May 7, 2025 • 9 mins
Crowds have gathered in St Peter's Square to await the puff of smoke from the Vatican chimney signaling whether the conclave of cardinals has elected a new Pope.
the voice of Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi has been heard publicly at an Inquest into the mass stabbing that killed six people.
Former Coalition leader Peter Dutton says he's making a 'graceful exit' from politics following his brutal election defeat.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Well, good morning. Crowds have gathered in Saint Peter's Square
to wait the puff of smoke from the Vatican chimney
signaling whether the conclave of Cardinals has elected a new Pope.
Let's go live to europe correspondent Jackie Robson, who's at
the Vatican. We're just seeing the black smoke come out
of that chimney right now, Jackie, which means they haven't
quite yet decided, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It was an extra long wait to see that black smoke,
and those hours of waiting had speculation running wild that
maybe the one hundred and thirty three cardinals had already
come to a consensus, a two thirds majority, and elected
a new pope. But now we know that that is
not the case, signaled by that black smoke you can
(00:48):
see right now. And it's not unusual that we haven't
seen a new pope on the first vote. The last
time that happened was more than eighty years ago, back
in nine teen thirty nine with Pope Highus. Earlier, we
saw the cardinals sequestered into the Systeine Chapel where they
(01:08):
took their oath of secrecy before that voting got underway
among them was our Australian Cardinal McColo Bichok, who stood
out in in a black headdress. He is a Ukrainian
Greek Catholic. That headdress obviously tied to that particular church,
(01:31):
but earlier today the day started with a mass at
Saint Peter's Basilica, where all the cardinals were praying for
divine guidance on how to elect a new pope. The
Dean of the Cardinals urged his peers to put their
(01:51):
personal feelings aside and only think of the Church and humanity.
He also asked the Holy Spirit to provide a new
pope that we'll be able to manage the complex and
difficult turning point in history. But of course, tonight no
new pope. The next vote, Eddie, will be tomorrow morning.
(02:13):
It won't be any earlier than at ten point thirty.
We may see smoke around midday, but so far no
new pope just yet, Eddie.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
So Jackie is a live pictures we're showing you right
now of that chimney emitting that black smoke. So what
will happen now to all the people who have gathered
there in the square? Do they go home and come
back tomorrow expecting them to stay overnight. Clearly all the
cardinals will go home and as you say, regroup tomorrow
morning and have another go.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah. Absolutely, So there's tens of thousands of people that
have packed here into Saint Peter's Square. It is tightly
managed by security, so they will need to move out
of the square before that vote happens again tomorrow morning.
Clapping and a lot of gasps as the smoke came out,
(03:04):
given there was so much anticipation that maybe we would
have seen a new pope tonight, but that is not
the case. As you mentioned, the cardinals will then they
will now be going to dinner and then they will
stay at the Casa Santa Marta in tight lockdown until
they can decide on who should lead the Catholic Church forward.
(03:25):
So no doubt, tens of thousands of people will come
back here to Saint Peter's Square and watch that chimney
for what happens next.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, they're not mostly remember that smoke that is conclusively black.
Of course, they're waiting for the white smoke to come
out of that chimney. Thank you so much, Jackie. That
news just breaking from Rome. No pope decided as yet,
but they will regroup tomorrow. Try the news this morning.
For the first time, the voice of Bondi Junction killer
Joel Caucci has been heard publicly at an inquest into
(03:54):
the mass stabbing that killed six people. The recordings released
by the coroner were taken during run ins with Queensland
Police more than a year before his deadly rampage. Couchi's
dad had confiscated weapons, worried his son's mental health was
deteriorating further.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
You will not returning and I have to really afford
to replacement. What kind of property are we talking? Nice? Nice? No?
I said, as like a us I mean, and I
have of for three or so.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
The inquest also heard evidence on what led to security delays.
Proceedings will continue in that in quest today. The children
of the three deceased victims of that allegedly deadly mushroom
lunch have detailed their parents' last days alive in court yesterday.
They emotionally described what it was like to see their
parents deteriorated hospital. Don and Gail Patterson's daughter Anna wept
(04:44):
as she relived the moment she raced to Dandenong Hospital
after they fell severely ill. Heather and Ian. Wilkinson's daughter
Ruth said she was surprised to hear her mother had
been to the lunch, saying she viewed miss Patterson as
more of an acquaintance. That trial continues today for the
Coalition leader Peter Dutton says he's making a graceful exit
(05:06):
from politics following his brutal election defeat. Mister Ducton is
the first opposition leader to lose his own seat in
an election. He's refused to be drawn on who he
believes should take his role.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Thank you in reference for a leader to succeedition, think.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
The best bottle I've seen is where leaders former make
a graceful exit from politics and maintain their graceful silence.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
So that'll be my novel.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Susan Leon Angus Taylor are the top contenders to replace him.
The leader of the Greens that a ban has been
outsted from his seat. It's a major shock for the party.
With holding onto the seat for fifteen years, The Greens
and now on track to have no seats in the
Lower House. Taipan helicopters were immature and underperforming. An inquiry
(05:55):
into a fatal military crash is heard four air men
died when the helicopter they were in crash during exercises
near the Wit Sundays in twenty twenty three. Major General
Stephen Jobson told the inquiry it was well known among
defense higher ups that the aircrafts were problematic. He added
the system was subject to constant reviews, groundings, disruption and remediation.
(06:20):
The government is pushing for a softer approach on China
from Trump, as both countries prepared to meet in Switzerland
this week for the first time since the start of
Trump's tariffs. Australian officials will wait for the outcome of
trade talks between the US and the UK to guide
their efforts to secure an exemption for Australian exports. Adelaide
(06:41):
police are hunting for a killer driver this morning he
left a young woman for dead on a busy Metropolitan road.
The twenty year old from Green Acres was found by
police moments after being struck by silver sedan on Northeast
Road at Hillcrest just before eleven pm on Tuesday. Police
are asking anyone with dash care or CCTV of the
(07:02):
women's movements prior to the fatal crash to come forward.
Seven News can reveal Detectives digging for the remains of
missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy have dug up a potential
burial site in the Enfield State Park. It's a second time.
They were accompanied by her accused killer, Patrick Stephenson, who
(07:23):
maintains his innocence. It's been fifteen months since Murphy went
for a run and never returned. A Queensland woman is
under police guard in hospital after a suspicious fire claimed
the life of a nine year old boy and left
two young girls fighting for life. The house went up
in flames, witnesses describing the sound of yelling and glass shattering.
(07:45):
Six people, including four children, managed to escape, and police
investigating whether or not it was an act of domestic violence.
The Anorella's expanding their Western Frontier, taking the North Sydney
Bears to Perth. The team will cost WA taxpayers sixty
five million dollars in direct financial assistance to the club,
(08:06):
with half of that going to grassroots development how the
Perth Bears. The club will rejoin the league in twenty
twenty seven after twenty six years in exile. WA last
had a team, the Western Reds, in the NRL from
nineteen ninety two to nineteen ninety six. A popular cook
and author, Nagi Mayhashi has one big at last night's
(08:27):
Book Industry Awards in Melbourne, beating fellow baker Brook Bellamy
to claim Best Illustrated Book of the Year. It comes
just a week after she accused Bellamy of plagiarism, with
the few threatening to boil over. At last night's awards,
a pair did not come face to face, with Brook
not attending the event. We're checking Thursday's where they now
(08:50):
partner Claudian Brisbane in twenty eight a Sharwer Too and Sydney,
in twenty one mostly sunny in Canberra and eighteen Claudian
Melbourne and seventeen a Sharwer Tour in Hobart and fourteen
Partler claud in Adelaide and twenty sunny in Perth and
thirty and mostly sunny in Darwan and thirty three degrees
Well, good morning. Crowds have gathered in Saint Peter's Square
to wait the puff of smoke from the Vatican chimney
signaling whether the conclave of Cardinals has elected a new Pope.
Let's go live to europe correspondent Jackie Robson, who's at
the Vatican. We're just seeing the black smoke come out
of that chimney right now, Jackie, which means they haven't
quite yet decided, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It was an extra long wait to see that black smoke,
and those hours of waiting had speculation running wild that
maybe the one hundred and thirty three cardinals had already
come to a consensus, a two thirds majority, and elected
a new pope. But now we know that that is
not the case, signaled by that black smoke you can
(00:48):
see right now. And it's not unusual that we haven't
seen a new pope on the first vote. The last
time that happened was more than eighty years ago, back
in nine teen thirty nine with Pope Highus. Earlier, we
saw the cardinals sequestered into the Systeine Chapel where they
(01:08):
took their oath of secrecy before that voting got underway
among them was our Australian Cardinal McColo Bichok, who stood
out in in a black headdress. He is a Ukrainian
Greek Catholic. That headdress obviously tied to that particular church,
(01:31):
but earlier today the day started with a mass at
Saint Peter's Basilica, where all the cardinals were praying for
divine guidance on how to elect a new pope. The
Dean of the Cardinals urged his peers to put their
(01:51):
personal feelings aside and only think of the Church and humanity.
He also asked the Holy Spirit to provide a new
pope that we'll be able to manage the complex and
difficult turning point in history. But of course, tonight no
new pope. The next vote, Eddie, will be tomorrow morning.
(02:13):
It won't be any earlier than at ten point thirty.
We may see smoke around midday, but so far no
new pope just yet, Eddie.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
So Jackie is a live pictures we're showing you right
now of that chimney emitting that black smoke. So what
will happen now to all the people who have gathered
there in the square? Do they go home and come
back tomorrow expecting them to stay overnight. Clearly all the
cardinals will go home and as you say, regroup tomorrow
morning and have another go.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah. Absolutely, So there's tens of thousands of people that
have packed here into Saint Peter's Square. It is tightly
managed by security, so they will need to move out
of the square before that vote happens again tomorrow morning.
Clapping and a lot of gasps as the smoke came out,
(03:04):
given there was so much anticipation that maybe we would
have seen a new pope tonight, but that is not
the case. As you mentioned, the cardinals will then they
will now be going to dinner and then they will
stay at the Casa Santa Marta in tight lockdown until
they can decide on who should lead the Catholic Church forward.
(03:25):
So no doubt, tens of thousands of people will come
back here to Saint Peter's Square and watch that chimney
for what happens next.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, they're not mostly remember that smoke that is conclusively black.
Of course, they're waiting for the white smoke to come
out of that chimney. Thank you so much, Jackie. That
news just breaking from Rome. No pope decided as yet,
but they will regroup tomorrow. Try the news this morning.
For the first time, the voice of Bondi Junction killer
Joel Caucci has been heard publicly at an inquest into
(03:54):
the mass stabbing that killed six people. The recordings released
by the coroner were taken during run ins with Queensland
Police more than a year before his deadly rampage. Couchi's
dad had confiscated weapons, worried his son's mental health was
deteriorating further.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
You will not returning and I have to really afford
to replacement. What kind of property are we talking? Nice? Nice? No?
I said, as like a us I mean, and I
have of for three or so.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
The inquest also heard evidence on what led to security delays.
Proceedings will continue in that in quest today. The children
of the three deceased victims of that allegedly deadly mushroom
lunch have detailed their parents' last days alive in court yesterday.
They emotionally described what it was like to see their
parents deteriorated hospital. Don and Gail Patterson's daughter Anna wept
(04:44):
as she relived the moment she raced to Dandenong Hospital
after they fell severely ill. Heather and Ian. Wilkinson's daughter
Ruth said she was surprised to hear her mother had
been to the lunch, saying she viewed miss Patterson as
more of an acquaintance. That trial continues today for the
Coalition leader Peter Dutton says he's making a graceful exit
(05:06):
from politics following his brutal election defeat. Mister Ducton is
the first opposition leader to lose his own seat in
an election. He's refused to be drawn on who he
believes should take his role.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Thank you in reference for a leader to succeedition, think.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
The best bottle I've seen is where leaders former make
a graceful exit from politics and maintain their graceful silence.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
So that'll be my novel.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Susan Leon Angus Taylor are the top contenders to replace him.
The leader of the Greens that a ban has been
outsted from his seat. It's a major shock for the party.
With holding onto the seat for fifteen years, The Greens
and now on track to have no seats in the
Lower House. Taipan helicopters were immature and underperforming. An inquiry
(05:55):
into a fatal military crash is heard four air men
died when the helicopter they were in crash during exercises
near the Wit Sundays in twenty twenty three. Major General
Stephen Jobson told the inquiry it was well known among
defense higher ups that the aircrafts were problematic. He added
the system was subject to constant reviews, groundings, disruption and remediation.
(06:20):
The government is pushing for a softer approach on China
from Trump, as both countries prepared to meet in Switzerland
this week for the first time since the start of
Trump's tariffs. Australian officials will wait for the outcome of
trade talks between the US and the UK to guide
their efforts to secure an exemption for Australian exports. Adelaide
(06:41):
police are hunting for a killer driver this morning he
left a young woman for dead on a busy Metropolitan road.
The twenty year old from Green Acres was found by
police moments after being struck by silver sedan on Northeast
Road at Hillcrest just before eleven pm on Tuesday. Police
are asking anyone with dash care or CCTV of the
(07:02):
women's movements prior to the fatal crash to come forward.
Seven News can reveal Detectives digging for the remains of
missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy have dug up a potential
burial site in the Enfield State Park. It's a second time.
They were accompanied by her accused killer, Patrick Stephenson, who
(07:23):
maintains his innocence. It's been fifteen months since Murphy went
for a run and never returned. A Queensland woman is
under police guard in hospital after a suspicious fire claimed
the life of a nine year old boy and left
two young girls fighting for life. The house went up
in flames, witnesses describing the sound of yelling and glass shattering.
(07:45):
Six people, including four children, managed to escape, and police
investigating whether or not it was an act of domestic violence.
The Anorella's expanding their Western Frontier, taking the North Sydney
Bears to Perth. The team will cost WA taxpayers sixty
five million dollars in direct financial assistance to the club,
(08:06):
with half of that going to grassroots development how the
Perth Bears. The club will rejoin the league in twenty
twenty seven after twenty six years in exile. WA last
had a team, the Western Reds, in the NRL from
nineteen ninety two to nineteen ninety six. A popular cook
and author, Nagi Mayhashi has one big at last night's
(08:27):
Book Industry Awards in Melbourne, beating fellow baker Brook Bellamy
to claim Best Illustrated Book of the Year. It comes
just a week after she accused Bellamy of plagiarism, with
the few threatening to boil over. At last night's awards,
a pair did not come face to face, with Brook
not attending the event. We're checking Thursday's where they now
(08:50):
partner Claudian Brisbane in twenty eight a Sharwer Too and Sydney,
in twenty one mostly sunny in Canberra and eighteen Claudian
Melbourne and seventeen a Sharwer Tour in Hobart and fourteen
Partler claud in Adelaide and twenty sunny in Perth and
thirty and mostly sunny in Darwan and thirty three degrees
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