Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, was elected to the papacy on Thursday by the papal conclave in Rome, assuming the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first-ever American-born pope. After graduating from Villanova University with a mathematics degree in 1977, Prevost was ordained as a priest in 1982 and eventually went on to serve in Peru for two decades, becoming a naturalized citizen of the country. Pope Francis, his predecessor, named him a bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, in 2015, and in 2023 appointed him as a cardinal and head of the Dicastery of Bishops, which oversees bishop appointments around the world. India and Pakistan accused one another of carrying out drone and missile attacks on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, as the conflict sparked by last month’s terrorist attack in Kashmir continued to escalate. Pakistan claimed to have shot down 12 Indian drones, while India said it prevented drone and missile attacks on 15 sites. India further accused Pakistani airstrikes of targeting three of its military bases. Pakistan has denied engaging in the cross-border fire, despite the country’s defense minister indicating Thursday that further retaliation by Islamabad was “increasingly certain.” Five Iranian nationals arrested in Britain last weekend are suspected of planning a terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy in London, the U.K.-based Times newspaper first reported Wednesday. British police are currently questioning four of the suspects, while the fifth has been released on bail. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday night that the Islamic Republic “categorically rejects any involvement” in the alleged plans, and suggested, without evidence, that the foiled attack was a third-party “false flag” operation designed to sabotage diplomatic relations. President Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced a new trade deal that will keep a 10 percent U.S. baseline tariff on British imports, but spare the first 100,000 British-made automobiles sold to the U.S. from 25 percent tariffs. The formal agreement has not yet been signed. While the full details of the deal have yet to be released, the White House said it will include the creation of a “new trading union for steel and aluminum” and lower tariff rates on U.K.-manufactured airplane parts. In exchange, the U.K. agreed to increase its purchases of U.S. goods, including beef, ethanol, and completed airplanes. Meanwhile, the European Union on Thursday released a list of potential U.S. imports that it plans to target in the event that no resolution is reached with the Trump administration. The list includes $107 billion worth of American products, including airplanes, automobiles, car parts, wine, beer, and liquor. Trump so far has implemented a blanket 10 percent tariff on E.U. imports, which he on April 2 announced would be raised to 20 percent before ultimately issuing a 90-day delay. “The EU remains fully committed to finding negotiated outcomes with the U.S.,” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday. “At the same time, we continue preparing for all possibilities.” The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned a Chinese oil refinery and three Chinese port operators it accused of purchasing and receiving “hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil.” The privately-owned Chinese refinery, Hebei Xinhai, allegedly processes Iranian oil, while the three Chinese firms operating a terminal in northern China’s Dongying Port are said to have received Iranian oil imports. Additionally, the administration sanctioned six vessels and their owners, along with two Indian ship captains, for allegedly transporting illicit Iranian oil to China and the Persian Gulf. Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced Thursday that he would be donating 99 percent of his fortune to the Gates Foundation—more than $10o billion and one of the largest philanthropic gifts of all time. He also said that the Gates Foundation, which he founded, would be wound down by 2045 in order to ensure that it spent as much of the money as possible. The gift will allow the foundation to spend an additional estimated $200 billion over the next two decades, continuing its work in supporting scientific research, education, and global health care. President Trump on Thursday withdrew his pick for U.S. attorney for Washington D.C., Ed Martin—who was serving in the role on an interim basis—announcing plans to appoint Fox News commentator Jeanine Pirro to fill the position for now. On Tuesday, GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would oppose Martin’s bid over his views on the January 6 attack on the Capitol, leaving support for Martin’s confirmation in the committee deadlocked at an 11-11 tie. Martin had previously said that the January 6 attack was “staged” and referred to federal prosecutors of January 6 defendants as “despicable people.”