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  South Africa is holding a week of events to mark the passing of the anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90. The plans include two days of lying in state before an official state funeral on 1 January in Cape Town. Tributes have been pouring in from leaders around the world, including Queen Elizabeth II, US President Joe Biden and Pope Francis. Tutu was one of the country's best known figures at home and abroad. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement that Tutu had helped bring about "a liberated South Africa". A contemporary of Nelson Mandela, Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his role in the struggle to abolish the apartheid system enforced by the white minority government against the black majority in South Africa from 1948-91. On Sunday, South Africans of all ages and backgrounds stopped by Cape Town's St George's Cathedral to lay flowers and pay tribute to the country's national hero....

  IRBIL, Iraq -- The bodies of 16   Iraq i Kurdish migrants who drowned last month as they attempted to cross the English Channel were repatriated to northern Iraq on Sunday. The Nov. 24 disaster, in which 27 migrants died, has been described as the worst on record involving migrants trying to cross the perilous passage to Britain from France. The boat capsized off the coast of northern France, sparking a political crisis. Britain and France accused each other of not doing enough to deter people from crossing the English Channel. Dozens of mourners waited at the semi-autonomous Kurdish region’s international airport in Irbil Sunday, where the plane carrying the bodies arrived. Relatives grieved as the caskets were transported by ambulance to their hometowns for burial. The repatriations came amid a new tragedy involving migrants from the Middle East searching for new lives in Europe. Libya’s Red Crescent said Sunday that at least 27 bodies of Europe-bound migrants, including a...