After a day of ceremony and centuries-old ritual, the 133 cardinal electors have begun voting on who should succeed Pope Francis as head of the Catholic Church

The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor to Pope Francis

In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to choose “the Pope our time needs”

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the favourites to succeed Pope Francis ahead of the secretive ballot

Mr Merz needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes in a secret ballot – but received only 310 votes

It’s a rare glimpse into the private life of Putin, who opened his home for a state media documentary to mark 25 years as leader

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

San Francisco cops say the suspect, later identified as Brian Montana, died after opening fire at officers

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

San Francisco cops say the suspect, later identified as Brian Montana, died after opening fire at officers

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

The Pentagon’s inspector general is looking into how information from a classified system got onto Hegseth’s Signal group chats

Carney says Trump won’t succeed with his ambitions to expand US territory

Erin Patterson is on trial in Australia over the deaths of her estranged partner’s parents and aunt, Rachel Clun writes

Details in the minerals deal follow months of sometimes fraught negotiations between Ukraine and the US