Vatican holds funeral for cardinal who branded Francis’ papacy ‘catastrophic’
Cardinal George Pell died aged 81 on Tuesday.
Cardinal George Pell died aged 81 on Tuesday.
Air raid sirens and explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital.
The town’s fall would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of battlefield setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine.
A funeral Mass for the controversial Australian cleric will be held on Saturday.
There are now 15 independent MPs in Parliament, all of whom have been suspended from their former parties.
Russian defence chiefs said 600 Ukrainian troops had been killed in a strike in Kramatorsk.
Scottish Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson spoke out ahead of Tuesday’s debate in the Scottish Parliament.
Moscow did not say whether it will hit back if Ukraine keeps fighting.
Moscow also did not say whether it will hit back if Ukraine keeps fighting.
Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the funds via a money transfer bureau between November 2020 and May 2021 to organise terror attacks in Syria.
The death toll from the Ukrainian attack in Makiivka has risen to 89, Russia’s military said.
Ukrainian forces fired six rockets from a HIMARS launch system and two of them were shot down, a Russian defence ministry statement said.
A stormy start to the year made way for record high temperatures – and then floods and a big freeze.
Ukrainian officials claimed Russia was deliberately targeting civilians, seeking to create a climate of fear to see out a grim 2022.
Words of praise and fond remembrance came from world leaders and religious figures.