The world awaits a smoke sign
Scores of cardinals will file into the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel at present to solid ballots for the following pope, in one of many world’s oldest dramas. They are going to be sequestered till a successor to Pope Francis is chosen. Nobody is aware of how lengthy the conclave will final.
The most important variety of cardinals in historical past — 133 representing about 70 international locations — will collect beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes to pick out the following chief of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
“As soon as they’re in, we’ll know virtually nothing,” Jason Horowitz, our Rome bureau chief, instructed me. “However the puffs of black smoke, which signify an inconclusive election, will inform us one thing, too.”
“The primary vote is mostly symbolic, testing the power of candidates, but when the election goes deep into the second day with solely black smoke, we’ll know that the cardinals are having a tough time reaching a consensus,” Jason stated. “Finally the smoke will flip white and the brand new pope can be revealed on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.” Right here’s extra about how the pope can be chosen.
India stated it carried out strikes in Pakistan
India stated early at present that it had carried out strikes on what it known as “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan, two weeks after an assault by armed militants killed greater than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Residents stated that they had heard explosions and jets flying overhead in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This can be a growing story.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Military stated two different locations had been attacked, within the metropolis of Bahawalpur, in Punjab Province, and in Kotli, a metropolis in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Context: The April assault was one of many worst assaults on Indian civilians in many years, and India was fast to recommend that Pakistan was concerned. The 2 nuclear-armed international locations have fought a number of wars over Kashmir, a shared area that every claims to carry in full.
“Some locations are usually not on the market,” Carney stated. Trump replied, “By no means say by no means.”
After the assembly, Carney instructed reporters he felt higher about Trump’s posture towards Canada, however stopped wanting reporting any concrete negotiations. He stated the way in which ahead can be stuffed with “zigs and zags,” however expressed confidence there was a commerce deal to be made.
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