World bids farewell to Pope who told people to ‘build bridges, not walls’

Watch: Key moments from the funeral of Pope Francis Pope Francis has been buried in Rome after a funeral ceremony and procession attended by hundreds of thousands of people and many heads of state. The first South American pontiff passed away on Monday aged 88, marking the end of a 12-year pontificate. As the Italian…

Russia says it has fully retaken Kursk, but Ukraine says fighting continues | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine dismisses report of Kursk loss as a ‘propaganda ‘trick’. Russia said its forces have completely recaptured the embattled Kursk region, eight months after Ukraine’s military stormed into the Russian territory in a surprise counteroffensive, but Ukrainian officials quickly rejected the claim. Russia’s military Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov made the declaration during a video…

Zelensky and Trump hold ‘very productive’ talks at Vatican

Emma Rossiter & Paul Kirby BBC News Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meet before Pope Francis’s funeral Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump have met inside St Peter’s Basilica ahead of Pope Francis’s funeral. The White House described the 15-minute meeting as “very productive” and Zelensky later called it “very symbolic” with…