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1. Is it normal for the U.S. president to spar with the Pope?

   

2. Artemis II astronauts set to share more about historic mission around the moon

   

   After flying 406,771 kilometres around the moon — the farthest any humans have ever been — Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch are ready to share more of their experiences with the public. CBC will have live coverage of today's news conference as they take questions from the media at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, at 2:30 p.m. ET.

3. Trump administration signals optimism about ending Iran war — even as it levels new threats

   

   The Trump administration expressed optimism on Wednesday about reaching a deal to end the war with Iran, while also warning of increasing economic pressure against Tehran if it remains defiant.

4. Russian strikes kill 16 across Ukraine in worst attack this year

   

   Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing 16 people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said on Thursday.y.

5. 'We were a normal family … but then everything changed': Refugees recount brutal toll of Sudan's civil war

   

   Three years on from the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, the country is in the grip of what the United Nations calls the world’s worst displacement crisis, with more than 11 million people forced from their homes.