World's Oldest Person, Sister André, Dies Aged 118

The world's oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118.

Ms Randon - who assumed the name Sister André when she took holy orders in 1944 - died in her sleep at her nursing home in Toulon, France.

Born in 1904 in southern France, she lived through two world wars and dedicated much of her life to Catholicism.