the pope has said he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday in the vatican. the 86 year old was discharged from a hospital in rome in the last few hours where he was receiving treatment for bronchitis. smiling and leaning on a cane as he left rome s gemelli hospital, the pontiff greeted well wishers and joked he was still alive. the vatican said he d resumed some work duties while in hospital, baptising a new born baby as well as sharing a dinner with some of the doctors and nurses. earlier i spoke to our correspondentjenny hill who had the latest on the ground. he s now out of hospital. as you say, he appeared very relaxed, smiling as he greeted well wishers outside the hospital, telling reporters that he will participate in that mass right here tomorrow. and, of course, you know, pope francis himself is more than aware that talk of his impending either resignation or demise have been filling the newspapers here, you know, joking with reporters. well, i m still
an official statement said russia s aim is to prevent strikes by ukrainian forces on eastern regions under their control. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. this is the lobby of new broadcasting house the bbc s headquarters in central london. will the fact that britain will soon have a new prime minister weaken its support for ukraine now that boris johnson s gone? and we ll be hearing in shocking detail about a series of war crimes committed by russian soldiers. they get him to bend towards the wall and they load bricks on his back, until he collapses, and then put a bucket on his head and they start battering him. president biden visits the country he called an international pariah a couple of years ago. hypocrisy or just an acceptance of saudi arabia s new importance in the world? of course, for the president, it s all about how your voters think, and one of the huge issues in the us at the moment is the price of fuel. an
towards the wall and they load bricks on his back, until he collapses, and then put a bucket on his head and they start battering him. president biden visits the country he called an international pariah a couple of years ago. hypocrisy or just an acceptance of saudi arabia s new importance in the world? of course, for the president, it s all about how your voters think, and one of the huge issues in the us at the moment is the price of fuel. and has the day passed for a health service free at the point of delivery here in britain and in other western countries? there is a lot of support| for the nhs as it now is, but frustration at waiting a long time for a routine operation. i in early september, there ll be a new prime minister in downing street. borisjohnson s supporters, and there are still plenty of them, insist that his big achievements were getting brexit done, ushering britain through covid, and being ukraine s number one supporter after russia invaded. when the ne
as you say, he appeared very relaxed, smiling as he greeted well wishers outside the hospital, telling reporters that he will participate in that mass right here tomorrow. and, of course, you know, pope francis himself is more than aware that talk of his impending either resignation or demise have been filling the newspapers here, you know, joking with reporters. well, i m still alive as he left the hospital. but, you know, you re quite right. he has on a number of occasions made quite clear that he doesn t intend to stay in the job as many of his predecessors had done until pope benedict, of course. were he to get to the stage where he felt that his health was preventing him from doing thejob properly. and as far as we know, we don t expect a resignation any moment now. he is indicating that he will participate in the mass tomorrow. but you re quite right. you know, he has a number of serious health complaints. he s more often than not these days using a wheelchair when he s out in
on his head and they start battering him through the bucket. it s a well known torture technique, very disorienting. he s at the end of it, he s completely shattered and he hears a shot and it s the man beside him being shot. they re taken back outside and a woman who happens to be there, one of these chilling phrases that she hears, she s a local resident and she hears the russian commander say to the other residents who are gathered, don t look at these people, they re dirt. they re beasts. they re not human. before you kill, you dehumanize. and that s precisely what s happening at this moment. he said, we knew we were being led to execution, so we said goodbye to each other. and that s what happens they re shot. now, skyba is wounded through the side but realises i m still alive . and it s freezing, the temperature s just freezing point. and he thinks to himself,