Bethany Bell

The Pope has been showing improvements over recent days. The Vatican bulletins have shown an improvement in the stability of his health. And today, the doctors who've been treating him at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome said that the Pope was now able to be discharged. They said that he had...

The Pope has been showing improvements over recent days. The Vatican bulletins have shown an improvement in the stability of his health. And today, the doctors who've been treating him at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome said that the Pope was now able to be discharged. They said that he had...

had very serious crises during the time he was in hospital to what they call life-threatening episodes, but that he'd never been intubated and he'd always remained alert and oriented. Now they say he's in a stable clinical condition.

had very serious crises during the time he was in hospital to what they call life-threatening episodes, but that he'd never been intubated and he'd always remained alert and oriented. Now they say he's in a stable clinical condition.

He'll be allowed to go home, but he needs to have two months at least, they say, of convalescence and with drug therapy and rest so that he can improve and start work again.

He'll be allowed to go home, but he needs to have two months at least, they say, of convalescence and with drug therapy and rest so that he can improve and start work again.

They haven't offered any detail about what his schedule might be. At the moment they say the very important thing is for him to continue his therapy, his physiotherapy, his drug therapy and this convalescent period. But they say that... Before he leaves hospital, he will appear from his window from the papal apartment in the Gemelli Hospital and offer a blessing there.

They haven't offered any detail about what his schedule might be. At the moment they say the very important thing is for him to continue his therapy, his physiotherapy, his drug therapy and this convalescent period. But they say that... Before he leaves hospital, he will appear from his window from the papal apartment in the Gemelli Hospital and offer a blessing there.

And that will be the first time he'll appear in public since he was admitted to hospital, which happened on February the 14th. and then he'll return to his residence at the Vatican. Apart from a photograph that was released last week and a voice message by the Pope, he hasn't been seen at all since he was taken into hospital.

And that will be the first time he'll appear in public since he was admitted to hospital, which happened on February the 14th. and then he'll return to his residence at the Vatican. Apart from a photograph that was released last week and a voice message by the Pope, he hasn't been seen at all since he was taken into hospital.

So it's expected that the faithful will gather below his window to receive that blessing.

So it's expected that the faithful will gather below his window to receive that blessing.

Austria has a new government after the longest wait for a coalition since World War II. It's a three-party coalition of the Conservatives, the Social Democrats and the Liberal Neos. Their first attempt to form a government collapsed in January. The Euro-sceptic Russia-friendly Freedom Party was then given a mandate to form a coalition that failed last month.

Austria has a new government after the longest wait for a coalition since World War II. It's a three-party coalition of the Conservatives, the Social Democrats and the Liberal Neos. Their first attempt to form a government collapsed in January. The Euro-sceptic Russia-friendly Freedom Party was then given a mandate to form a coalition that failed last month.

Following that, the three centrist parties managed to agree a deal. The Conservative People's Party controls the Interior and Defence Ministries, the Social Democrats have the Finance and Justice Ministries, and the NAIAs have the Foreign Ministry and Education.

Following that, the three centrist parties managed to agree a deal. The Conservative People's Party controls the Interior and Defence Ministries, the Social Democrats have the Finance and Justice Ministries, and the NAIAs have the Foreign Ministry and Education.

This took a very long time. It took five months. That's the longest in Austria since the Second World War. So this is a really it's been a long and tortuous period of coalition negotiations. First of all, it was these three parties who were trying to form a coalition. They spoke until the beginning of January and then their talks failed.

This took a very long time. It took five months. That's the longest in Austria since the Second World War. So this is a really it's been a long and tortuous period of coalition negotiations. First of all, it was these three parties who were trying to form a coalition. They spoke until the beginning of January and then their talks failed.

After that, the president said to the far right Freedom Party, which, as you said, won the election in September. They then began talks with the Conservatives. But in February, that collapsed as well. And then these three centrist parties got back together again, the Conservatives, the Social Democrats and the small liberal news parties.

After that, the president said to the far right Freedom Party, which, as you said, won the election in September. They then began talks with the Conservatives. But in February, that collapsed as well. And then these three centrist parties got back together again, the Conservatives, the Social Democrats and the small liberal news parties.