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hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc�*s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa,...

and the cost of living crisis that has triggered. but there are signs of hope are starting to emerge. in the last few hours we've had the latest monthly inflation figures out of spain and that the pace of prices rises fell to an annualised pace of 3.1% in march when using the measure that allows comparison with other countries. that's a big drop from february's 6% and was mainly due to lower energy costs, with food prices also falling. and in germany, europe's biggest economy, there was also a big drop. by the same measure inflation has now fallen to 7.8% as businesses and households...

celebrations have taken place around the world to herald the start of 2023. we start in brazil, where crowds of people are gathering in the capital, brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of luiz inacio lula da silva as president. the veteran left—wing politician, known widely as lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010, and defeated jair bolsonaro in 0ctober�*s poll. there is tight security for sunday's ceremony, amid fears that bolsonaro supporters may try to disrupt it. in the last few minutes, it's been reported a man has been arrested trying to enter the inauguration wi...

place around the world to herald the start of 2023. we start in brazil, where the inauguration of luiz inacio lula da silva as president is getting underway. this is the scene live in the capital brasilia. let in the capital brasilia. us go live to the images we witnessing let us go live to the images we are witnessing from brazil's capital brasilia. this has been a numerous events have been taking place throughout day ahead oaf this, but this is the formal part of the session of the presidential inauguration, where we believe this performance of the national anthem is taking place. ...

right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. we've seen him out and about travelling on a very impressive motorcade, and the actual inauguration process itself, and that sash you can see there, the green and yellow sash has a lot of significance which we will come to in a moment. this is something that has been controversially seen. this is the moment he formally received it from a faneuil of people up on stage there —— a panel. traditionally, the sash is given by the outgoing president, but this time, things were different....