00:00At least 15 people have been killed as Russia unleashes a massive drone and missile assault
00:06on Ukraine.
00:10Pope Leo XIV has made history by becoming the first pontiff in decades to carry the
00:16cross through a full Good Friday procession.
00:20At least 15 people have been killed after a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes
00:26hit Ukraine Friday and into Saturday, including a massive overnight assault near Kyiv.
00:34Regional officials say one person was killed and eight wounded in strikes on three towns
00:39surrounding the capital, while casualties were also reported in Sumy, Kherson, Kharkiv,
00:45Donetsk and the Zaporizhia region.
00:49The country's foreign minister said nearly 500 drones and cruise missiles struck Ukraine
00:55overnight.
00:57Ukrainian officials warn Russia is shifting tactics, moving from overnight strikes to
01:03daytime barrages designed to maximise civilian casualties and expanding targets beyond energy
01:09infrastructure.
01:12Despite the bloodshed, Ukraine's President Zelensky says he has communicated an Easter ceasefire
01:17proposal to Moscow through US channels.
01:26For the first time in decades, a Pope has carried the cross through a full Good Friday procession.
01:34Marking his first Holy Friday, Pope Leo XIV bore the wooden crucifix through all 14 stations
01:42of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome.
01:47Earlier this week, the Pontiff told reporters he wanted the moment to send a message, that
01:53he would carry the suffering of the world in a prayer and that Christ's voice is still
01:57heard through the church today.
02:02During the event, references were made to the ongoing conflicts around the world.
02:08Every authority will have to answer before God for the way in which it exercises the power
02:13it has received.
02:20The Pope leads an Easter vigil tomorrow night, marking Christ's resurrection, followed by
02:28an open-air mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday.
02:35The US military launched a rescue operation on Friday for a fighter jet pilot who ejected after
02:42his plane was reportedly shot down by Iranian air defenses, officials in the Trump administration
02:48told US media. The announcement comes after an Iranian state-run TV said that the country's
02:54armed forces had shot down the US aircraft. A separate Iranian announcement also offered
03:00a reward to citizens who helped locate and capture the US pilot.
03:05An on-screen text on the original broadcast also urged the public to quote,
03:10shoot them if you see them. The channel is based in Kahkeluyeh in Boyer Ahmed Provence,
03:16an intensely rural and mountainous region that spans over 15,000 square kilometers.
03:22The incident is the first report of a US fighter jet being downed in Iranian territory since the
03:28United States and Israel launched its war on the Islamic Republic on the 28th of February.
03:33The war, now entering its sixth week, is destabilizing economies around the world as Iran responds by
03:41targeting the Gulf region's energy infrastructure and tightening its grip on oil and gas exports
03:46through the Strait of Hormuz. A Sea-Watch rescue ship arrived in the Italian island of Lampedusa on
03:56Saturday carrying 44 migrants rescued from an abandoned oil rig in the Mediterranean.
04:04Sea-Watch, a non-profit sea rescue group, said the migrants were taking refuge from a storm on the
04:10oil rig between Tunisia and Libya. In a separate incident, the Italian Coast Guard intercepted an
04:18overcrowded thingy in distress some 80 nautical miles from Lampedusa on Tuesday.
04:2658 people were pulled to safety but 19 others were found dead.
04:34Lampedusa remains the main gateway into Europe for migrants making the crossing from North Africa.
04:40a journey that claims thousands of lives each year.
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