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October 13, 2026 • 06:18:56 PM
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Pope Leo XIV is in Peru as part of his Latin America tour, just weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.

A suspected gang leader considered a "priority target" was among those killed, the Colombian president says.

The ruling brings to an end an 11-year legal battle by dual-citizen Jason Jones.

The Pope celebrated an outdoor Mass in Argentina's capital, the second stop on a 12-day tour of Latin America, just three weeks after having had surgery for lung cancer.

Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group the Red Brigades, was about to be extradited to his home country of Italy.

Hundreds of bus and lorry drivers are blocking traffic along major highway routes across the country.

The 400 Mawozo gang was targeted by El Salvador's military, which has deployed thousands of troops to combat Haiti's gang violence crisis.

Pope Leo travels to Uruguay just three weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.

The monarch faced questions on the UK's involvement in the slave trade during his Caribbean tour.

President Trump's fellow Republicans might feel the brunt of frustration among Cubans at the ballot box, writes the BBC's Will Grant.

BBC Verify has pieced together defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro's journey through Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador to reach Miami.

The Trump-Lula relationship may have thawed, but several issues could reignite tensions between the two leaders.

King Charles III was formally opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Antigua and Barbuda.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were standing in an open-air stadium when the rain came on.

The defeated Brazilian presidential candidate arrived in the US by private jet on Tuesday morning with his wife and two daughters.

The monarch is in the Bahamas as part of a tour of the Caribbean during which he addressed the "great suffering of the past".

Cuban delegates reacted in response to claims from US ambassador Mike Waltz that the Havana government has profited off the forced labor of its citizens.

Pope Leo XIV is in Peru as part of his Latin America tour, just weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.

A suspected gang leader considered a "priority target" was among those killed, the Colombian president says.

Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group the Red Brigades, was about to be extradited to his home country of Italy.

The 400 Mawozo gang was targeted by El Salvador's military, which has deployed thousands of troops to combat Haiti's gang violence crisis.

Hundreds of bus and lorry drivers are blocking traffic along major highway routes across the country.

The Pope celebrated an outdoor Mass in Argentina's capital, the second stop on a 12-day tour of Latin America, just three weeks after having had surgery for lung cancer.

Pope Leo made the comments as he arrived in Argentina on the second leg of his Latin America tour.

Santiago Peña was ousted due to a banking crisis which left millions of people unable to access their money.

Pope Leo, who had part of a lung removed last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

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