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The front pages today deal with the Pope's phone call to Putin for a humanitarian truce in Ukraine, student protests against the government in Italy, and the agreement with the European Commission on the "bill decree," along with the protests from truck drivers and farmers against the rise in fuel costs. #Papa #ProtesteStudentesche #DecretoBollette (translated)

Scott Bessent said it bluntly: Europeans have given more money to Russia than to Ukraine because they cannot free themselves from Russian energy, and now to accuse the United States of a truce on diesel prices is "completely hypocritical." #GuerraNaUcrânia #Energia #Economia (translated)

I believe he also wants to end the war. This is how Donald Trump responded to the question of whether, after Pope Leo spoke in a phone call with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, the Russian president will listen to the words of the pope. #RussiaUcraina #PapaLeone #Tregua (translated)

It was the Holy Father who took the initiative to advocate for the cause of this besieged city, where about two thousand civilians are in need of exit channels, humanitarian channels. Explaining the dynamics of today's phone call was Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin: "It was the Holy Father who took the initiative to advocate for the cause of this besieged city, where about two thousand civilians are in need of exit channels, humanitarian channels. The Pope I believe has asked for a truce to allow for both the arrival of humanitarian aid, especially food, and also the evacuation of those who need to leave the city." #PapaLeoneXIV #RussiaUcraina #dialogoepace (translated)

In addition to asking Putin to allow the arrival of food and medicine, Pope Leo XIV has requested to permit the safe evacuation of civilians: according to the United Nations, about 1,700 people remain trapped inside the city (around 2,000, says the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin), most of whom are elderly and disabled. #TreguaUmanitaria #PapaLeoneXIV #Ucraina (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that Operation Shield 360, called “No Truce to Crime,” had resulted in 72 individuals being captured, 50 search warrants executed, 17 firearms seized, one grenade, and more than 6 kilograms of drugs removed from the streets of Barranquilla and its metropolitan area. He pointed out that among those detained were alleged leaders and members of Los Costeños, Los del Freseo, Los Porteños, Los Rápidos, and the Gulf Clan. According to what he wrote, the operation had affected their finances, extortion networks, micro-trafficking activities, and structures that, he said, instilled fear among citizens. He also acknowledged the coordinated efforts of the National Police, Military Forces, and the Attorney General's Office, and assured that his Government would not give a truce to crime. #Barranquilla #NoMásDelito #SeguridadCiudadana (translated)

It was the Holy Father who took the initiative of the phone call to Russian President Putin, "to advocate for the cause of this besieged city where about 2,000 civilians are in need of exit channels, humanitarian channels. The Pope I believe asked for a truce to allow both the arrival of humanitarian aid, especially food, as well as the evacuation of those who need to leave the city," said Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, after the phone call between Leone and Putin. #Ucraina #Oleshky #AiutiUmanitari (translated)

In Oleshky, a city occupied by the Russians, the situation of civilians is desperate, with scarce food and water, and any attempt to escape involves serious risks, leading the Pope to ask Putin for a ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid. #Ucraina #Oleshky #AiutiUmanitari (translated)

Ultimora.net reported that the Vatican announced a phone conversation between Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the statement from the Holy See, the Pontiff expressed concern for the humanitarian situation in Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and requested a ceasefire to allow the arrival of food and medical aid and the safe and voluntary evacuation of civilians. Leo XIV also reaffirmed the Holy See's commitment to dialogue and peace. #Vaticano #Papa #Pace (translated)

During a phone call between Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Pope requested a truce for the city of Oleshky due to the serious humanitarian situation, while Putin emphasized the importance of cooperation between Russia and the Vatican. #Papa #Putin #pace (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella said that 587 members of the Police and the Army participated in Barranquilla in Operation Blindaje 360, aimed, he wrote, at narcoterrorist structures, their sources of funding, and crimes such as homicides, extortion, theft, and disputes over territorial control. He stated that during the operation, leaders of the Clan del Golfo, Los Costeños, Los Pepes, Los del Freseo, and Los Porteños were captured, and insisted that the State would eliminate the criminal groups in the city. According to the bulletin he cited, as of 4:00 a.m., 34 raids had been carried out and 56 people had been captured: 28 in the act and 28 by judicial order. He broke down the crimes attributed to the detainees as follows: conspiracy to commit a crime (16), theft (13), drug trafficking (9), illegal possession of firearms (8), homicide (3), and others (7). He also asserted that, in the "era of the Tiger," unrest would cease to affect citizens and would instead impact the criminals due to the actions of the State. He concluded with patriotic and religious slogans. #Barranquilla #Seguridad #Justicia (translated)