Monday marks three years since Russia invaded Ukraine as tensions swirl around peace talks. Israel pauses hostage and prisoner transfers, saying Hamas is making a spectacle out them. Pope Francis remains in critical condition.

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Zelenskyy says his country wants security guarantees before peace talks; Hamas names 3 Israeli hostages set for release; Pope Francis hospitalized with respiratory tract infection; Couples gather in Paris to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Pope Francis remains critically ill with double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he has been for 11 days. His condition has slightly improved, and he is still receiving oxygen. The Vatican is optimistic despite his ongoing health challenges.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

The press office for the Vatican said Sunday that Pope Francis was able to rest overnight as he slowly recovers from double pneumonia after initially being hospitalized for bronchitis.

The pontiff, 88, has been hospitalized for a week and a half and is receiving treatment for a complex respiratory infection.

It was heartbreaking and grotesque. Other hostages are reported by The Times to have spent their captivity bound, tortured, deprived of food and denied medical care for shrapnel wounds and other injuries. Some have barely seen sunlight in nearly 500 days.

Hamas Friday named the three Israeli hostages who are to be released Saturday, after agreeing to resume hostage releases agreed to in its cease-fire deal with Israel.

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff.