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Watch: news2day Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Making the Stepaside Buzz Podcast. India and Pakistan conflict. Picking a new Pope. Sporty robots and a cute porcupine.

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Florence went along to Stepaside to meet one young student who is making his own podcast! Cathal produces the Stepaside Buzz, and we went behind the scenes to see how he does it and why they are talking about neurodivergence.

The conflict between India and Pakistan continues to get worse as the two countries exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier throughout today. It is the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decade.

RTÉ's, Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent, and former news2day presenter, Ailbhe Connelly joins us from Rome where the Conclave to elect the new Pope has begun. But, what is actually happening? Ailbhe explains it all!

A guide to the conclave - electing a pope

Pat McGrath has a report from Galway about a robot PE Teacher! Well, sort of...check out the report on the sporty tech.

And, we finish with a little critter in Oregon Zoo who loves his food.

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