a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome the bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. the first pope to do so in recorded history. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pop
correspondent letting you know that the assault on paul pelosi in san francisco that you read about last week, that story was a whole lot stranger than you ever imagined. citing law enforcement sources with direct knowledge, it was paul pelosi who opened the door for police when they arrived. remember, authorities previously told us that the intruder, david depape, had broken into paul pelosi s bedroom on the third floor of the house and woken him up. yet somehow both pelosi and depape on the ground floor by the time police got there. moreover, pelosi and depape had been together in the house for at least a half hour, and yet strangely they both seemed fine. with police present, it was reported that paul pelosi, quote, did not immediately declare an emergency or leave his home, instead, quote, he walked back several feet toward the assailant and away from police. what? paul pelosi walked away from the police and toward david depape? what could possibly explain behavior like t
there was nbc news correspondent miguel almagor letting you know that actually that assault on paul pelosi in san francisco that you read about last week, that story was a whole lot stranger than you ever imagine. according to almagor, citing several law enforcement sources with direct knowledge, it was paul pelosi who opened the door for police when they arrived. now, you ll remember that authorities had previously told us that the intruder, david de pape, had broken into paul pelosi s bedroom on the third floor of the house and woke him up. yet somehow both pelosi and to paper on the ground floor. by the time police got there. moreover, according to almagor pelosi in the paper had been together in the house for at least half an hour. and yet, strangely, they both seemed fine with police present almagor reported paul pelosi, quote, did not immediately declare an emergency or leave his home. instead, he, quote, walked back several feet toward the assailant and away from p
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