Writing the summary…
Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery

Original reporting
BBC News: read the full reportFollow this story
Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- Pope Leo to make public appearance Sunday, first since cancer surgery
- Pope pictured for first time since surgery and cancer diagnosis
- Pope discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
- Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital days after lung cancer surgery
- Pope Leo leaves hospital after lung cancer surgery
- Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery
Related stories

European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank
The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign.

Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live
Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years A dispatch here from Sam Jones, our reporter in Madrid, as protests have spread to Italy and Portugal The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal , with rioters clashing with police and setting property on fire in Milan, and a tent encampment springing up in Lisbon over the weekend. Continue reading...
There’s a ‘New Middle East’, but not the one Israel planned
Instead of redrawing the region, Israel's wars of expasion pushed the region to work together against it.

Burnt out cars and shattered glass on Paris streets after protests turn to riots and looting
Around 1,800 people were arrested after nationwide protests saw outbreaks of violence and vandalism.
Who is Mehrdad Akhlaghi, Iran’s new tech-focused defence minister?
Akhlaghi's experience centres on ballistic missiles, aerospace technology and defence-industrial production.

Oil facilities hit in deadly overnight attack on St Petersburg
At least one person was killed in the strikes, which also hit a data centre used by Russia's equivalent of Facebook.