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Laura Gozzi BBC News, Rome Getty Images Pope Francis waves to crowds on Easter Sunday during a public appearance which surprised many At midday on Monday, church bells across Italy began to toll. Pope Francis was dead. Not even 24 hours had passed since he had made a surprise appearance on the balcony overlooking St…
Watch: Hegseth calls media ‘hoaxsters’ in response to new Signal leak allegations President Donald Trump “stands strongly behind Pete Hegseth”, the White House says, after reports that military attack details were shared in a group chat that included the US defence secretary’s wife, brother, and personal lawyer. The controversy comes a month after a journalist…
Aleem Maqbool Religion editor BBC Over 12 profoundly consequential years for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis steered it into uncharted territory and did so in ways that will resonate long into the future. The pontiff worked to soften the face of the Catholic Church for many, loosened the Vatican’s grip on power and intervened in…
Reuters Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, after 12 years as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church. His death has set in motion the centuries-old process of electing a new Pope. What does the Pope do? The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church. Roman Catholics believe he represents a…
Ukraine’s military has reported Russian drone attacks on several regions overnight, just hours after the end of a 30-hour “Easter truce” declared by Moscow. Ukraine’s air force issued raid alerts for the Kyiv region, as well as Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia. In the southern city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said “explosions were…
Vanessa Clarke Education Correspondent BBC “We have the one of the most expensive systems in the world… today I want to reform our childcare system”. These words, spoken by the then-chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the 2023 Spring Budget, were a beacon of hope for thousands of parents paying an average of almost £15,000 a year…
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of breaching a 30-hour “Easter truce” announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. It is set to have expired at 22:00 BST (00:00 Moscow time) on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Russian troops had violated the ceasefire “more than 2,000 times” since the start of Sunday….
The nearest the 22-year-old came on this occasion – a day when United managed just two shots on target – was failing by inches to connect with a low Alejandro Garnacho cross at the far post, when a touch would surely have diverted the ball in given he was less than a yard out. Aside…
BBC/Studio Lambert/Getty Images This week, Race Across the World returns to our screens, with five teams setting off from the Great Wall of China. But that’s not all the week has in store. Self Esteem‘s new album is out, the next series of The Mangione Trial drops on BBC Sounds, and gaming fans have Clair…