The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 02:00 EDT

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When debts got you, you've got us. Give Credit Counseling Society a call today. Visit NoMoreDets.org. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. We begin in Rome. Crowds are beginning to arrive in the Vatican City, awaiting the inaugural mass for Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old pontiff will hold a mass in St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m. local time, with tens of thousands of well-wishers expected.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be among dozens of world leaders and European royalty on hand. Leo, the first American to hold the post, was elected pope on May the 8th. A shipping accident in the East River in Brooklyn, New York has left two people dead and 19 others injured. Video posted to social media shows the moment a Mexican tall ship with 277 people on board lost its way and crashed underneath the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, sharing off the ship's mass that then fell to the deck. Wilson Aramboles is chief of special operations for the New York City Police Department. The ship was departing from Pier 17

where it was heading out to sea. The pilot, the captain that was maneuvering the ship lost, I guess, power of the ship and the current mechanical function caused the ship to go right into the pillar of the bridge hitting the mass of the ship where there was a couple of sailors on top of it. The ship was on a multi-country tour scheduled to visit 22 ports in 15 countries.

An explosion outside a fertility clinic in California is being called intentional. One person, reported to be the bomber, was killed and four others injured from the explosion that rocked the upscale city of Palm Springs. Several buildings were damaged, some severely. Akil Davis is with the FBI. Make no mistake, this is an intentional act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating it as such. Our Joint Terrorism Task Force is here, working in lockstep with the Palm Springs Police Department, the ATF, and a whole host of agencies

that I've already mentioned. Authorities say they are not looking for a suspect. Officials at the clinic say no one inside the building was injured. To the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Cup quest is over for the Winnipeg Jets. Back to the next segment taking the Haley Stars! Tavis Haley wins the series for Dallas!

As seen on CBC and Roger Sportsnet, the Dallas Stars scored on the power play early into the first overtime to beat the Jets 2-1 in Dallas and win their Western Conference Semi-Final Series in six games. Kitchener Ontario native Mark Shieffley scored the lone Jets 2-1 in Dallas and win their Western Conference semifinal series in six games. Kitchener Ontario native Mark Shifely scored the lone Jets goal and carried a heavy heart into the game following the passing of his father Brad last night. The Stars move on to face the Edmonton Oilers in a rematch of last year's Western Conference final. Saturday marked the final of the Eurovision singing contest.

The annual competition has been around for more than seven decades. This year's winner hails from Australia. Freelance reporter Daniel Rosny tells us more. 26 acts from 26 countries performed in what is the world's most watched entertainment show. Heavy favourite Sweden were a hit with the crowd in the arena, but its song Barabarabatsu by Kai failed to get enough points from either the public watching or the juries. Israel dominated the public vote and for a period Yuval Raphael with her song A New Day

Will Rise was leading, but in the end it came down to the final country to receive its public votes. Austria's JJ and his pop operatic song Wasted Love. He scored enough points to prevent Israel winning, and so will be heading to Austria for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in 2026. Daniel Rosny for CBC News in Basel, Switzerland. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fege.