Spy chief makes scathing rebuke of Netanyahu attempt to sack him

The head of Israel&s domestic intelligence service said yesterday that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu&s bid to sack him followed his refusal to fulfil requests that included spying on Israeli protesters and disrupting the leader&s corruption trial.

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Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Walmart store avoids death sentence

The gunman who killed 23 people when he targeted Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart store in Texas in 2019 has pleaded guilty to capital murder and was scolded by a judge over the racist attack in El Paso near the US-Mexico border.

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How Pope Francis stood up to the Italian mafia and their ‘blood-stained power&

Pope Francis excommunicated the mafia as he clamped down on organised crime groups in Italy from associating themselves with the Catholic church.

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Pope Francis obituary: First Jesuit to lead Catholic Church eschewed pomp and became a champion for the poor and marginalised

In the annals of papal history, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who has died at the age of 88, will be remembered principally as the self-proclaimed pope &from the ends of the Earth&.

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What is a Conclave? The process to select a Pope explained after Francis& death

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church will begin a process virtually unchanged in 800 years to select its new leader.

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What happens now that Pope Francis has died & and how an Irishman will be pivotal during period of mourning and selecting a new pope

The death of Pope Francis means that the Vatican now sets in motion very specific protocols for this period of &interregnum& & the time between the passing of one pontiff and the election of his successor.

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