Gathering beneath a brilliant sky, thousands of pilgrims converged on St Peter’s Square today as cardinals held a Mass before shutting themselves inside the Sistine Chapel to begin their election of a new Pope.

A SPECTACULAR fireball meteor was seen falling in the neighbourhood of two Madrid airports, emergency services said yesterday.

A spectacular fireball meteor was seen falling in the neighbourhood of two Madrid airports, emergency services said today.

A policeman was killed and seven people injured in an explosion during an anti-terrorist operation in a town south of Madrid tonight.