Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. His remarks followed the release of a body that Israeli authorities found was not that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the Palestinian militants had promised. Hamas said it would conduct a review of the information regarding the body. The group suggested a possible mix-up of remains might have occurred due to Israeli bombing of the area where the Israeli hostages were being held. The incident raised doubts about the future of the fragile ceasefire.

US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia says he’s held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war. He praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg — who traveled to Kyiv on Wednesday and whose planned news conference with Zelenskyy on Thursday was changed at the last minute to a simple photo opportunity — struck a positive tone Friday after saying it was “a long and intense day” of talks with Ukraine’s senior leadership. His comments marked a departure from rebukes of Zelenskyy by Trump and other senior U.S. officials that appeared to reflect an abrupt deterioration of relations.

12 university students killed when their bus and a truck collide in Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP) — A bus carrying university students and a truck collided on a highway in southeastern Brazil, killing 12 passengers and injuring 21 others. Officials said the truck driver, who was also injured, tried to flee the scene of the crash late Thursday night on a highway near the city of Nuporanga but was caught and hospitalized. He was later charged with attempting to flee the scene, involuntary homicide and bodily harm. All of the dead were students from the University of Franca. Local television stations broadcast images from the crash scene showing the bus, its left side completely destroyed. Three days of mourning have been declared in the state of Sao Paulo.

Medical team: Pope isn’t out of danger but his condition isn’t life-threatening

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ medical team says the pontiff’s condition isn’t life-threatening. But they said Friday that Francis isn’t out of danger. The 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis. Francis’ doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope’s condition. They said that he would remain hospitalized at least all of next week. The pope is receiving occasional supplements of oxygen and is responding to strengthened drug therapy for pneumonia. Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemellli hospital on Feb. 14 after his bronchitis worsened. Doctors have diagnosed pneumonia in both lungs and a complex infection.