The IMF has upgraded its global growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund forecasts the global economy will grow faster this year than previously expected -- and says the worst of the cost of living crisis could now be behind us. The death toll in a suicide bombing in a mosque in north-western Pakistan has risen to 83. More than fifty people remain injured in hospital. As the Pope arrives in the DR Congo, one Catholic student says he hopes the visit can inspire the church to help unlock the country's potential. And as a United Nations official makes an optimistic prediction about the return of girls to school in Afghanistan, the organisation is criticised for its stance on the Taliban.