内容摘要：A third teenage boy managed to make it back to shore.

A third teenage boy managed to make it back to shore.

Badenoch has ruled out an electoral pact with Reform on a national level, arguing that Farage is trying to destroy the Conservatives as a party.But she has faced increasing questions in recent days about whether her party's councillors would be allowed to do deals with Reform UK to govern locally.

Asked earlier whether she could rule out local deals, Badenoch told BBC Breakfast Tory councillors would have to "make the choice about what is right for their councils" after the elections next month.She pointed out that Tories were already governing locally as part of "various coalitions" with other parties, including Labour and the Liberal Democrats, as well as independent councillors."Local leaders need to decide what to do to run their councils," she said, adding: "People expect their local leaders to deliver."

She did not specify whether this applied only to formal arrangements for sharing power, or more informal deals where parties could agree to co-operate on particular policy areas or budget-setting.But Farage later said Reform had "no intention in forming coalitions with the Tories" as they "broke Britain nationally for 14 years".

However, the Reform UK leader has not ruled out more informal routes to share power with other parties.

Speaking to BBC East Midlands on Wednesday, he said Reform had a "responsibility to work with the most pragmatic and sensible people to get things done".Hymns played out on giant speakers, occasionally drowned out by the sound of helicopters flying overhead, as drones and seagulls crisscrossed over Michelangelo's dome.

Yet the voice of 91-year-old Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re rang loud and clear as he presided over the mass.The service's structure was very similar to that of any Catholic funeral mass, although the readings were done in many different languages and all hymns were sung in Latin.

Outside St Peter's, a crowd the Vatican later said numbered 200,000 applauded as large screens showed Zelensky take his seat. There was also applause when the Pope's simple wooden coffin was brought out.The crowd's applause marked some other salient moments - such as when Cardinal Re, as part of his homily, remembered the Pope's commitment to migrants and peace.