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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 … Read more
Stars from the reality television show Love On The Spectrum went on the defensive after Robert F Kennedy Jr commented that people with autism make limited contributions to society. People with autism “will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go on a … Read more
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 … Read more
BBC News correspondent Maryam Moshiri explains why the late Pope Francis won’t be buried in the Vatican, breaking a 100-year-old tradition. Instead, on Saturday he will be buried at one of Rome’s four major basilicas and one of the oldest in the city – the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Former Republican congressman George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to the federal charges in New York court last August. Prosecutors had asked for 87 months – over seven years – in prison, while Santos’s attorneys had requested he … Read more
Getty Images Trump’s dissatisfaction with Powell started almost immediately US President Donald Trump has some well-known nemeses: illegal immigrants, low-flow showers and last, but definitely not least, the head of the US central bank. Elevated by Trump to lead the Federal Reserve starting in 2018, Jerome Powell almost immediately found himself under fire – described … Read more
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 been deleted, causing considerable controversy within the country. Israel is also sending a relatively low-level delegation … Read more
Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said. The small plane was seen crashing into the water at around 08:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday in the Cha-am district, a coastal resort area some 130km (80 miles) … Read more
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 stocks to hot meals kitchens,” it warned. “These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days.” Israel … Read more
A judge in Wisconsin has been arrested by US federal authorities after allegedly trying to help an undocumented immigrant who appeared in her court avoid arrest. The US Marshalls Service told the BBC’s US partner CBS News that officers took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning. In a post on … Read more