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Pope Leo XIV warns of spectre of global war in first Sunday address 11 May 2025 - 03:34 pm
Faithfuls gather as Pope Leo XIV is seen on giant screens as he delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia of St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP)
Foreign criminal and visa crackdowns part of UK plans to cut immigration 11 May 2025 - 12:52 pm
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Leo XIV, new pope, visits Francis's tomb 10 May 2025 - 10:09 pm
This photo taken and released on May 10, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV paying his respects to late Pope Francis in front of his tomb at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. (Photo by Handout / Vatican Media / AFP)
8 killed, 20 injured in bus collision in Turkiye 10 May 2025 - 07:35 pm
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'Absolute unity' between allies on proposed Ukraine ceasefire: Starmer 10 May 2025 - 04:04 pm
(From L) Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Olena Zelenska and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Ukraine, Europe allies seek 30-day Russia truce starting Monday 10 May 2025 - 03:49 pm
(From L) Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attend a meeting of the
Thousands confined indoors by toxic chlorine cloud in Spain 10 May 2025 - 12:46 pm
A picture taken on May 10, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a building storing pool cleaning products, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltru, south of Barcelona. (Photo by Lluis Gene / AFP)
Malta becomes Europe's largest ship registry 09 May 2025 - 10:50 pm
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Ukraine, Hungary expel two diplomats each in spying row 09 May 2025 - 08:56 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 9, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the annual Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Leaders' Summit, taking place in Oslo, via video link from his office in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / AFP)
Germany's Merz urges EU to scrap green business rules 09 May 2025 - 02:39 pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a joint press conference with the European Commission president at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
Pope Leo XIV says Church must illuminate 'dark nights of this world' 09 May 2025 - 01:41 pm
This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree 09 May 2025 - 01:34 pm
 Daniel Graham (L), and Adam Carruthers, wearing face-coverings, arrive at Newcastle Magistrates' Court in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, north east England on May 15, 2024, where they face two counts of criminal damage following the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, in September 2023. Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP
Denmark's Queen Margrethe expected to leave hospital this weekend 09 May 2025 - 12:32 pm
A TV camera is set near the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen on May 8, 2025. Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
Conclave elects American Robert Prevost as new pope, will take the name Pope Leo XIV 08 May 2025 - 08:35 pm
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP)
White smoke signals Catholic Church has new pope 08 May 2025 - 07:19 pm
This photograph shows white smoke rising from the chinmey of the Sistine Chapel signaling that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years as plan wins funding 08 May 2025 - 05:30 pm
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King Charles leads UK service to mark end of WWII 08 May 2025 - 05:25 pm
Britain's King Charles III leaves after attending a service of thanksgiving to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, at Westminster Abbey in London on May 8, 2025. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
Denmark's Queen Margrethe hospitalised over cold 08 May 2025 - 05:10 pm
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