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Pope Francis meets with the relatives of people held hostage by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners. Israel and Hamas have announced a deal on allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war. IMAGES
Republican lawmakers pass an immigration package that would restart stalled construction of Donald Trump's southern border wall as the United States braces for a sudden increase in migrant crossings from Mexico. The Secure the Border Act of 2023, which advanced from the Republican-led House of Representatives on a roughly party-line 219-213 vote, would reintroduce several signature Trump-era measures, from completing the wall to bolstering asylum restrictions. IMAGES
Pope Francis holds Holy Mass in the EXPO International Exhibition Center grounds in Nur-Sultan during the second day of his Apostolic visit to Kazakhstan. IMAGES
French Prime minister Jean Castex arrives at the Holy See with French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ahead of a visit with the Pope, as the French Catholic Church battles a scandal over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrives for the open-air Holy Mass on the esplanade of the National Shrine in the town of Sastin which he leads with bishops of Slovakia. The Pope will return to Rome after the mass, completing his four-day visit to the country. IMAGES
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