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Photograph: Vatican Media Handout/EPADuring the visit, Leo is expected to seek to repair the Catholic Church\u2019s standing after abuse scandals in the country, as well as deliver a landmark speech on AI development at Unesco and talk about Europe\u2019s future in Metz, with some other European leaders expected to attend.He will visit the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, as well as the famed Catholic shrine in Lourdes, among other places.The Pope\u2019s plane is now in French airspace and expected to land at Paris Orly airport in the next half hour.I will keep an eye on his trip and keep you up to date.Elsewhere, I will bring you all the updates from Ukraine and across the continent.It\u2019s Friday, 25 September 2026, it\u2019s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.Good morning.Key events1h agoTrump made final decision to give Ukraine licences to produce Patriot missiles, Zelenskyy claims2h agoPope Leo's plans in France today and over the weekend2h agoPope Leo arrives in France, welcomed by president Macron2h agoChurch bells across France ring to mark Pope Leo's visit2h agoPope Leo lands in Paris2h agoMorning opening: Pope Leo visits France to meet Catholics, talk AI, united EuropeMeanwhile, Russian authorities released the full results from the country\u2019s parliamentary election, and, would you believe it!?, the main Kremlin party, United Russia, won it big time.Totally unexpected.The party will get more than three-fourths of the seats in the lower house, the State Duma, a record high, AP noted. The tightly orchestrated vote excluded virtually any genuine opposition, it added.Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box to count votes in Russia's parliamentary election in Donetsk, Russian-occupied Ukraine. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesAs Luke Harding reported last week,\n \u201cWestern governments denounced the polls held in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine as a \u201csham\u201d. \n Russia\u2019s supreme court last month banned the only party that opposes the war, Yabloko, from participating, leaving liberal voters with no option to express discontent.\u201d\nAnd here are some photos from the palace \u2026Pope Leo XIV walks on a red carpet toward France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron ahead of a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris on September 25, 2026 at the start of his four days visit to France. Photograph: Remo Casilli/AFP/Getty ImagesEmmanuel Macron welcomes Pope Leon XIV at the Elysee in Paris. Photograph: Abdullah Firas/ABACA/ShutterstockFrance's President Emmanuel Macron (L) walks with Pope Leo XIV (L) before their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris on September 25, 2026 at the start of his four days visit to France. Photograph: Beno\u00eet Tessier/AFP/Getty ImagesBack in Paris, Pope Leo has arrived at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, where he was greeted by the French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.Crowds lined the streets of the capital to greet the pope, before his car arrived at the official residency of French president.A particularly long red carpet was rolled out as the Macrons appeared to warmly welcome Leo to the palace.Television footage showed the pope and the president talking to one another as they made their way through the grand building.Ukraine \u2060hit two \u2060Russian \u2060oil refineries in \u200bthe past \u2060day, president Volodymyr \u2060Zelenskyy \u200bsaid.Zelenskyy \u200csaid facilities \u200chas been struck in Bashkortostan and the \u200cSamara region, and \u200bthat there had \u2060also been \u200bunspecified strikes in \u200bthe \u200bBlack \u200bSea.Trump made final decision to give Ukraine licences to produce Patriot missiles, Zelenskyy claimsMeanwhile, we are getting a strong news line from Ukraine, with president Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling reporters that US president Donald Trump told him during their recent meeting that Ukraine would receive licenses for the production of Patriot missiles.In a voice note to journalists, Zelenskyy said:\n \u201cAt our last meeting, President Trump emphasised to me that yes, I have made a final decision. Ukraine will receive licences for the production of Patriot missiles.\u201d\nTrump first suggested the move in July, though he later appeared to backtrack on the promise.As Peter Beaumont explained at the time, it would mark a significant shift for Ukraine \u2013 if actually delivered on:\n \u201cIt would be a diplomatic coup for Kyiv, which has been struggling to counter Moscow\u2019s increasing missile threat. \n Zelenskyy has for years been asking for more of [the missiles], and more recently for a license so that Ukraine can manufacture its own. Even at the current increased rate of production it is estimated that the US would not manage to replenish its stockpile for its own use until 2028.\u201d\nLeo\u2019s visit in generally secular France attracted a fairly unexpected level of public interest, with over a million people expected to turn out to see him during the four-day trip.Pope Leo XIV welcomed as he arrives at Orly Airport near Paris, France. Photograph: Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/ShutterstockThere are a few sticking points between France\u2019s secular public policy and the Catholic church\u2019s teachings, including on abortion (the right was enshrined in the constitution in 2024) and assisted dying. The French Catholic hierarchy opposed both measures, but Leo is seen as unlikely to wade into these issues.In political terms, the pope\u2019s visit is seen as a big win for Macron in his final months in the office: his predecessor, Pope Francis, visited France three times, but never on an official state visit.Only around 5% of France\u2019s 69 million residents regularly attend Catholic church, AFP noted, but some 40% see themselves as Catholic.Interestingly, Leo\u2019s paternal ancestors were French, so there\u2019s also that.Pope Leo's plans in France today and over the weekendLater today, Pope Leo will go to the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace for (another) formal welcome and a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps, before visiting Unesco and delivering a speech on AI in mid-afternoon.Children with flags and a banner gather to welcome Pope Leo upon his arrival at Paris-Orly Airport in Orly, near Paris. Photograph: Remo Casilli/ReutersHe is then expected to go on a stroll through the streets of Paris, before going to the restored Notre Dame Cathedral.In the evening, he is due to meet with some 80,000 young people for a prayer vigil with young people at Stade de France (I decline to say what they consider as \u2018young\u2019, because I\u2019m not happy their brackets.)Tomorrow, he will visit Maison Bakhita social support and integration centre and hold a meeting at the Catholic Institute of Paris before hosting an open-air mass at Place de la Concorde and Avenue des Champs-Elysees and moving onwards to Lourdes.He will spend all Sunday there, with a Sunday Mass in the Sanctuary of Lourdes, and a private meeting with victims of sexual abuse within the Church later that day.He will then be in Metz on Monday, with a speech on the roots of united Europe, another stroll through the streets of the city, and a mass at Metz Cathedral, before flying back to Rome.Pope Leo arrives in France, welcomed by president MacronPope Leo gets off the plane, gets into a chat with Macron, and so the official welcome ceremony begins.Pope Leo XIV disembarks from the plane upon his arrival at the Orly airport, in the outskirts of Paris. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesFrench president Emmanuel Macron welcomes Pope Leo upon his arrival at Paris-Orly Airport in Orly, near Paris. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersThe plane is now in sight, and president Macron in position to welcome the pope to France.Any moment now.Pope Leo's plane lands as he arrives at Paris-Orly Airport in Orly, near Paris. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersMeanwhile, frantic preparations are under way at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, where the pope is expected later this morning\u2026A red carpet is installed in the courtyard of the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace ahead of the pope arrival for a meeting with French President. Photograph: St\u00e9phane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty ImagesWorkers set up a red carpet at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace to welcome Pope Leo XIV. Photograph: Teresa Su\u00e1rez/APBut first, back to Orly airport in Paris.Church bells across France ring to mark Pope Leo's visitTo welcome Pope Leo to France, the bells of churches across France started ringing at 10am, just as his plane touched down at Paris Orly.In fact, they are still ringing: it was agreed they would ring for seven minutes, which the Conference of Bishops of France said would be just right to \u201cmark the solemnity of the event without disrupting civil life.\u201dIt\u2019s seen as \u201ca symbolic gesture to mark the beginning of this apostolic journey and allow everyone to join in, wherever they are.\u201dMeanwhile, AP is reporting that in what will surely be seen as a swipe at Donald Trump, Pope Leo told reporters on board of his plane that they are always welcome to cover him, and affirmed the need for media scrutiny.These comments came in response to a question about Trump ban at the White House, AP is reporting.Pope Leo lands in ParisAs I was chatting about politics, Pope Leo\u2019s plane has just landed in Paris.We should see him shortly.People stand behind a banner reading in French \"welcome in France\" as they wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV outside Orly airport, in the outskirts of Paris. Photograph: Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty ImagesLast night Macron gave a rare prime time TV interview, answering questions about all sorts of current issues.President Emmanuel Macron speaks during an interview with France 2 and TF1 at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty ImagesTalking to TF1 and France2, he denied media reports from Spain that the US Central Intelligence Agency warned Paris of a potential Russian strike across southern Europe, from the Mediterranean (Europe Live, Thursday).\u201cI can deny \u200cit. The CIA did not inform French services,\u201d he said.But he still repeated his warning about Russia\u2019s \u201cgrowing\u201d hostile activities in Europe, saying all sensitive sites in France are subject to additional protection.The French president also said that said any ban on US diesel exports backed by president Donald Trump would be a \u201cbad\u201d decision, including for the US economy.Interestingly, French president Emmanuel Macron will meet with Pope Leo this morning and host him at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, but will not attend tomorrow\u2019s mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris.Former president Nicolas Sarkozy said the decision was Macron\u2019s personal choice, adding that he would have attended if he were still in office.\u201cSome say that in the name of secularism, he shouldn\u2019t go. That doesn\u2019t make sense: secularism is a right, a right to believe or not to believe,\u201d he said, quoted by BFM TV.French prime minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu will represent the state on Saturday instead.Morning opening: Pope Leo visits France to meet Catholics, talk AI, united EuropeJakub KrupaPope Leo will visit France this weekend, the first papal state visit to the country in 18 years, beginning with Paris today.Pope Leo XIV boarding a plane from Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy. Photograph: Vatican Media Handout/EPADuring the visit, Leo is expected to seek to repair the Catholic Church\u2019s standing after abuse scandals in the country, as well as deliver a landmark speech on AI development at Unesco and talk about Europe\u2019s future in Metz, with some other European leaders expected to attend.He will visit the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, as well as the famed Catholic shrine in Lourdes, among other places.The Pope\u2019s plane is now in French airspace and expected to land at Paris Orly airport in the next half hour.I will keep an eye on his trip and keep you up to date.Elsewhere, I will bring you all the updates from Ukraine and across the continent.It\u2019s Friday, 25 September 2026, it\u2019s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.Good morning." ], "output": "readability", "pwd": "/data/archive/1790330680.131554", "schema": "ArchiveResult", "start_ts": "2026-09-25T10:14:51.059268+00:00", "status": "succeeded" } ], "screenshot": [], "singlefile": [], "title": [ { "cmd": [ "curl", "--silent", "--location", "--compressed", "--max-time", "120", "--user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/118.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 ArchiveBox/0.7.4 (+https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/) curl/curl 8.14.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/25/pope-leo-france-paris-notre-dame-metz-ai-europe-latest-news-updates" ], "cmd_version": "curl 8.14.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", "end_ts": "2026-09-25T10:14:51.050585+00:00", "index_texts": null, "output": "Pope Leo visits France for first papal visit in 18 years \u2013 Europe live | World news | The Guardian", "pwd": "/data/archive/1790330680.131554", "schema": "ArchiveResult", "start_ts": "2026-09-25T10:14:50.946615+00:00", "status": "succeeded" } ], "wget": [ { "cmd": [ "wget", "--no-verbose", "--adjust-extension", "--convert-links", "--force-directories", "--span-hosts", "--no-parent", "-e", "robots=off", "--reject=js,mjs,woff,woff2,ttf,otf,eot,mp4,m4v,mov,webm,ogv,mkv,avi,flv", "--timeout=120", "--restrict-file-names=windows", "--page-requisites", "--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/118.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 ArchiveBox/0.7.4 (+https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/) wget/GNU Wget 1.21.3", "--compression=auto", "--timestamping", "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/25/pope-leo-france-paris-notre-dame-metz-ai-europe-latest-news-updates" ], "cmd_version": "GNU Wget 1.21.3", "end_ts": "2026-09-25T10:14:50.933627+00:00", "index_texts": null, "output": "www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/25/pope-leo-france-paris-notre-dame-metz-ai-europe-latest-news-updates.html", "pwd": "/data/archive/1790330680.131554", "schema": "ArchiveResult", "start_ts": "2026-09-25T10:14:47.545285+00:00", "status": "succeeded" } ] }, "icons": null, "is_archived": true, "is_static": false, "latest": { "archive_org": null, "dom": null, "favicon": "favicon.ico", "git": null, "media": null, "pdf": null, "screenshot": null, "singlefile": null, "title": "Pope Leo visits France for first papal visit in 18 years \u2013 Europe live | World news | The Guardian", "warc": null, "wget": "www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/25/pope-leo-france-paris-notre-dame-metz-ai-europe-latest-news-updates.html" }, "link_dir": "/data/archive/1790330680.131554", "newest_archive_date": "2026-09-25T10:14:53.934197+00:00", "num_failures": 0, "num_outputs": 6, "oldest_archive_date": "2026-09-25T10:14:46.407800+00:00", "path": "/world/live/2026/sep/25/pope-leo-france-paris-notre-dame-metz-ai-europe-latest-news-updates", "schema": "Link", "scheme": "https", "snapshot_id": "949f9650-831f-4138-b805-7da1d6c51708", "sources": [ "/data/sources/1790330680-import.txt" ], "tags": ",war-wiki,pool,world_news", "tags_str": "war-wiki,pool,world_news", "timestamp": "1790330680.131554", "title": "Pope Leo visits France for first papal visit in 18 years \u2013 Europe live | World news | The Guardian", "updated": "2026-09-25T10:14:46.407667+00:00", "updated_date": "2026-09-25 10:14", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/25/pope-leo-france-paris-notre-dame-metz-ai-europe-latest-news-updates" }