This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday,

the 5th of January, these are our main stories.

Pope Francis has led the funeral service

for his predecessor, Benedict,

in front of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square.

One of the winners of last year's Nobel Peace Prize

has gone on trial in Belarus

over his involvement in protests in 2020.

And the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner

held by Israel has been released after 40 years in jail

for killing a soldier.

Also in this podcast,

wouldn't your brother say to you,

how could you do this to me?

After everything, after everything we went through,

wouldn't that be what you would say?

You'd probably say all sorts of different things.

A royal rar between two princes,

which it's claimed turned violent.

Benedict XVI has been laid to rest in St Peter's Basilica

after a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners.

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