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TheArchbishop of Canterburyhas decried the “terrible violence inflicted on innocent people in conflicts across the globe” during her pilgrimage inRome.

DameSarah Mullally, while addressing a congregation in the Italian capital, also emphasised the importance of speaking up for and defending “the dignity and worth of every human being”, including refugees.

Her remarks come ahead of a scheduled meeting with Pope Leo at theVaticanon Monday.

This visit occurs amidstrecent public criticismdirected at the pontiff by US PresidentDonald Trump, who earlier this month branded the religious leader “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy” and demanded he “focus on being a great Pope, not a politician”.

The pontiff himself had used his first Easter message to strongly criticise war, calling on “those who have weapons (to) lay them down”.

Leo doubled down on his comments following Mr Trump’s criticism, warning during his recent four-nation Africa tour that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants”.

Dame Sarah issued a statement at the time backing the Pope’s calls for peace.

She said she stood in solidarity with the pontiff “in his courageous call for a kingdom of peace” and urged “all those entrusted with political authority to pursue every possible peaceful and just means of resolving conflict”.

On Sunday, she delivered a sermon at St Paul’s Within the Walls – the first non-Roman Catholic church to be built within the city’s walls – calling for justice and peace.

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She said: “The Book of Wisdom reminds us that ‘God did not make death… but created all things so that they might exist’.

“God’s desire is life – life in its fullness, life shared, life given.

“And yet, we look at our world today and often we see something very different: instead of making justice and peace a priority, we see terrible violence inflicted on innocent people in conflicts across the globe.

“In such a world, the Church cannot lose confidence in the Gospel. For the Gospel is precisely this: that life, not death, has the final word; that Christ has broken the power of violence, not by greater force, but by self-giving love.”

Dame Sarah is on her first pilgrimage to Rome since being formally enthroned in March as the first woman to hold the role of top bishop in the Church of England.

The purpose of her four-day visit is said by Lambeth Palace to be to “strengthen Anglican–Roman Catholic relations” and “aims to deepen bonds of communion, affirm a shared witness, and encourage ongoing collaboration at both global and local levels”.

In her sermon on Sunday at the Episcopal church, she also described an “increasingly polarised world”, in which she said the Church must continue “its outward service and acts of love: in care for the marginalised, in welcome to the stranger, in accompaniment of refugees and those who find themselves displaced, unseen, or unheard”.

Dame Sarah is expected to meet the Pope on Monday morning for private prayer and discussion, after which each will give an address.

The archbishop will also join the Pope for midday prayer in the Chapel of Urban VIII within the Apostolic Palace.

She is accompanied on the trip by Archbishop of Westminster Richard Moth, who is the leader of Catholics in England and Wales.

Kate Jackson reflected on stepping away from Hollywood to focus on motherhood during a Charlie's Angels 50th anniversary reunion event at PaleyFest LA 2026

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• “I realized that I really couldn’t be a good director and a good mom at the same time,” Jackson said during a panel

• Jackson also said she is ready to return to acting and directing after prioritizing full-time motherhood for years

Kate Jacksonopened up about her decision to step away from Hollywood.

TheCharlie's Angelsstar, 77, sat down with journalist George Pennacchio for a panel with costarsJaclyn SmithandCheryl Laddat PaleyFest LA 2026 on April 6. During theirCharlie's Angels50th Anniversary Celebration panel, Jackson discussed struggling to balance her career and motherhood — and how it ultimately led to her acting hiatus.

“I realized that I really couldn't be a good director and a good mom at the same time. And I thought, ‘If I'm not a good mom, it really doesn't matter what else I do well,’ ” Jackson said.

She had adopted her son, Charles, in 1995. He was born in 1982.

The star began her acting career in 1970 with her television debut on the soap operaDark Shadows.Jackson then went on to star in crime dramaThe Rookiesbefore stepping into the role of Sabrina Duncan in theCharlie's AngelsTV series, which ran for five seasons from 1976 to 1981.

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Jackson also tried her hand at directing in 1986 for the showScarecrow and Mrs. King, which she also starred in. She "loved it," she said, despite the long hours.

"We shot all night. I got home real early in the morning, and my son was very little," she recalled.

Jackson added that she's "glad" she decided to put her career on pause to focus on full-time parenting. But now she's ready for her return to her career.

"I'm ready to go back," Jackson admitted.

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By Guy Faulconbridge and Humeyra Pamuk

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin could travel to the G20 summit in Miami in December, the Kremlin said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested it would be very helpful if ‌he did attend and that it had been a mistake to expel Russia from the G8.

The United States has invited Russia ‌to the annual meeting of Group of 20 countries that Washington is holding this year in Miami, and Moscow has accepted the invitation, a U.S. official familiar with the matter ​said on Friday.

Putin has not attended a G20 summit since 2019 due to the COVID pandemic and then Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine which triggered the biggest crisis in relations between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War.

"President Putin may go to Miami as a member of the G20, or he may not go, or another Russian representative may go," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television correspondent Pavel Zarubin.

MOSCOW SAYS ‌IT SEES G20 AS VERY IMPORTANT

The Washington Post reported ⁠on Thursday that Trump intended to invite Putin to the summit, though he later told reporters that he did not know of the invitation or if Putin was coming or not.

A senior administration official said no formal ⁠invitations had been issued at this time. "But Russia is a G20 member and will be invited to attend ministerial meetings and the leaders’ summit," the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said.

Russia would in any case be represented properly at the summit, Peskov said, adding that Moscow viewed the G20 as very ​important ​given the crises that were emerging across the world.

The Kremlin said last year ​that it agreed with Trump that it had been a ‌mistake to kick Russia out of the Group of Eight in 2014 but that the G7 was no longer significant for Russia and looked "rather useless".

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Russia has been invited to take part in the G20 in Miami at the top level, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

PUTIN IN MIAMI?

Trump, speaking to reporters on Thursday, said that Putin had been very offended to be kicked out of the G8.

"He was very offended by that. I'd venture to say you probably wouldn't be having these problems if you didn't throw him ‌out," Trump said. "I'm of the opinion that you talk to everybody."

Trump added that he ​doubted Putin would come to the G20.

"I doubt he'd come, to be honest with ​you. I sort of doubt he'd come," Trump said, adding that ​he was seeking to end the Ukraine war.

Since starting his second term in office, Trump has adopted a ‌more friendly attitude towards Russia and has also blamed Kyiv ​for the war. Most recently, the ​U.S. extended waivers to buy Russian oil without facing sanctions.

Trump has a history of positive and admiring comments about Putin that have long prompted criticism that he is "soft on Russia". He rejects that, saying that no U.S. president was ever tougher on Moscow.

"As a ​member of the G20, Russia has been invited ‌to all working-level meetings to date. President Trump has been clear that Russia is welcome to attend all G20 meetings as ​the United States focuses on delivering a successful and productive summit," a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday.

(Reporting by Maxim ​Rodionov; Writing by Anna Peverieri; Editing by Andrew Osborn and Alison Williams)

Brooke Shieldsis used to the cameras.

The actress and model has been in the spotlight for more than 50 years, starting with her first job at 11 months modeling for Ivory Soap, continuing into her teens with roles in films such asPretty BabyandBlue Lagoon— not to mention her famous Calvin Klein campaign at the age of 15.

After decades in the spotlight, Shields embraces the beauty of getting older,telling PEOPLE in 2024that "I think after you turn 50, so much opened up for me. I had raised my kids. I had a different place that I was putting myself in my life. I think I was never afraid of the next decade or the next year."

In 2025, Shields published her bookBrooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old,whichin her own wordsis an "exploration of talking to women over 40, looking at marketing, the beauty industry, how we're treated and perceived by advertisers — not just entertainment, but in everyday life," along with sharing stories about all aspects of her life from sex to her marriages to her children.

As she continues to embrace the"beginning of a new chapter," here's a look back at some of the most fabulous throwbacks of theGolden Globe-nominated actress.

Broadway Baby

Shields is a New Yorker through and through. She captioned these throwback snaps of herself at a hot dog stand as a young girl, "The city I love. Born and raised!"

Don't Rain on Her Parade

Young Shields was "clearly not superstitious" walking around with an umbrella in the house.

Brooke Shields' Siblings

Brooke Shields hasfive siblings, sisters Marina, Olympia, Cristiana and Diana, and one brother, Thomas. Shields' mother Teri and father Frank were married briefly but divorced months after Shields was born; Frank welcomed three more kids with his second wife, as well as step-parented her two elder children as well. She is close with her siblings, but was raised primarily as an only child to Teri, a single mom who was also her manager from the time she was a baby.

Costume Queen

Shields' mom, Teri, made her some pretty amazing costumes. As a child, Shields was everything from a flower to a tube of toothpaste!

Old Pals

Recognize the famous face? That's Shields' old pal,Laura Linney! Shields revealed that the two were childhood friends with an adorablethrowback photo.

Years later, theOzarkactress appeared in Shields' documentaryPretty Babyand opened up about growing up together.

Pretty in Pink

Brooke Shields had some of the most famous features of the 1980s, from her iconic eyebrows to her shampoo commercial hair. She modeled for Breck as a child, thenfor Wella Balsam in the early '80s— and showed off an elaborate updo at an event for the brand in 1981.

Total Pro

In 1980, Shields was seen on the set of a Wella Balsam shampoo commercial.

Big Hair, Don't Care

The '80s were a great time to have big hair, as Brooke can attest.

Oh So '80s

Even further proof: Brooke's feathered curls, purple eye shadow and frosted lips in 1982.

Queen of the Calvins

Who could forget Shields' iconic — though controversial — Calvin Klein campaign? In the television ad, a 15-year-old Shields asked and answered, "You wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing."

More than four decades after appearing in the campaign, Shields auctioned off the pair she wore in the ad along with her script from the 1980 filmThe Blue Lagoonand her high school cheerleading sweater.

“I am going to be an empty nester! I’m so sad. But now I’m going through all my closets and my things and am ready to give some of my special pieces away, like my Calvin Klein jeans,"she told PEOPLE at the time, referring to both of her daughters heading off to college. "Can you imagine my waist was ever that small? It’s terrifying! But I hope that somebody enjoys these just as much as I have and finds them as meaningful as I do. I can’t wait for someone to show these off!"

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Getting Dolled Up

In this still from 1984, Shields' mom is seen brushing her hair as the model applies makeup.

Glamour Shot

During a 1983 trip to Monte Carlo, Shields took a ride in a convertible while exuding '80s glam.

Let's Get Physical

In 1983, Shields designed a line of tights for Shogren Hosiery, and of course modeled them herself.

Birthday Girl!

In 1986, she partied for her 21st at an N.Y.C. hotspot and cut a cake festooned with swans.

Seeing Red

The model and actress matched her hair to her dress for an all-red look at the 1986 premiere of the filmVamp.

Congrats Grad

In 1987, Shieldsgraduated from Princeton, proving she's got beautyandbrains to spare!

In her 2014 memoirThere Was a Little Girl, Shields wrote about the lack of privacy she experienced whileattending the Ivy League school as a pubic figure.

“The paparazzi tried to sneak onto campus, dressed like what they thought college students looked like, and follow me around,” she wrote. “One photographer hid in a vent to photograph me walking to a class; another attempted to bribe a Mathey College freshman to take a camera into the showers and snap me in the nude. They would have been in for a surprise if they tried, because I had taken to showering in a one-piece bathing suit!”

Model Behavior

Shields is seen here sharing a silly moment with fellow modelChristie Brinkleyback in 1986.

Connecting the Dots

Polka dots and fluffy curls: Yep, it was 1981 when Shields filmedBob Hope's Spring Fling of Glamour and Comedy,

Little Miss

While visitingThe Muppet Showin 1980, she snapped a smiley photo with the timeless Miss Piggy.

Legendary Ladies

Shields has spent her entire career in the presence of icons likeElizabeth Taylor.

Denim Darling

Five years after her highly discussed Calvin Klein ad, Shields launched her own collection of jeans.

Forever Friends

She met Michael Jackson when she was 13, and shetold PEOPLE in 2014that they became fast friends. Here, she embraced her longtime pal after he received the Legend Award at the 1993Grammys.

"From the day we met, we saw something of ourselves in each other,” Shields said. “We felt really safe. Together, we felt impervious to the craziness that swirled around us."

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Charles Melton said his Korean upbringing inspired the way he approached his role in Beef season 2

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• “I grew up in Korea for six years,” the actor told PEOPLE

• His mother, Sukyong Melton, also voices his character’s mother in Beef season 2, which was released on Netflix on April 16

*Spoiler Warning forBeefseason 2 episode 8*

Charles Meltonfeels it's a "privilege" to get to explore "all the facets" of Korean culture in thesecond season of Netflix'sBeef.

The actor, 35, plays Austin, who is biracial with a Korean mother and a white father, just like his real-life parents,Sukyong and Phil Melton.

While at theBeefseason 2 screening at Regal Union Square in New York City on April 15, Charles exclusively told PEOPLE about how his upbringing led him to approach the role of Austin.

"It's such a privilege and honor to be a part of the story that [creatorLee Sung Jinis] bringing to life, and what he wanted to do with going to Korea and exploring all the facets of just the Korean culture and Austin being caught between, you know, being Korean American from the east, from the west," Charles said.

"I think it's, like, all subconscious, right?" he added. "There's not really any specific things, but if technically, I'd say something that came into the work was ... I mean, I grew up in Korea for six years, and unlike Austin, I had a very Korean experience and upbringing."

Season 2 of theEmmy-winning series— which also starsCailee Spaenyas Austin's fiancée, Ashley,Oscar Isaacas Austin’s boss, Josh, andCarey Mulliganas Josh’s wife, Lindsay — ultimately examines the divide between class as well as American and Korean cultures.

In episode eight of the new season, Austin goes with Ashley and Lindsay to Korea to meet with Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung).

"Beefseason 2 for me was coming home," Charles previously told PEOPLE about filming on location in Korea.

However, Charles also felt like he differed from his character in terms of their identity.

"Austin is discovering and talks about epigenetics, what it is, and this [idea of] 'Korean-ness,' " he explained.

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"That wasn't so much my experience," Charles said. "I grew up in Korea and lived in Korea for six years. So my experience is the Korean and American experience." He noted that Austin relies on his American identity, and this reflects in the way Ashley views him as just an "Arizonian."

TheMay Decemberactor also said that getting to work with the series’ creator, who he calls "Sonny," was an experience that "meant a lot." He noted that Sonny's "mentors" (Park Chan-wookandBong Joon Ho) are among his "favorite filmmakers."

"Sonny's sentiments and his artistic genius are reminiscent of [Park and Bong]," Charles said. "We see it in his work and his show, his writing and his direction." He credits Sonny and how "his voice is continuing to establish and cement itself in cinema."

Charles’ mother,Sukyong, also played his mother in the show.

"She got in that ADR [Automated Dialogue Replacement] booth and gave a performance of a lifetime," Sonny, 44, explained, as she is heard on phone calls in the later episodes.

Sukyong was born and raised in Korea before moving to the U.S. in 1990 and marrying Phil. She became a U.S. citizen when Charles was in middle school.

While Charles was promotingMay December, he frequently brought Sukyong with him to awards events.

"Who wouldn't want their mom to be with them?" he told PEOPLE in February 2024. “She'll always tell me, no matter how old I get, I'm always going to be her baby, Charles: ‘I don't care if you have a house, and you're paying bills, and you have kids, you'll always be my baby.' ”

“The best part was my mom making me breakfast, lunch and dinner, and just taking care of me,” he added in another interview the following month. “You don't get that much sleep. But I just had my sister and my mom along the way [and] my publicist, who I love dearly."

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All episodes of season 2of Beefare available to stream on Netflix.

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The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to restrict students’ use of laptops and tablets in class and encourage pen-and-paper assignments instead, making it the first major American school system to do so.

The sweeping resolution, which passed 6-0 with one recusal, requires the district to create a screen time policy for each grade and subject, prohibit students in first grade and younger from using devices, clarify the process for parents to opt their child out of using technology at school, and audit its education technology contracts.

“We have responsibility as one of the largest districts to draw a line in the sand when it comes to this recalibration and start the conversation,” Nick Melvoin, the board member in charge of drafting the resolution, said in an interview ahead of the vote.

The vote follows months of pressure from parents who started a group called Schools Beyond Screens, speaking at board meetings, on social media, at district listening sessions, and in private meetings with administrators and board members about problems their children faced when required to use school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

Families previouslytold NBC News that their children’s gradeshad dropped as they became distracted playing video games in class, watching YouTube, and scrolling social media and internet forums. Parents and teachers also complained that some middle schools reserved one day a week for students to complete online math and reading quizzes, which disrupted unrelated classes such as gym, music and science.

“This is an historic reform that we hope will trickle down to the rest of the country very, very quickly,” said Anya Meksin, a mother of two and a deputy director of Schools Beyond Screens, which she said has 2,000 members locally. “We see this as a big cultural shift into how schools approach technology.”

The resolution requires the district to present a detailed screen time policy to the school board in June, to take effect in the 2026-2027 school year. The policy must largely restrict elementary and middle school students from using devices during lunch and recess, and it must prohibit students from seeking out YouTube videos on their own, according to the resolution.

Backlash against tech in classrooms

• In Los Angeles, a growing contingent of parents say school-mandated iPads are leading to behavior problems.

• Internal documents reveal Google’s work in schools aims to create a “pipeline of future users.”

• Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to opt their children out of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

• Lawmakers in 16 states proposed restrictions on classroom technology this year, including screen time limits.

The resolution is a remarkable change in direction for the nation’s second-largest school district following several years of investment in education technology, or ed tech, which was championed by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Carvalho was placed on leave in February after the FBI searched his Los Angeleshome and office, reportedly in connection withafailed technology companythat the districtpaid $3 millionto develop anonfunctional AI chatbot. Through an attorney, Carvalho has denied wrongdoing, and he has not been charged with a crime.

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During board meetings last fall, following parent complaints about excessive screen time in schools, Carvalho dismissed their concerns as “newly informed privilege” and framed providing devices to students as a matter of equity. “Do we have a specific to digital tool addiction in America? Yes we do — schools are not the reason, not even close,” he said at a September board meeting. “Parental responsibility is very much a part of this equation.”

The district defended Chromebook and iPad use in the classroom in a statement this week that said the devices improve education and the administration guides “schools to focus on how technology meaningfully supports learning rather than simply how long it is used.”

“Providing universal access to devices is a core equity strategy, helping eliminate disparities tied to income, geography, ability and family resources so that all students can participate in modern learning,” the district’s statement continued.

At Tuesday’s board meeting, acting Superintendent Andres Chait spoke positively about the resolution, as four dozen parents filled the room adorned with Schools Beyond Screens stickers and small signs reading “Teachers Over Tech” and “Relationships = Results.” The parents erupted into applause once the vote was tallied.

A grassroots movement of parents emerged nationwide over the past several months in the wake of cellphone bans in schools to demand that classrooms become less reliant on technology. Organized local coalitions have formed across the country calling on school districts to scale back policies to provide every student their own laptop or tablet, which are prevalent in the vast majority of schools. Some parents havedemanded to opt their children outof using devices at all for classwork, andan NBC News analysis found legislation proposed in 16 statesthis year that called for some sort of restriction on screen time or internet use in schools.

A handful of smaller school districts — including inBeverly Hills;Bend, Oregon; andBurke County, North Carolina — have enacted similar policies pushing a return to analog assignments in the classroom, but Los Angeles is the first of its size and in a major city to take on this approach amid parent backlash to screen time.

Melvoin and Tanya Ortiz Franklin, a board member co-sponsoring the resolution, each said they decided to introduce it following meetings with members of the Schools Beyond Screens parent coalition and after seeing kindergarten classrooms full of children with their heads buried in iPads and high schools populated by teenagers bending over Chromebooks.

“Let us model for our young people that adults are also learning, and we’re adjusting the rules and regulations that help their learning,” Ortiz Franklin said in an interview.

Los Angeles Unified’s administration will review the policy annually and survey students, parents and staff on it. And the district will have to figure out a way to track how long students spend on devices and specific software, then share regular reports with parents.

Four people are in critical condition after two trains collided in northernDenmark, police have said.

Another 13 people were injured when the trains collided between the towns of Hillerod and Kagerup, around 40km north ofCopenhagen.

Images of the scene on public broadcaster DR showed two yellow and grey trains, both with visible damage to the front, facing each other in a wooded area and surrounded by emergency services.

Dozens of emergency workers were called to what authorities described as a “serious accident”. Police said they have a “massive” presence on the scene.

"It is two local trains that have collided head-on," a spokesperson for the rescue services said.

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"There are injuries among the passengers. Everyone is out of the trains, so no one is trapped... Large resources have been dispatched to the scene," the spokesperson added.

The injured have since been transported away from the scene of the accident in ambulances and helicopters, the fire department said on X.

Around 15 vehicles and 50 firefighters were on the scene, with further assistance from neighbouring emergency services and Emergency Services RailDenmark.

“Passengers who are not physically injured have been gathered at the collection point.”

After a press briefing on Thursday morning, the fire service said its work at the scene was completed and further proceedings were being handled by the police.

Police said technical investigations are underway at the scene which will “continue over a longer period of time”.