UN Confirms That Children And Adults Are Starving In Madaya

UN officials who've entered the besieged Syrian town of Madaya with an international aid convoy, have confirmed reports that children and adults in the town are starving. Residents said they were forced to eat grass and cats.

A book by Pope Francis to be published today reveals his vision of God's mercy. Written as a collection of interviews with Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli -- "The Name of God is Mercy"-- depicts vivid stories of the Pope's own experience of mercy, and condemnations of corruption and pride in the Catholic Church.

In India, a 14-year-old teenager has described how she was left for dead in a well after being repeatedly raped and then shot by a group of men who had kept her captive.