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The new Pope gets to work

As the new Pope holds his first Mass, Mark Lowen reports live from the Vatican speaking to people to get their reaction.

The new Pope, Leo XIV, has used his first Mass as pontiff to warn that people are turning to technology, power and pleasure over faith. He told the Cardinals who elected him that the Catholic Church should be a beacon for people in darkness. We'll be live at the Vatican to get reaction.

India has accused Pakistan of using commercial aircraft as a shield and allowing planes to travel perilously close to areas of cross border shelling and drone attacks. Pakistan blamed what it called India's "reckless conduct" for bringing two nuclear-armed states close to a major conflict. We'll get the latest and hear from three Kashmiris who now live abroad.

(Photo: Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. Credit: REUTERS/Yara Nardi)

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