This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Pete Ross and in the early hours of Sunday, the 7th of December, these are our main stories.
Police in India say more than 20 people have been killed in a fire at a nightclub in Goa.
And the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth,
issues a fresh justification of attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats.
Also in this podcast we have the latest from peace talks on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
The Vatican returns indigenous cultural artefacts to Canada.
These are not simply artefacts.
They are our belongings, our ancestors, vital indicators of our nation's histories.
And we've an update on the schedule for next year's World Cup.
As we record this podcast,
Indian emergency workers are gathered outside a popular nightclub in Goa where a fire has killed at least 25 people.
The police deputy general said it was an unfortunate incident.
Alok Kumar said the fire in Arpora was reported a few minutes past midnight when ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene.
He said the blaze had been contained.
Videos on social media show rescuers carrying the dead and injured on stretchers down the narrow stone staircase of the building.
The BBC's Vikas Pandney is at the scene in Goa.
This is Birch Club in Goa behind me where a deadly fire broke out between 1 and 1.30am last night.
Now one eyewitness who was just outside on the road here told us that he heard a lot of screaming and shouting and people rushing out of the club and when he reached the gate he saw One of the buildings had turned into a complete fireball and it was total mayhem after that.
Now this morning what we're hearing that all the bodies have been moved to Goa Medical College where the difficult process of identifying them will begin now.