Pope Francis to meet powerful Shia cleric in Iraq

Pope will discuss inter-faith relations on the second day of his historic trip.

Also, Shaharzad Akbar, chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Right Commission, on the reasons behind the surge of violence in her country.

And United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights asks Ethiopia to allow independent experts to investigate alleged human rights violations in Tigray region.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Charlotte Leslie, director of the Conservative Middle East Council, an organisation which promotes greater understanding of the Middle East amongst parliamentarians in the UK; and Christos Christou, president of Médecins Sans Frontières, or 'Doctors Without Borders', the international humanitarian non-governmental organisation.

(Picture: President Barham Salih of Iraq meets Pope Francis in Baghdad, Iraq. Credit: Mandatory Credit: REX/Shutterstock)