Pope Leo XIV was seen spinning a basketball on his finger at his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square. Players from the US exhibition basketball crew, the Harlem Globetrotters, aided the pontiff, who learned the new skill in front of a cheering crowd. Six people were injured in the strike on the market selling second-hand records, posters, toys and tools.
Lawmakers and police officers had to intervene after Alliance party MP Time Kadrijaj hurled at least four eggs towards Kosovo's acting prime minister Albin Kurti. Video captured by a passerby showed the moment the iceberg collapsed, creating a big wave. Laura Loomer, Trump ally, MAGA influencer, and former Ukraine critic was granted extensive access to the country.
Some of the most viral posts focus on US President Donald Trump and Spain's wonderkid Lamine Yamal. Thousands of spectators watched Spain's victory in central Madrid on late Sunday night. Sir Keir Starmer has been awarded the Order of Freedom by President Zelensky in his final trip to Ukraine as PM.
The symbolic midnight ceremony was followed by large crowds crossing between Gibraltar and Spain without border checks. A man was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window mid-air on a Ryanair plane. Soldiers from the 'Coalition of the Willing' and Ukraine took centre stage in the parade through Paris.
The Fontainebleau forest blaze, described by officials as of 'exceptional scale', continues to rage for the second day. The BBC's Nick Beake sees homes razed to the ground and "a sea of black" in Bédar. Three cameras caught the moment people ducked then ran for cover in Sumy, in north eastern Ukraine.
Hundreds of firefighters in Spain have been battling a deadly wildfire in the south of the country. Spanish emergency responders released videos of the blaze in Almería province, while locals spoke of their distress. A Ukrainian intelligence agent who confessed to killing the woman suspected of trying to assassinate a multimillionaire in Monaco, has now claimed he did not pull the trigger.
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