World Report - May 07: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

Pakistan responds to India's multiple strikes, International community pleads for restraint in Kashmir. The doors of the Sistine Chapel locks behind 133 cardinals this morning as they begin conclave to choose new Pope. Prime Minister Mark Carney to debrief premiers on his White House lunch with US President Donald Trump. Former US President Joe Biden says he believes there is a greater threat now to democracy than at any time since the Second World War.CBC News and international partners have identified a key person behind a Mr. Deepfakes porn site is a Canadian pharmacist.

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This is a moment the world has been bracing for ever since the attack on India administered Kashmir last month. Longtime rivals India and Pakistan are on a warlike footing. India conducted multiple missile strikes yesterday on Pakistan's territory and Pakistan has authorized its air force to respond. In total this morning 31 people have been reported dead. The United Nations, China, Russia, France and Britain are all calling for restraint. Ishan Garg has the latest from New Delhi. Indian missiles hit nine locations in Pakistani territory. Ishaan Garg has the latest from New Delhi. Indian missiles hit nine locations in Pakistani territory. Five of them in Pakistan administered Kashmir and four in mainland Pakistan.

Indian officials say all of the targets were terrorist hideouts. And in what's being called India's biggest counter-terrorism offensive, officials say they have responded to the Pahelgaam attack that killed at least 26 people two weeks ago, an attack India says was backed by Islamabad. India exercised its right to respond and preempt as well as deter more such cross-border attacks. That's India's foreign secretary Vikram Misri saying India ensured no civilian or military properties were hit in the strikes on Pakistani territory overnight. Measured, non-ascalatory, proportionate and responsible. They focused on dismantling the terrorist infrastructure and disabling terrorists likely

to be sent across to India. But Pakistan is contradicting this claim, saying some civilians were killed and vowing to respond to what it calls an act of war. The situation on the two nuclear rivals' borders is already tense. Both sides are exchanging gunfire and firing projectiles. Asian and French airlines are diverting, and in some cases, canceling flights

to avoid the region's airspace. And despite international calls for restraint, analysts believe the situation could turn more volatile in the near future. Ishaan Kirk for CBC News, New Delhi. 133 cardinals tasked with choosing the next pope file into the Sistine Chapel. They will be sequestered until the next pope is chosen. This conclave is unique on a number of levels, including being the largest in the church's history. Megan Williams has more from the Vatican.

No phones or cell phone reception or contact with the outside world. Just ballots, prayer and the pressure of history. This conclave is unlike any before. With 133 cardinal electors, men only and under 80, it's the biggest in history. It's also the most geographically diverse. The late Pope Francis wanted a church from what he called the peripheries and those he made cardinals reflect that desire. They come from distant places that never before had a vote. Brunei, South Sudan, Mongolia. Before this week many had never even met says Vatican observer Massimo Fagioli.

Francis was not inclined to have many consistories of cardinals. So they are largely strangers, especially those who come from the peripheries. So it's a highly unpredictable conflict. Italy's top Vatican diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is considered a front-runner, with a position that gives him global visibility. So is Cardinal Luis Taglia of the Philippines, charismatic, multilingual, and often seen as the Asian Francis.

But observers warn, Cardinal's divided, distant, and unfamiliar, any outcome is possible. Megan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican. Prime Minister Mark Carney has to report back to Canada's premiers today. He promised to update them on his meeting with US President Donald Trump. The public tone between the two leaders was friendly, but Trump signaled he would not be convinced to lift tariffs. Janice McGregor is here from our Parliamentary Bureau. And Janice, how much is there really to update the premiers on this morning?

Marcia, when the cameras are rolling, Donald Trump always wants to look tough and in charge. So no surprise to see him unwilling to concede or walk anything back in the Oval Office yesterday. When progress happens for Canada, it's often after the fact, more quietly, on paper. And with the justification that it's good for Americans, not because a foreign government wanted it. Reporter after reporter yesterday asked the Prime Minister to identify tangible progress coming out of this meeting, but Mark Carney emphasized process. You don't expect to have specific progress as things move along, even when you're making progress.

That's why it's a global negotiation. The victory yesterday may have been the avoidance of humiliation. Canada's delegation emerged with their sovereignty and their dignity intact. In this week of World War II anniversaries, Mark Carney reached for a Winston Churchill quote, saying, this trip to Washington signifies the end of the beginning of this battle. But on the domestic front, Janice, how peaceful are relations between premiers? Premier Danielle Smith has focused her attention over the last week on a fresh round of demands for the federal government, acknowledging the frustration in her province over the election

result and amplifying the minority of Albertans that want to channel that into a referendum on separation. That risks undermining the work of other premiers like Ontario's Doug Ford, who's been lobbying flat out for Team Canada. This is a time to unite the country, not people saying, oh, I'm leaving the country, I'm doing this, I'm doing that. I don't tell him how he should run his province and I would hope that he doesn't tell me how I should run mine.

Since the election, Carney's been asking premiers to identify their top priorities to strengthen Canada's economy, particularly infrastructure projects, which in the energy sector can be divisive. We'll see if the prime minister can do that while keeping a lid on these tensions. All right. Thank you so much, Janice. You're welcome. The CBC's Janice McGregor in Ottawa. Former U.S. President Joe Biden says he believes there is a greater threat now to democracy than at any time since the Second World War.

In his first interview since leaving the White House, Biden told the BBC the Trump administration needs to stop criticizing their European allies for not doing enough to support NATO. Imagine there being no NATO. Do you think Putin would have stopped Ukraine? I don't understand how they failed to understand that there's strength in alliances. There's benefits, the costs there, it saves us money overall. Biden was also asked about Donald Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House back in February.

Biden says the interaction was beneath America and what it stands for. French President Emmanuel Macron announcing a new French-German defense committee. As part of the country's efforts to boost defense spending, he says the Council will tackle shared security threats. Speaking alongside Macron, newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, he called on fellow EU members to invest in more support for Ukraine. CBC News and international partners have identified a key person behind a notorious deep fake pornography

site. He's a Canadian pharmacist. And he is connected to a website that hosted tens of thousands of non-consensual and sometimes violent deep fake videos and images. It targeted celebrities, politicians, influencers and even private citizens. Eric Seto from the CBC's Visual Investigations Unit has details. We've been trying to talk to you for weeks. You're hearing our attempt to talk to a man named David Doe.

He's not interested in commenting. Doe is a Canadian pharmacist in the Greater Toronto area, a husband, and a key figure behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. That's based on an investigation that linked usernames, IP addresses, and passwords to him. Online safety expert Adam Dodge says Mr. Deepfakes was a pioneer in the deepfake world, putting the faces of real people into sexually explicit and sometimes violent videos without their consent. It's incredible and I'm incredulous that this site has been allowed to survive this long.

It is still a place where you can learn the tricks of the trade. But the site was shut down last weekend following repeated requests for comment from CBC News and its international partners, Bellingcat and Danish outlets, Cecta and Pulitiken. Deepfake porn often focuses on major celebrities like Michael Buble and Emma Watson, but our investigation came across videos of regular people too, like Sarah Zed, a Canadian YouTuber. She was deepfaked. Every time it is being used on some really big name celebrity like Taylor Swift, it emboldens people to use it on much smaller, much more niche, more private individuals like me. Creating and distributing deepfake porn of adults isn't illegal in Canada, even though it is in places like Australia and the UK. Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to criminalize it during the election campaign.

Eric Sito, CBC News, Toronto. That is World Report. I'm Marcia Young.