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00:00Pope Francis is dead and the Catholic Church will shortly convene a conclave to choose
00:05his successor.
00:06But who are the possible contenders?
00:11Russia has struck Saburizhija and Odessa less than 24 hours after the Easter ceasefire
00:16declared by Russia ended.
00:21The US and India have held making progress on trade talks as the two nations look to
00:26further strengthen their relationship.
00:30US President Donald Trump has the back office defense secretary Pete Hexack one more time
00:34after a second signal chat scandal is unraveled while all allegations go undenied.
00:50Throughout Monday afternoon into Tuesday people have continued gathering in St. Peter's Square
00:56following the news of the death of Pope Francis.
00:59Mourners have been placing flowers, candles at different locations around the area.
01:04The Pope's funeral will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. a date confirmed by the College of
01:10Cardinals that convened at the Vatican on Tuesday.
01:14The ceremony is expected to draw leaders from around the world.
01:19And speculation is also growing over who could be the next Pope.
01:24The majority of the 135 cardinal electors, those under the age of 80, has been appointed
01:31by Pope Francis.
01:33And with no clear front runner, the next Pope will shape the future of the Roman Catholic
01:41Church whether it will take a more progressive or conservative direction.
01:47And meanwhile, the Italian government has declared a five-day period of national mourning following
01:54the death of the Pontiff.
01:56George Orlandi for Euronews in the Vatican.
02:01After a nine-day mourning period and funeral for Pope Francis, the Catholic Church will convene
02:10the next conclave.
02:11Here, the College of Cardinals will gather to elect the Church's next head.
02:16Four rounds of voting are held each day until a cardinal secures a two-thirds majority.
02:22But who are the possible contenders to become the next pontiff?
02:28Hungarian cardinal Peter Erdo, the Archbishop of Budapest, is considered a strong candidate.
02:35He twice led the Council of European Episcopal Conferences, evidence of his support amongst
02:41European cardinals, the largest voting bloc.
02:48Germany's Reinhard Marx made headlines when he offered to resign as Archbishop to atone
02:53for the German Church's deep failures in handling abuse.
02:58Pope Francis rejected the resignation and told him to stay, but Conservatives remain sceptical
03:04of him.
03:10Mark Olet of Canada led the Vatican's influential Bishop's Office for over a decade, overseeing
03:16the vetting of Episcopal candidates worldwide.
03:21He is seen as more conservative than Pope Francis.
03:27Italian Cardinal Pietro Parlan, Pope Francis' Secretary of State since 2015, is widely seen
03:35as a leading contender, given his senior role in the Vatican hierarchy.
03:41As a former ambassador to Venezuela, Parlan knows the Latin American Church well.
03:48An American Pope has long been seen as unlikely, given the U.S.'s geopolitical power, but Chicago-born
03:56Robert Prevost could break that taboo.
04:00He is the current prefect of the Vatican's dicastery for bishops, in charge of vetting nominations
04:05from around the world.
04:10Ghanaian Robert Serra was long considered to have the best chance of becoming the first
04:15African Pope.
04:18Favoured by Conservatives, Serra represents a return to the style of John Paul II and Benedict
04:23XVI.
04:26Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn was a student of Pope Benedict's and on paper has the intellectual
04:32credentials to appeal to conservatives, but he has drawn criticism from within the Vatican
04:39for challenging its past inaction against high-ranking abusers.
04:48Filipino Luis Tagle would appear to be Pope Francis' pick for the first Asian pontiff.
04:56Francis brought him to Rome to lead the church's missionary office, serving much of Asia and Africa.
05:01As the conclave approaches, the world waits to see who will lead the Catholic Church into its next chapter.
05:19Christian Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank mourned the death of Pope Francis, who had consistently
05:25supported their plight throughout his papacy, but especially in the last 18 months of his life amid the war in Gaza.
05:32We were very sad to hear that Pope Francis died. He was our Pope, not just our Pope, he was our brother, our friend, our dear friend for Bethlehem.
05:43He always gave us, he gave us a big hope. He told us that you are not alone.
05:50In Gaza, a mass was held in the enclave's only Catholic church on Monday.
05:55Since the outbreak of the war, the Pope would frequently call the church to check up on the nearly 600 people sheltering inside.
06:02Pope Francis is very close to the church in Gaza, and not only the church in Gaza, but every city of Gaza, and all of the indigenous peoples.
06:14He met with us another time, on the Sabbath, on the Sabbath, on the Sabbath, two days ago, and he asked for prayer, and he gave us the blessing, and he gave us the blessing, and we thank God for all the work of the Holy Spirit.
06:30Pope Francis prayed for an end to the war in Gaza until his final hours.
06:36In his last public appearance on Easter Sunday, he renewed his plea for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, expressing his closeness to the suffering of Christians in Palestine and Israel.
07:00At least one person was killed and two dozen others injured after Russia launched two aerial glide bombs on the city of Zaporizhizhzha.
07:08Baldi Roku was killed and two of the seven lanes.
07:12I was in the work. I came to the gurus from home.
07:16I came to the hospital and told me, that she was born.
07:21She died at the hotel. Natasha was very well.
07:24She was a woman. She negotiated sometimes.
07:26We were talking, a woman. She had a nice woman.
07:29A woman, she was a kind of anger.
07:32The strike followed shortly after Odessa had come under massive attack by Russian drones
07:46overnight. Local emergency authorities said a residential building in a densely populated
07:51urban area, civilian infrastructure and an education facility were hit in the attack.
07:58Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had called for a halt in strikes on civilian facilities.
08:04A Kremlin spokesperson said that while Russia is prepared to consider the proposal,
08:09there are currently no planned talks and reaching such an agreement could take time.
08:14After Russian President Putin declared a ceasefire on Saturday,
08:18Ukraine said it was ready to reciprocate but said Russian attacks were continuing.
08:27Twenty tourists have died after a fatal shooting in India-controlled Kashmir, say authorities.
08:35Four gunmen, two of whom have been described as militants by the police,
08:40fired at dozens of tourists from close range on Tuesday.
08:45At least 36 other people are injured, many in serious conditions.
08:49Kashmir has seen a spate of targeted killings of Hindus since New Delhi ended the region's
08:57semi-autonomous status in 2019.
09:05U.S. President J.D. Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have hailed making positive progress
09:12progress in talks over a trade deal after a meeting in New Delhi.
09:18The pair discussed improved bilateral cooperation in various areas such as energy, defence and technology.
09:27Vance praised Modi and said that the two countries had finalised the terms of reference for trade talks.
09:34He also added that if these were to fail, it would be, quote,
09:37a dark time for humanity.
09:43According to U.S. official data, the United States is India's main trading partner,
09:48with bilateral trade between the two countries valued at 113 billion euros in 2024.
09:56They are now aiming to increase this figure to 436 billion by 2030.
10:01The White House defended Defence Secretary Pete Hexeth on Monday over a new signal messaging scandal.
10:12Reports on Sunday detailed a second check where Hexeth allegedly shared sensitive military data
10:17with family members.
10:19Significantly, neither the White House nor Hexeth denied the report's core claims.
10:24Instead, President Donald Trump said Hexeth was doing a great job
10:28and that he was removing, quote, bad people from the Pentagon.
10:32Trump also dismissed the story as fake news and nothing new.
10:35Are you bringing up signal again? I thought they gave that up two weeks ago.
10:39It's the same old stuff from the media.
10:42That's an old one. Try finding something new.
10:45Hexeth himself attacked the media and leakers,
10:48willing to continue his reforms at the Department of Defence.
10:50And what a big surprise that a bunch of, a few leakers get fired
10:55and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out
10:57from the same media that peddled the Russia hopes
11:00that won't give back their Pulitzers.
11:02They got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies.
11:04This is what the media does.
11:06They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees
11:09and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations.
11:14Not going to work with me.
11:15The second chat reportedly contains similar sensitive information
11:18to a previously revealed chat involving top officials
11:21which is already under investigation.
11:23This is why we're fighting...
11:24Democrats, led by Senator Schumer,
11:26are demanding that Hexeth be fired over the repeated security concerns.
11:29This group, no, no, this group...
11:30The controversy unfolds amid wider Pentagon turmoil,
11:34including the recent departure of several senior aides to Hexeth.
11:37And then you put it all together as if it's some news story.