The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/10 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/10 at 18:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find Who Broke the Internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. India and Pakistan are accusing each other of violating a ceasefire between the nuclear armed neighbors. Hours after India and Pakistan agreed to a U.S. brokered truce over the disputed region of Kashmir, explosions were heard over a section administered by India. India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Mistry says the country's armed forces are prepared to act. We call upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal

with the situation with seriousness and responsibility. The armed forces, they have been given instructions to deal strongly with any instances of the violations of the borders. Pakistan's foreign ministry blamed Indian forces for initiating the ceasefire violation and says the country remains committed to the truce. The territorial dispute over Kashmir stretches back decades, but tensions ramped up since the deaths of more than two dozen tourists last month. Prime Minister Mark Carney took part virtually in discussions today with the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. They were aimed at working toward a ceasefire with Russia.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was there in person and feels positive about the prospects. You saw five leaders here standing alongside the Ukrainian President and then many other world leaders on the virtual meeting that we had aligned with the U.S. position, saying this should be an unconditional 30-day ceasefire without conditions, because Putin has responded by putting in conditions. We've rejected those.

But Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov is denying any suggestion that Moscow is dragging out the conflict. President Putin is doing whatever is possible to solve the problem, to achieve a settlement through peaceful and diplomatic means. But having no peaceful and diplomatic means at hand, we have to continue military operation. Zelensky and other leaders agreed on a 30-day ceasefire that could start on Monday. About 15,000 people rallied in Romania's capital in support of the European Union. This comes as hard-right anti-EU candidate George Simeon is favoured to be the country's

next president ahead of an upcoming electoral runoff. He won the first round of the ballot. Some analysts worry a victory by Simeon could isolate Romania and destabilize NATO's eastern flank. Pope Leo has held his first meeting with the world's cardinals. Fratelli Cardinali, saluto e ringrazio tutti voi. The pontiff said he would continue the work of his predecessor. Pope Francis had been criticized by conservatives over his approach to 2S LGBTQ plus issues and the leadership of women in the church. Leo also called on the cardinals to continue outreach to other religions and conducting mass in

local languages instead of Latin. The Pope later made his first journey outside the Vatican, visiting the shrine of the Virgin Mary and the burial site of Pope Francis. Updating a story we brought you earlier today in Spain's Catalonia region. Restrictions have now been lifted caused by a toxic cloud of chlorine. More than 160,000 people across five towns were ordered to stay inside after a fire broke out at a chemical plant that makes swimming pool cleaning products. The owner suspects a lithium battery sparked the blaze.

No one was hurt. With several out of control wildfires burning in B.C.'s Northeast, today is the one-year anniversary of a weeks-long wildfire evacuation order. More than 4,700 people were forced from their homes because of wildfires burning near Fort Nelson in 2024. Northern Rockies regional municipality mayor Rob Fraser says with the community experiencing drought conditions, some residents are on edge again. So we're doing what we can to try to prevent fires in the first place, get people to understand

how to protect their properties, do whatever inspections we can when there's a wildfire or wind event out there. Fraser says the fires north of Fort Nelson are burning quite a distance away from the community. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.