Iran has tried to strike the U.K.-U.S. air base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, though officials report no damage. Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment site has been hit again as the regional war enters a fourth week. Iran says no radiation leaked. Residents in Tehran reported heavy overnight airstrikes Saturday as crowds gathered for end-of-Ramadan prayers. Israel’s defense minister said attacks will ramp up after an Iranian missile fragment hit an empty kindergarten near Tel Aviv. The conflict and threats to the Strait of Hormuz are pushing food and fuel prices higher.

Pope Leo XIV has urged a ceasefire in the Middle East and called on leaders in the Iran war to reopen talks. On Sunday, he spoke in his noon blessing and condemned attacks on schools, hospitals and homes. He pointed to a strike that hit a school in Iran and killed children. U.S. officials say an investigation is underway and flawed intelligence may have played a role. Leo also highlighted rising humanitarian risks in Lebanon and worried about vulnerable Christian communities. He kept his language indirect and avoided naming countries. Some U.S. cardinals and Vatican officials have spoken more bluntly and criticized the war.

Pope Leo XIV is moving into the newly renovated papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace. The Vatican said Leo would be joined in the papal apartment by his closest aides. While previous popes lived there, Pope Francis famously chose not to live in the flat, preferring instead to live in the Vatican hotel. After he was elected last May, Leo had continued living in his small apartment in the Vatican’s Sant’Uffizi palace. Over the ensuing 10 months, the Vatican undertook extensive renovations to the papal apartment. It was in dire need of an update because it hadn’t been used during Francis’ 12-year papacy.

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.” Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran on Friday as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war. The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since a 2024 ceasefire ended the last war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, who fired rockets at Israel in the opening days of the latest conflict. More than 95,000 people have fled Beirut’s suburbs and southern Lebanon after sweeping Israeli evacuation warnings. The U.S. and Israel have battered Iran with strikes, targeting their military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program. The stated goals and timelines for the war have repeatedly shifted.