The White House has expressed its support for US defence secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat, this time with his wife and brother.

Worshippers coming out of a Catholic church service in the Ukrainian city of Lviv yesterday expressed sorrow at the death of Pope Francis, but also lingering hurt that the Roman Catholic pontiff had not taken Ukraine&s side in its war with Russia.

Following the death of Pope Francis, the world&s attention now turns to who will replace him.

The Palestinian Red Crescent called yesterday for a &serious investigation& into the killing of 15 aid workers in Gaza last month, a day after the Israeli military admitted &professional failures& and disciplined two officers over the incident.