Iran proposes a 7-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

KYIV and LONDON -- Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of wartime injuries and fatalities. The southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky -- under Russian occupation since 2022 -- has become "hell on earth," local officials and humanitarian workers told ABC News, as thousands of remaining residents face starvation and hundreds flee through a war zone littered with mines and bodies. Oleshky is located close to the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, which since Ukraine's liberation of the city of Kherson in the fall of 2022 has formed the frontline between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the southern theater.

The pontiff delivered the warning on the first day of his trip to France on Friday.

During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world.

Pope Leo XIV used his address at the Élysée Palace to touch on some of France's biggest debates, from artificial intelligence and secularism to surrogacy, while calling for peace and solidarity. Our journalist Kethevane Gorjestani breaks down the key takeaways from his speech.