A Roman gladiator&s skeleton has provided the first piece of physical evidence of combat between a human and a large cat, archaeologists said.

A 15-year-old boy killed a fellow pupil and wounded three others in a stabbing attack at a secondary school in the western French city of Nantes yesterday before he was overpowered by teachers, police said.

Cardinals in meetings ahead of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are trying to decide whether a cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud can join in the vote.

Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight yesterday, killing at least 12 people in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year and drawing a rare rebuke from US president Donald Trump, who told Vladimir Putin: &Vladimir, STOP!&