This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Bernadettecchio and in the early

hours of Saturday the 26th of April, these are our main stories. The funeral takes place later

today of Pope Francis in St Peter Square in Rome. Many foreign dignitaries are attending,

including President Trump. President Zelensky

has conceded that Ukraine does not have the weapons to recapture Crimea from Russia. And the UN's

World Food Program says it has no more food for families in Gaza as Israel's blockade continues.

Also in this podcast, Luigi Mangione, who's accused of shooting dead a health insurance executive

in New York last year, has pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges.

And I went to my old school, Scottish ballet school, to help to teach just for fun.

I was far happier teaching rather than performing.

A Scottish ballerina, who's one of the UK's longest serving dance teachers,

is hanging up her ballet shoes at the age of 89.

The funerals taking place in Rome later today of Pope Francis.

The Vatican says around a quarter of a million people had viewed the late Pontiff's body

as he lay in state in St Peter's Basilica.

After queuing for hours,

they filed past the coffin

where they were permitted to pause

for a moment to pay their respects,

with many taking a photograph

before moving on.

On Friday evening, the basilica was closed

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