says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week against judicial reforms despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase our detention. we have several thousand places that we use and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. hello and welcome to bbc news. pope francis is presiding over palm sunday mass at the vatican shortly just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. these are live pictures coming to us now, of st peter s square where the pope is taking part in this week
the pope s actual responsibilities at the alter are being handled by a cardinal in the church on his behalf. you may remember he did this on a prior occasion, because of his health. his last significant concern was back in 2021, when he underwent colon cancer. not colon cancer, he had colon surgery, forgive me. he had colon surgery, forgive me. he had a condition which he said recently had also recurred. but that is not in itself a life threatening condition. nonetheless, he is having to ease his workload. although the bishops in france announced he would be visited toulouse i think it is in the autumn for a celebration of the church there. these are the scenes from palm sunday, the first
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watching on tvs around the world, it is a great source of relief and joy that pope francis is here to lead them in the palm sunday mass. because this marks the beginning of holy week, the most important time of the church calendar and many feared he wouldn t be here. he has taken a reduced role. he is seated to the side of the alter and the cardinal has taken on the role of standing to celebrate the mass. the vatican said pope francis is expected to go ahead as planned and take part in all of the easter services, a pretty gruelling schedule ahead of him. he himself was quite keen to show his enthusiasm for getting back to work. we saw that outside the clinic as he greeted well wishers and joking, i m still alive! greeted well wishers and joking, i m stillalive! but greeted well wishers and joking, i m
says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week against judicial reforms despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase our detention. we have several thousand places that we use and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. hello and welcome to bbc news. pope francis is presiding over palm sunday mass at the vatican shortly just a day after leaving