Pope Benedict XVI’s lying in state begins in Vatican as thousands expected to pay their respects
Former pope’s body will lie in state until his funeral on Thursday
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Ukraine war news – live: Kyiv claims up to 400 Russians killed in Donetsk drone strike
Putin’s forces counter claim of devastating hit in eastern Ukraine on New Year’s Eve
Live: Russian drone attacks hit Kyiv after deadly start to New Year in Ukraine
Russian drone attacks targeted Kyiv on Monday, causing power and heating outages and wounding one person, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The attacks followed Russian strikes on Ukraine on New Year’s Eve and January 1 that left at least four people dead….
Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian defence ministry says 63 servicemen killed in Makiivka
Recently mobilised Russian troops said to have been killed; Ukraine reports 20 ‘aerial targets’ shot down above KyivAt a glance: what we know on day 313 of the invasionA New Year’s Day attack on a complex in the Russian-controlled city of Makiivka kill…
Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 313
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Mosc…
Elon Musk taunts Andrew Tate after tweet blaming ‘The Matrix’ for trafficking arrest
Andrew Tate has been arrested on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group
Body of former pope Benedict to lie in state at Vatican before funeral
Catholics will on Monday be able to pay their respects in the Vatican to former pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state for three days at St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral.
Zelenskiy and Putin signal desire to break war’s deadlock in new year
There has been little movement in the frontlines for weeks, and there are signs Russia lacks offensive combat powerRussia’s war on Ukraine enters its second calendar year at a delicate point. It is six weeks after the liberation of Kherson and there ha…
Swamps, forests and shelling: new year on Ukraine’s northern frontline
Amid talk of Russia reinvading from the north, volunteer units of the remote Sumy region represent the first line of defenceOn New Year’s Eve in a patch of forest along the north-east border with Russia, a unit of Ukrainian territorial defence forces s…
Pope Francis prays for Benedict XVI at new year mass as Vatican prepares to mourn former pontiff
Francis as the Madonna to accompany ‘our beloved’ Pope Emeritus Benedict ‘on his passage from this world to God’ during New Year’s Day mass