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One US service member was rescued and at least one was missing after Iran shot down two US military planes in separate attacks in a dramatic development in the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time US aircraft had been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President […]

Pope Leo carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think it will be an important sign because of what the […]

Former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has announced a 12-hour live cooking show to air on his TikTok account. The show, titled Gregg’s Kitchen, will feature Wallace alongside guests such as the proprietors of Wolverhampton-based Malik Butchers, who post content on social media. It will go live at 10am on Sunday. Wallace began co-presenting MasterChef in […]

State police troopers in the US came to the rescue of a bear cub found in a ditch along the side of a major road in New Jersey. Troopers from the Perryville station found the animal by itself, officials said. The bear cub was rescued from a ditch alongside a busy road (New Jersey State […]

The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the Moon. Nasa released the crew’s first downlinked images on Friday, one-and-a-half days into the first astronaut Moon mission in more than half a century. The Artemis II crew as they appear on a video conference from the […]

A US fighter jet was shot down over Iran, and a search and rescue operation was underway for any survivors, a US official told Reuters on Friday, in the first such known incident since the US launched its war with Iran on February 28th. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not offer further […]

A channel affiliated with Iranian state television claimed that a US fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over south-western Iran. It was not clear what may have happened to the plane on Friday, including whether Iran was claiming it was shot down or there was another issue. If the claim is confirmed, it could lead […]

A powerful storm front that lashed Greece over the past 24 hours has brought gale-force winds and flooding that left one man dead and turned the sky over Crete a deep red. The sky’s surreal red hues were reminiscent of apocalyptic scenes over Crete where the storm that hit the island with gale-force winds combined […]

Pope Leo XIV has washed the feet of 12 priests in the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, restoring a tradition his predecessor had broken by including laypeople and non-Christians in ceremonies at prisons, juvenile detention halls and centres for asylum seekers. The priests included 11 ordained by Leo last year, along with the Rev Renzo Chiesa, […]