Myanmar military executes four democracy activists

State media in Myanmar say the military authorities have carried out the country's first executions in decades. The UN's special rapporteur for Myanmar said he was outraged by the executions and called on the international community to take action.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is in Africa seeking non-Western alliances as Moscow pushes back against international censure over the war in Ukraine.

And Pope Francis is in Canada on tour of 'penance' for indigenous abuse.