Three things we learned from Putin's Red Square parade

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Russia's President Putin has been joined by China's Xi Jinping and much than 20 planetary leaders arsenic his state remembered the extremity of World War Two successful Europe with a immense parade successful Moscow.

The yearly Victory Day spectacle is ever eye-catching, but BBC Monitoring's Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko says 3 things successful peculiar stood retired this year.

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A composite representation of Pope Leo XIV holding a publication and a staff

Watch: Pope Leo XIV's archetypal Mass arsenic pontiff

Cardinals joined the recently appointed pope successful the Sistine Chapel, successful a work that began with a prayer.

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of the U.S., appears connected the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica astatine the Vatican

Watch: Pope Leo XIV waves to the assemblage successful archetypal quality connected Vatican balcony

He becomes the archetypal American to beryllium elected to pb the Catholic Church.

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Pope Leo is talking to the property successful 2023

Watch 2023 interrogation with Pope Leo aft helium was chosen arsenic prefect

The caller pope Robert Prevost volition beryllium known arsenic Pope Leo XIV - the archetypal American pontiff to beryllium elected person of the Catholic Church.

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Pope Leo with his hands unneurotic successful prayer/thanks connected the balcony

From achromatic fume to balcony speech, ticker however Pope Leo XIV was unveiled arsenic caller pontiff

Robert Prevost becomes the archetypal American to beryllium elected pope, pursuing a two-day conclave successful Vatican City.

19 hrs ago

Europe

Pope Leo holds a portion of insubstantial arsenic helium speaks from a balcony successful Vatican City.

Watch Pope Leo XIV's archetypal nationalist code - successful full

Speaking from the Vatican balcony conscionable aft being unveiled arsenic the caller pontiff, helium paid tribute to his predecessor and called for unity.

19 hrs ago

Europe

Bird flies implicit chimney that billows achromatic fume

Second achromatic fume awesome arsenic conclave continues

Black fume emerges from the chimney successful the Vatican, indicating nary caller pope has been elected yet

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Composite of Sistine Chapel chimney emitting achromatic fume and Pope John Paul II astatine his election

Watch: Moments past conclaves elected caller popes

See the moments erstwhile popes were elected by conclaves past, from 1939 to 2013.

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Black fume is seen from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel

Watch: The archetypal time of the conclave successful a minute

After a lengthy wait, achromatic fume emerged from the Sistine Chapel's chimney astatine astir 9pm section time.

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Nuns stitchery to ticker for fume aft conclave ballot

Watch: Black fume emerges aft archetypal conclave ballot

The awesome means much voting volition instrumentality spot time arsenic a caller pope has not yet been chosen.

2 days ago

Europe

A achromatic and achromatic divided representation of a chimney with achromatic fume and the different broadside with achromatic smoke

Watch: The conclave that confused everyone

BBC News archive footage tells the bonzer communicative of the fume awesome disorder of the 1958 Conclave.

2 days ago

Europe

A pistillate holds hailstones successful her hand

Watch: Marble-size hailstones and thunderstorms deed Paris

After a week of bully weather, Paris was deed by a hailstorm and thunder connected Saturday afternoon.

3 days ago

Europe

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Merz decision 'an obstacle not a catastrophe'

The antheral expected to beryllium Germany's adjacent overseas curate reacts aft Friedrich Merz fell abbreviated successful a parliamentary ballot to beryllium named chancellor.

3 days ago

Europe

Skyline of Madrid arsenic powerfulness turns backmost on

People cheer arsenic powerfulness comes backmost connected successful Madrid

Residents applauded arsenic the lights came backmost connected successful Spain's capital, aft a immense powerfulness chopped brought the state to a standstill.

29 Apr 2025

Europe

A antheral successful a high-visibility overgarment is directing postulation successful the mediate of the road, cars are passing him

Watch: Traffic chaos arsenic Spain and Portugal look powerfulness outages

From postulation lights turning disconnected successful Spain, to Metro stations plunged into acheronian successful Portugal - powerfulness outages person caused havoc.

28 Apr 2025

Europe

A radical of Cardinals astatine the Vatican

Why this Conclave means it's harder than ever to foretell the adjacent Pope

The BBC's religion exertion Aleem Maqbool explains wherefore it's truthful hard to conjecture who volition beryllium the adjacent pontiff.

27 Apr 2025

Europe

Pallbearers carrying the coffin retired of St Peter's Basilica. They are wearing achromatic suits with achromatic shirts and ties, and are emerging from a reddish velvet curtain with the woody coffin that has a transverse connected it.