Futterman is in Los Angeles with reaction. Los Angeles has the largest Catholic population in the US and at the regular midday mass at the downtown cathedral,

prayers were said for the new American pope. the church. He knows about the U. S and like the battles that are going through here as much as he is in the world. Father one Ochoa believes Pope Leo's experience in many different regions could make him more effective. A lot of his life. He lived in Peru, so he's not just a pope. He's a pope. He's a real man. He's a real

man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's a real man. He's Father Juan Ochoa believes Pope Leo's experience in many different regions could make him more effective. A lot of his life he lived in Peru, so he's not just a pope of the United States, but he's a pope of the Americas.

Pope Leo has been critical of Donald Trump on issues like immigration. His election is not without some controversy. A number of survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests accuse him of not responding fast enough to abuse allegations in Chicago in the early 2000s. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. In other news, the leaders of the U.S. and UK have announced an agreement on a potential trade deal. We're sending a message to the world that Britain is open for business. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the pact will boost trade and create jobs.

The US has agreed to cut tariffs on UK autos from 27.5% to 10%. It will also remove levies on steel and aluminum. In exchange, the UK will open its market to more American beef and ethanol. The deal includes plans that will bring the United Kingdom into the economic security alignment with the United States. We feel very, very comfortable with that because it's been a great ally, truly one of our great allies. It would be the first deal for President Donald Trump since he launched his global trade war.

Ontario has announced it will become the first province in Canada to build small modular reactors. Their nuclear power generators small enough to be transported by trucks. Phillip Lee Shanick has the details. This is a made in Canada vision for energy security and affordability. In Darlington, about an hour's drive east of Toronto, Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce touts non-Canadian technology that New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Alberta are also piloting. He says the first reactor will be up and running by decades end, at the cost of $7 billion.

Lecce says he's aware that New Brunswick's planned project is already in financial trouble. First of its kind technology poses opportunities and challenges but we are totally confident that we have created the discipline, the track record. Four reactors are planned at the cost of 20 billion dollars. While US and Asian companies develop the technology, unlike Canada's can-do design, Lecce says 80% of what's budgeted will go to Ontario companies, which is part of a strategy to make Canada an exporter of this technology. Phillip Lee Shanok, CBC News, Toronto.

A fire in the Newfoundland community of Adams Cove is now under control. Foggy and damp weather conditions gave firefighters the upper hand. At least 20 structures have been damaged or destroyed, but it's not known when evacuees can come home. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.