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That report from Geraint Vincent of Independent Television News.

A former Vatican diplomatic accused Pope Francis today of waging a subtle slander campaign against him. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has claimed a cover-up involving former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and alleged sexual misconduct.

In a new letter today, Vigano said the pope compared him to Satan in recent remarks, and he said Vatican silence about a cover-up only confirms it.

Iranian government fired back today at Israeli accusations that it has a secret atomic warehouse. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the claim at the U.N. Today, Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, dismissed the presentation as — quote — "an arts and crafts show."

Back in this country, Facebook reports that hackers have compromised 50 million of its user accounts. The tech giant said today that the attackers used a Facebook function that lets users see how their profiles appear to others. Facebook said it doesn't know who was behind the cyber-attack or if any hacked accounts were misused.

A federal judge today allowed a lawsuit to proceed against President Trump over the so-called Emoluments Clause in the Constitution. Some 200 congressional Democrats have filed the suit. It alleges Mr. Trump is illegally taking payments from foreign entities, especially through his Washington, D.C., hotel.

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 18 points to close at 26458. The Nasdaq rose four and the S&P 500 added a fraction.

And two robotic rovers hopping across the surface of an asteroid have now sent back images. The picture show a rocky surface taken from slightly different angles. The asteroid is 170 million miles from Earth. The rovers are about the size of cookie tins. They were dropped to the surface by a Japanese probe.