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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Hope, Leo the fourteenth from the United States is celebrating
his first Mass as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Through the Ministry of Peter.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
You have called me to carry that cross and to
be blessed with that mission, and I know I can
rely on each and every one of you to walk
with me. The Mass was attended by cardinals from around
the world this morning in the Sistine Chapel. Those in
attendance included cardinals who were considered contenders during this week's conclave,

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including Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagel and Jerusalem Cardinal Pere
Battista Pizza Bala. Today is Leo's first full day is pope.
Yesterday he was known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of
Chicago and was elected Pope in a conclave of one
hundred and thirty three cardinals. The new Pope's two older
brothers are thrilled that Robert Prevost of Chicago is now

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the Holy Father. It's totally unreal, totally surreal, and it's
a tremendous, tremendous thing to take in, but it's something
to be very proud of. That's John Prevos, the middle
brother of the newly elected Pope Leo the fourteenth. John
says he recently asked his brother if he'd watch the
movie Conclave so that he'd know how to behave, and
John says with a chuckle that Robert had indeed just

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finished watching the movie. Pope Leo's eldest brother, Lewis, says
hepe sings don't turn political because he's American. He just
wants the nationalism kept out of it and says, let's
just be the Catholic Church. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is
calling for a massive overhaul of our country's air traffic
control system. We're going to have new.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Telecom, new fiber throughout the system. We're going to have
brand new radios.

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In our towers.

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This mission is being driven by the April twenty eighth
incident that impacted Newark Liberty. International airspace screens and frequencies
went dark, leaving air traffic controllers unable to communicate with
pilots for ninety seconds. I'm Michael Kassner. Pakistan and India
are accusing each other of launching drone attacks against the other.
More from Tammi Trihio.

Speaker 4 (02:13):
Hi Ru Mustafa reports Pakistani officials are denying any involvement
in calling the accusations baseless.

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The Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has categorically rejected
these claims leveled by the Indian officials that Pakistan is
trying to escalate a situation by targeting the military site.

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India says its air defenses stopped Pakistani drone and missile
attacks on military targets, while Pakistan said it shot down
twenty five drones from India yesterday. Pakistan's defense minister said
further retaliation was increasingly certain on the second day of
major clashes between the nuclear armed neighbors. Meanwhile, world powers,
including the US, Russia, and China have all called for

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peace in the region. I'm Tammy trheo.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Wreas and Trump is tapping Fox News host Jeanine Piro
as interim US attorney for Washington d C. More from
Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
Piro is a former judge and district attorney in New
York Westchester County. Trump made the announcement in a post
on True Social on Thursday, after replacing Ed Martins's nominee.
Earlier in the day, Martin had struggled to get the
supporting needed to be confirmed. Pierro is a longtime ally
of Trump and had been among those pushing voting conspiracy

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theories following his twenty twenty election loss. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
The opening ceremony for the twenty twenty eight Olympic Summer
Games will be the first ever to be held in
dual venues. Mayor Karen Bass says the opening ceremony will
be shared between the state of the art Sofi Stadium
in Inglewood and the historic La Memorial Coliseum.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
This will become the first venue in history to host
gave for the third Olympic Games of Michael Kastner