🇮🇷⚡- Number of injuries from the Bandar Abbas Port explosion in southern Iran rises to 281 - Tasnim News Agency, Iranian outlet.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇰🇵⚡- Russia's Chief of Staff Gerasimov has admitted North Korean troops were involved in recapturing the Kursk region from Ukraine.

🇻🇦⚡- The Papal Hearse carrying Pope Francis passes by the Colosseum in Rome, as it makes its way to to the Pope's final resting place.

🇺🇦🇫🇷🇻🇦⚡- French President Macron briefly met with Ukrainian President Zelensky following the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇻🇦🇵🇸⚡- Palestinian flags present at the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇻🇦⚡- US President Donald Trump meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the funeral of Pope Francis, Vatican.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇻🇦⚡- "Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one. Hoping for results on everything we covered. Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out. Very symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic, if we achieve joint result," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, on his brief talk with President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲 - US-Iran talks in Muscat, Oman, have now been ongoing for 4 hours.

🇺🇸🇻🇦⚡- US President Trump departs from Rome, Italy, following the funeral of Pope Francis.

🇬🇧🇺🇦🇻🇦⚡- UK Prime Minister Starmer and Ukrainian President Zelensky are now meeting following the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇬🇧🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Instead of clashing in Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani economic immigrants clash on streets of London.

🇬🇧🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistani Colonel Talmoor Rahat threatens to behead Indian economic immigrants protesting outside the Pakistani High Commission Office in London.

🇮🇷⚡- CCTV footage captures the very moment the explosion occured at Bandar Abbas Port, south Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- Scenes from Bandar Abbas Port, southern Iran, show catastrophic damage.

🇷🇺🇻🇦⚡- Russia was represented by Olga Lyubimova, Russia's Minister of Culture, at the funeral of Pope Francis, Vatican.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Following the talks between Trump and Zelensky, including Starmer and Macron, the US rejects Russia's demand for Ukrainian troops to withdraw from Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporozhye regions - according to the New York Times.

"US called the demand unfounded and unworkable and assured Kiev that they would not support it," - The New York Times.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "It wasn't us," - Israeli Channel 12.

Israel rules out they were involved in the explosion at Bandar Abbas Port, southern Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- "Announcing the cause of the incident at Shahid Rajaee Port, Bandar Abbas, will take time.

What has been revealed so far is that containers stored in a corner of the port, which may contain chemicals, exploded," - Fatemeh Mohajerani, Iran's Government Spokeswoman.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- Starmer and Zelensky have both left the British embassy in Rome, after their meeting ended which lasted over an hour.