Taiwan to recognize same-sex marriage; Manchester bombing; protecting hospitals from attack; France and human rights; Donald Trump meets Pope; Trump praises Philippines' bloody war on drugs; migrants drown off Libya; global family planning at risk; Burma's hollow denials; and truth & dignity under attack in Tunisia.

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US President Donald Trump has held his first meeting with Pope Francis. The meeting was keenly awaited as the two men have already clashed on issues including migration and climate change.
Staying with Donald Trump, the US President has praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for the way in which he's dealt with the country's drug problem - namely by having drug users murdered.
From earlier today: Taiwan's top judges have ruled in favor of gay marriage, paving the way for it to become the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex unions. The country's highest court ruled that current laws preventing members of the same sex from marrying were unconstitutional. It gave parliament two years to amend existing laws or pass new ones.
In the aftermath of a bomb attack on the UK city of Manchester earlier this week in which some 22 people died, displays of community cohesion continue. Britons are currently crowdfunding for a homeless man, who rushed to the scene and cradled the dying, to be given six month's rent to get him back on his feet.
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