🇻🇦The funeral of Pope Francis is currently taking place in the Vatican

More than 160 delegations from different countries came to bid farewell to the Pope, including more than 60 heads of state and government, the EU leadership: Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen, President of Argentina Javier Miley and President of Brazil Lula da Silva and others. Russia is represented by the Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova. Volodymyr Zelensky also came - instead of an official suit, he was dressed in all black. 140 thousand believers came to bid farewell.

The coffin with the body will be taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome after the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis died on April 21, aged 88. He became pope in 2013 and was the first pope from the New World – Francis was born in Argentina. He had been suffering from pneumonia in recent months.

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🇮🇷 A large explosion reported at Iranian port in Bandar Abbas.

Local media report that a fuel tank has exploded.

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🇷🇺The opening of the motorcycle season and the 12th Moscow motorcycle festival, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, started in Moscow

For the first time in the history of the festival, military motorcycles from the "Motors of War" museum took part in it

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Zelensky-Trump meeting

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