Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The 86-year-old had breathing difficulties in recent days but does not have Covid, a statement said. It said he would need “a few days of appropriate hospital medical therapy”. “Pope Francis is touched by […]

Search and rescue efforts are continuing in Mississippi after a deadly tornado hit the US state. At least 25 people have died in the state, and one in Alabama, with dozens more left injured by Friday’s tornado. The storms devastated several rural towns, with Rolling Fork in western Sharkey County almost completely wiped out. Mississippi […]

Thousands of protesters have returned to the centre of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, hours after riot police broke up crowds angered by a controversial Russian-style law. The new law would class non-government and media groups as “foreign agents” if they get more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Police arrested 66 people overnight, including a […]

US actor Tom Sizemore, known for roles in Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down, has died at 61, his manager says. Sizemore found fame in the 1990s, often playing supporting roles as tough guys – usually military, police or criminal. His other credits included Natural Born Killers, Pearl Harbor and Heat. But he also […]