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Pope Francis has defrocked former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is a judo black belt holder, took part in a training session of the country's national judo team in Sochi.

Residents of Emiliano Sala's hometown, pay their last respects as his body lies in state at a local football club. Family and friends were seen arriving at the San Martin de Progreso club, where Sala played as a child.

The US head of a major investment firm appears in a Moscow court after Russia opened a fraud investigation into him and several of his colleagues.

German Filmmaker Cordula Kablitz-Post spent ten years filming the 1980s German punk band and the documentary is out at the end of March.

Switzerland's best known actor, Bruno Ganz, dies at the age of 77

Voters in Lagos, economic capital of Nigeria, react to the postponement of the presidential elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the one week delay just hours before polls were due to open.

The disgraced former American cardinal, Theodore McCarrick, is now the highest profile Vatican figure to be dismissed from priesthood in modern times. The allegations against him include sexual abuse of minors. Francis Maguire reports

Highlights of this day in history: The Civil War's Battle of Fort Donelson; the Georgia crematory case; John Demjanjuk goes on trial; America's first 911 call; and the NHL scraps the rest of its season.

Theodore McCarrick is the highest ranking member of the Catholic Church to be expelled in modern times.

Several hundred "yellow vest" protesters march towards the Eiffel Tower on the 14th consecutive week of demonstrations as a poll now suggests that most of the country wants them to stop.

David Gauke says he is "concerned" about the potential impacts of no deal.