US secretary of state’s two-day visit reportedly intended to thaw Washington’s frosty relations with Vatican and Italy

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will meet Pope Leo on Thursday, weeks after Donald Trump’s unprecedented broadside against the pontiff.

Rubio will meet the first US-born pope privately in the Vatican’s apostolic palace at 11.30am (10.30 GMT), the Holy See’s press office confirmed on Monday after media reports on Sunday.

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Wu Yize takes 10-7 overnight lead into second day
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Shaun Murphy 7-10 Wu Yize (72-37) Shaun leaves a snick to left corner but wu’s radar isn’t booted up yet; it’s the fourth such shot he’s missed in the frame, all of them by a way – though he gets second prize of a fluked snooker. The escape, though, is straightforward and, on his next visit, Shaun can go at a long one … which he drains nicely, before tucking in behind the brown. And, with the final red defended by blue and black, if Wu misses he’s almost certain to leave a free ball … but he hits the big dog, so it’s seven away and back in … to sneak through a tiny gap, great work. This frame is on a rolling boil now, the youngster botching yet another long pot – one you really expect him to take – punished with a snooker behind the pink, close to the side, with the red down the rail. Wu will need to deploy the swerve here, but he doesn’t get anywhere near with his first two goes, seeking to come off the bottom cushion, so he tries the side and hits the blue. The penalty points are piling up here, another miss takes Wu to within a foul of needing all the balls to tie … and it duly arrives, leaving a free ball. Shaun, though, refuses it, Wu finally hits, and the frame is almost over, the lead 35 with 35 left.

Shaun Murphy 7-10 Wu Yize (39-37) Shaun gets a red off the side then goes to remove another off the blue, but misses it by a way; end of break. So he sends a ball down the table, using the black to block off the white, and Wu’ll have to go some to hit either target, never mind get it safe; he plays it well, and this frame is maturing into a crucial battle of wits and skill.

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Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one day

In a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm.

It is the first time a transplant of cryopreserved prepubertal testicular tissue has been demonstrated to restore sperm production in an adult patient. The 27-year-old man had the sample frozen when he was 10, before undergoing potent chemotherapy as part of treatment for sickle cell disease.

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Vervoedersbedrijf RMC gaat vanaf juli dit jaar alle ritten van het doelgroepenvervoer in Rotterdam uitvoeren. Lange tijd was onzeker of dat het geval zou zijn, omdat er verwarring was rondom de aanbesteding van het vervoer. Trevvel en andere vervoerders maakten bezwaar bij de rechter, dat is nu van de baan geveegd.

General Viktor Afzalov, who assumed command in 2023, has been replaced by Colonel General Alexander Chaiko, according to RBC and the pro-war Telegram channel Fighterbomber.

De biopic over Michael Jackson werd vernietigend besproken in het buitenland. Toch is Michael een van de grootste bioscoophits van het jaar. Dat kan, mede door een witwascampagne van de familie Jackson.

Nog geen twee jaar nadat hij zijn laatste modeshow heeft gegeven, heeft Dries Van Noten in Venetië zijn Fondazione Dries Van Noten geopend. In zijn debuuttentoonstelling combineert hij mode met kunst en design.

U schreef ons over het conflict in Iran, de hoge eisen die aan ons kraanwater gesteld worden en het essay van Robert Vuijsje.

Rafael Zenon Wagner has added a photo to the pool:

I count 5, how many do you spot? :)

Thailand, Koh Chang. Blue Heaven Bay.