Thomas Reese News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

At home. The rock icon talks politics, family, and beauty of workinwith people hes loved for decades. Its friday, october 25th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The wind coming down the canynyon from here, is sounded like a rocket. I could see the whole structures on fire. Im not getting stuck behind that. Thousands flee from californias wildfires. It was outpacing us, and we just couldnt really keep ahead of it. Mike pence weighs in on the nba versus china saga. In silencing free speech, the nba is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime. Repo...

a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome — the bells ringing in st peter's square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict's...

german chancellor lived in the shadows of hitler's regime, referred as god's rottweiler. years caused him to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world with zero carbon footprint. putting solar panels on its rooftops and bringing in electric mobiles including a popemobile. he was the pope when sex scandals came to light and he spearheaded towards a zero tolerance policy. it was too little too late for some but cardinal ratzinger who ordered the response to the scandal including a special downstairs handle cases extending and in ...

. good morning, everyone. welcome to "cnn this morning." it's december 31st. yes, it's the last day of the year. happy new year's eve to you, martin. >> happy new year's eve to you as well, amara. thank you. we are, of course, following breaking news this morning. pope benedict emeritus has died. pope francis had been asking for prayers. >> for the firstet time in modern history he resigned in 2013, citing advanced age, which paved the way for pope francis to head the church. cnn's delia gallagher with more. >> reporter: in many respects, benedict xvi was the pope who got a bad rap...

she passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. there is joy and celebration this morning as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we are counting down until 2023. right now live pics from seoul where it just turned midnight. fireworks. all right. [ speaking non-english ] ♪ ♪ [ speaking non-english ] if you play this day right, you can celebrate almost every single hour. one of the biggest bashes will be happening in new york city. gloria pass mean owe is live in times square. no pandemic restrictions this year. a lot of celebrating expected. how big of...