Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter The death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 has drawn renewed attention to Conclave, which was set within the cloistered world of the Vatican

Vatican City CNN  —  Throngs of mourners are gathering in Vatican City and lining the streets of Rome on Saturday to give a final send-off to Pope Francis, who will be remembered as a champion of migrants and the poor, and for his efforts to reshape the Catholic Church. His funeral Mass is being held

Lucy Gilder, Jake Horton and the Data Science team BBC Verify BBC Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) – set up to cut US government spending – claims to have saved, on average, more than $10bn a week since President Trump entered office. “We’re talking about almost $200bn and rising fast,” Trump told the

BBC Israel’s destructive military campaign in Gaza has released a silent killer: asbestos. The mineral, once widely-used in building materials, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that can cling to the lungs and – over decades – cause cancer. Nowadays, its use is banned across much of the world, but it is still

Laura Gozzi and the Visual Journalism team BBC News BBC The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a head of state and leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide, it will still be a spectacle of ceremony and tradition. His

Sebastian Usher Correspondent Getty Images Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Pope Francis in 2014 in Jerusalem The office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered its condolences for Pope Francis, four days after his death. An earlier offer of condolences posted on social media by the official state account of Israel had previously

INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF RUSSIA/HANDOUT/Getty Images A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow, officials have confirmed. Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) – the main federal investigating authority in the country – confirmed Gen Yaroslav Moskalik died when a Volkswagen Golf car exploded after an improvised explosive device stuffed with pellets

Sammy Awami BBC News, Karonga BBC / Sammy Awami Jeniffa Mshani says small traders, mostly women, are being harassed at the border Traders are counting their losses as Tanzania clamps down on people trying to flout a ban on goods from neighbouring Malawi in an escalating regional trade row. On Friday, businesswomen told the BBC

Reuters World leaders may be gathering on Saturday to pay their respects to a fellow statesman whose church has more members than their states have citizens. But they may also use the Pope’s funeral as a rare and unexpected opportunity to conduct a little impromptu diplomacy. For it will be one of the largest gatherings

AFP US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin had “constructive” talks in Moscow on Friday lasting three hours, according to an aide of Putin’s. Yuri Ushakov said the possibility of Russia and Ukraine resuming direct talks was a particular point of discussion. The US has not released details of what was discussed during

AP The seat at the Vatican had been vacant for two days when a group of grey-clad nuns stood on St Peter’s Square and started to sing. Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria. Every so often they shuffled a few inches

Getty Images Palestinians have been relying on community kitchens, like this one in Jabalia, to provide around one million hot meals daily The UN World Food Programme says it has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza, where Israel has blocked deliveries of humanitarian aid for seven weeks. “Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food

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