Pope Leo XIV is to celebrate an open-air mass for some 600,000 believers on Saturday on the French capital's Place de la Concorde and adjoining Champs-Elysees.
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Iran's president says Tehran wants a deal with the U.S. before November's midterm elections, as the regime puts an offer on the table.
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt. The decision ends the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of betting. The provisional executive order comes into force immediately but will need congressional approval within 120 days to remain in effect. It prohibits new deposits into accounts and gives users of betting platforms until 5 October to withdraw their funds.
Can Israel continue to define its future primarily through security and territorial control? Mekelberg challenges the notion that military operations, incursions and settlement expansion can constitute a sustainable political objective. He identifies a potential transition beyond the Netanyahu era as an opportunity to reconsider the relationship between Israeli and Palestinian societies. His central argument is that the continuation of war without a political endgame risks a state of perpetual conflict.
An emergency has been declared across the capital of Thailand as days of heavy rain leave the city inundated.