The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/11 at 09:00 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 Gina Louise Phillips. We begin in the Vatican. Thousands of people packed St. Peter's Square for Pope Leo's first Sunday address. Since his election last week, Megan Williams reports. Buona Domenica! Smiling, waving and blessing the roaring crowd below.

The new pope, originally from Chicago, called on Catholics to support young people, enjoying the priesthood and religious life. A long-time crisis in the church, with fewer and fewer Westerners making that choice. He also turned to global conflict, calling for an end to all war, and urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages, and a peace deal for Ukraine. Pope Leo welcomed the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan and ended with a plea for what he called the miracle of peace.

Megan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican. After reports of some violations, the fragile ceasefire between India and Pakistan appears to be holding. This, following days of cross-border attacks in and around the Kashmir region. Reporter Nihab Poonia is in New Delhi. It's going to be nearly 24 hours since that surprise ceasefire was announced on Saturday evening local time and you know all through Sunday there's been this tense expectation that the ceasefire which seems very fragile right now that the ceasefire, which seems very fragile right now, will break. But for now, we've not had any drones going off, any missiles being fired, no air raid

sirens going off. So there is this tense calm that prevails across both the Indian and Pakistan border regions. But we did see on Saturday evening, soon after that ceasefire was announced, India accusing Pakistan of repeated violations, firing drones into India. Pakistan in turn accused India of violating the ceasefire but said its forces were handling the situation with responsibility and restraint. Both sides now, you know, still flexing their muscles, but for now the weapons seem to be down."

U.S. President Donald Trump is posting on social media promising to help find a solution and says he will increase trade substantially with these quote, great nations, although it hasn't been discussed. To the war in Ukraine, the Russian president says he's willing to have direct talks but wants it done on his own timetable. The CBC's Anna Cunningham has the latest. This televised address from the Kremlin at 2 a.m. Moscow time took everyone by surprise. President Vladimir Putin criticizing European powers saying they spoke in a boorish manner.

Side stepping the 30-day unconditional ceasefire plan proposed by Ukraine's allies with approval by US President Donald Trump due to start Monday, the Russian president put forward his own plan, calling for direct talks with Ukraine Thursday in Istanbul. Putin says he wants to address the root causes of the conflict that is likely to be his opposition to Ukraine moving closer to Europe and its desire to be a NATO member country. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. In Japan, a new report suggests that the country could be facing a mega-earthquake soon. Patrick Fock has more.

A government report released earlier this month warns the chances of a mega-quake are high. It says accumulating pressure along a seabed known as the Nankai Trough could result in a once in a century shock with devastating consequences. It's precisely the scenario Professor Osamu Takahashi from the Tokyo University of Science has spent years trying to prevent. A pioneer of quake resistant architecture, he uses materials that offer better protection against tremors. This is a cell phone tower made of carbon. It is flexible,

and can withstand the shaking of an earthquake like a willow tree. But to reinforce all buildings in Japan would take years and carry a high cost. The government is launching a resilience plan in 2026. Hopes are the country will be ready in time the next time disaster strikes. Patrick Fock, for CBC News, Tokyo. That's the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips.