Pope Leo XIV has said he has “no fear of the Trump administration”, after his criticism of the Iran war drew scorn from President Donald Trump.

On Sunday, the US President called the Pope “weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy”, and posted a now-deleted AI image of himself depicted as a Christ-like figure.The posts caused outrage among Catholics and the religious right, but he has said he will not apologise to the Pope.

We speak to BBC presenter and author Edward Stourton, who has reported on religious affairs and US politics for decades, about what happens when an American president takes on an American Pope.

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00:00 Introduction
01:11 Feud timeline so far
06:28 Confrontation between
08:02 Pope Leo, the diplomat
10:01 American Catholicism
12:36 The ‘eternal’ viewpoint of the church
13:42 Pope John Paul II comparisons
14:40 Religious rhetoric around the war in Iran
16:48 American evangelisms relationship with the Pope
17:47 Donald Trump’s use of Christian imagery
19:50 Who is really the most powerful American in the world?

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Commercial shipping is not flowing freely once again through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran declared that the vital shipping lane is open again.

Shipping companies are still said to be concerned about mines, as well as new rules Iran has imposed on them using the Strait.

While the markets have rallied, there remains  a lot of uncertainty over the status of the strait, which normally carries around a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies.

Iran declared it was reopening the shipping channel after a truce agreed in the war between Israel and the Iranian backed militia group, Hezbollah. However Donald Trump has insisted that the US blockade of Iranian ports will continue, until a permanent peace deal is agreed, in America’s own war, with Iran.

While the current ceasefire between the US and Iran still appears to be holding, it’s due to run out next week, with both sides still far apart on agreeing the conditions for a lasting deal.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Dharshini David and Lyse Doucet.

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As the war in Iran enters its 48th day, the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from the country’s capital, Tehran.

It comes after talks in Islamabad between the US, Iran and mediators in Pakistan failed to bring about a deal over the weekend.

The White House says discussions around a possible second round of peace talks between the US and Iran are “ongoing” and “productive” – but no time or place have been confirmed. The two-week ceasefire is due to end on 22 April.

US President Donald Trump said today Israeli and Lebanese leaders have agreed a 10-day ceasefire.

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