Watch: Pope Leo XIV's first Mass as pontiff

Vladimir Putin leads commemorations as Moscow marks its annual parade.

BC Monitoring's Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko reflects on the Victory Day spectacle in Moscow.

The Russian president welcomed 27 world leaders to the event in Red Square.

'World Cup can be incentive for Russia to end war', says Trump

After a week of good weather, Paris was hit by a hailstorm and thunder on Saturday afternoon.

The man expected to be Germany's next foreign minister reacts after Friedrich Merz fell short in a parliamentary vote to be named chancellor.

Pope Francis will be buried in Rome's church of Santa Maria Maggiore, breaking a 100-year-old tradition.

From Pius XII to Benedict XVI, the BBC looks back at video from papal funerals since 1958.

New York family describe paying their respects to Pope Francis as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity".

Pope Francis will remain lying in an open coffin until his funeral on Saturday

The pontiff's last public appearance was for an Easter Sunday blessing at the Vatican's St Peter's Square.

The most important date in the Christian calendar is being marked around the world.

It is unclear if Ukraine has accepted the terms or already discussed the plans for the pause in fighting with Russia.

A look behind the investigation by BBC Verify's Olga Robinson and Christine Jeavans into the seized homes of Mariupol.

Police suspect the range was used by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms.

A climbing pair shatter the record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains.

The BBC's James Waterhouse describes the scene of a Russian strike that has killed at least 34 people.

Footage shows moment missile lands in Ukrainian city of Sumy

Pope Francis visits St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, still with an oxygen tube, as he continues to recover from ill health.

On the third day of their state visit, the King and Queen celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.