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First Thing: US military seizes Iran-flagged ship trying to pass strait of Hormuz blockade

Pope Leo XIV, describing it as [a “distraction”.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/19/republican-senator-criticizes-trump-pope-feud) - **Tornadoes and heavy winds

Middle East crisis live: Trump orders US to ‘shoot and kill’ boats laying mines in Hormuz strait; Israel-Lebanon truce extended

Pope Leo XIV** **urged the US and Iran to return to talks to end the war** and condemned

World Cup 2026: Italy government officials slam idea of taking Iran’s place

Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war. The suggestion, though, did not come from Trump

No Fifa plans for Iran-Italy swap at World Cup

Pope Leo XIV. Four-time champions Italy have failed to qualify for their third successive

Iran war: What’s happening on day 56 after Trump extended ceasefire?

Pope Leo XIV has condemned the killing of protesters in Iran and called for restraint

Trump turns on Meloni, saying she lacks ‘courage’ over US-Israel war on Iran

Pope Leo XIV, following the pontiff’s repeated calls for an end to the war in the Middle

Middle East crisis live: Iran says ‘fundamental’ issues’ still to be resolved with US amid strait of Hormuz impasse

Pope Leo XIV said that it is “not in my interest at all” to debate

U.S. military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz

Pope Leo XIV, whose opposition to the Iran war has led to open sparring with

Giorgia Meloni’s moral retreat on Gaza

Pope Leo XIV. Only then did Meloni issue rare criticism of Trump, calling his words

Spain police enter PM Sanchez’s Socialist Party HQ in corruption probe

Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain next month. He is scheduled to hold a news

Record-breaking DHS shutdown ends. And, May Day protests to draw crowds nationwide

Pope Leo XIV](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g-s1-119191/austria-nuns-vatican-rome). 2. J. Craig Venter, a scientist who played a critical