5 h. ago Person killed in drone attack as Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting passenger trains

Two trains were hit in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, killing one and injuring about 30 others, officials sayTwo Russian drones struck trains at a station in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, killing one person and injuring about 30 others, officials said on Saturday, with Ukraine’s foreign minister accusing Moscow of deliberately hitting passenger trains.“A brutal Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region,” wrote the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Telegram, posting a video of a wrecked, burning passenger carriage and others with their windows blown out. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Dozens injured in 'savage' Russian drone strike on Ukrainian railway station

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian drone strike on a railway station in Shostka injured dozens on Saturday

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11 h. ago Russian drone strike hits passenger train at station in Sumy region of Ukraine with at least 30 injured

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack was ‘savage’ with at least 30 victims’

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12 h. ago Bledisloe Cup: Australia v New Zealand – Rugby Championship live

Updates from Wallabies v All Blacks in PerthKick-off at Optus Stadium is 5.45pm local/7.45pm AESTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email Five changes to the starting XV for the Wallabies – six for the All Blacks, four of them injury enforced. Among the half-dozen, Scott Barrett returns to skipper the side, Damien McKenzie replaces the injured Beauden Barrett at five-eighth, and Leicester Fainga’anuku comes in for Caleb Clarke.It’s an inexperienced line-up with five starters with under ten caps to their name, and a further four that have yet to pass 30 international appearances. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: ‘Political will’ needed to restore external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, UN watchdog says

Rafael Grossi says ‘security situation’ around plant must improve for repairs to be carried out; French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by Russian drone strike. What we know on day 1,319See all our Ukraine war overageThe head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Friday he was discussing proposals with Russia and Ukraine to restore off-site power to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, calling it a “question of political will”. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been cut off from external power since 23 September, with the fuel in its reactors being cooled by emergency diesel generators. The International Atomic Energy Agency director general, Rafael Grossi, said: “Both sides say they stand ready to conduct the necessary repairs on their respective sides of the frontline. But for this to happen, the security situation on the ground must improve so that the technicians can carry out their vital work without endangering their lives.”French photojournalist Ant...

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4 d. ago Mother pregnant with twins, two young boys and their father are killed in a Russian drone strike on block of flats

A Ukrainian mother who was pregnant with twins has died after her village was struck by an overnight Russian drone attack.   

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4 d. ago Photos from the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia

A building at an Islamic school in Indonesia collapsed onto praying students, injuring dozens and burying more in the rubble. Rescuers were digging into the unstable debris to find survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the East Java town of Sidoarjo.

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4 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: one dead, 65 buried under rubble as rescuers race to find survivors

Death toll expected to rise as instability of building in East Java town hampers rescue efforts At least one student has been killed, dozens injured and 65 presumed buried under rubble after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday, with rescuers running oxygen and water to those who remained trapped more than 12 hours later.Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the night pulled out eight weak and injured survivors hours after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in the East Java town of Sidoarjo collapsed while students were praying. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Islamic school in Indonesia collapses killing at least 1 and injuring dozens more

Officials say a four-story prayer hall in an Islamic boarding school on Indonesia’s main island of Java has collapsed on dozens of pupils who were praying in it, killing at least one male student

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6 d. ago Ukrainian woman who suffered 90% burns while pregnant in Putin drone attack on her home dies from her wounds

Tetyana Sakyian, 23, suffered 90 per cent burns but miraculously surgeons managed to deliver little Nazar at 35 weeks. She died from her injuries while the baby is still fighting for his life.

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6 d. ago Nato jets scrambled as Putin launches 'massive' drone and missile attack on Ukraine

The 'massive' air assault killed at least four people including a 12-year-old girl and left dozens injured after 500 drones and 40 missiles bombarded the Ukrainian capital and surrounding regions.

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7 d. ago Stampede at political rally in India kills at least 36 people and injures dozens more

Indian actor and politician Vijay had been campaigning for elections when the stampede occurred

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1 week ago At least 20 people reported injured after drone strike on Israeli city of Eilat

Two people seriously injured, says national ambulance service as military says drone was launched from YemenAt least 20 people were injured on Wednesday after a drone launched from Yemen hit Israel’s Red Sea resort city of Eilat on the border with Jordan and Egypt, the Israeli national ambulance service Magen David Adom said.It said two people were seriously injured while others sustained medium to light injuries. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Protesters flood streets of Philippines over state corruption

Dozens of police officers injured as anger explodes over billions allegedly spent on bogus relief projectsTens of thousands of Filipinos took to the streets on Sunday to protest against government corruption after it was alleged that the taxpayer has lost billions of dollars to bogus flood relief projects.Students, church groups, celebrities, and citizens from different political camps filled the streets in Manila and other cities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scores killed by RSF drone strike on mosque in besieged Sudanese city

First responders say 75 worshippers dead as paramilitaries push to capture last foothold of Sudanese army in DarfurA drone strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has killed 75 people worshipping in a mosque, first responders have said, as the group continued its push to capture the last foothold of Sudan’s army in the Darfur region.The attack, one of the deadliest this year in the city, hit the city’s al-Daraja neighbourhood, where civilians from the famine-hit Abu Shouk displacement camp had fled after it was overrun by fighters . Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sudanese paramilitary group reportedly kills 43 in mosque drone strike, says a local medical group

A Sudanese paramilitary group reportedly killed 43 civilians inside a mosque in El Fasher, North Darfur

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2 w. ago More than a dozen injured in Minneapolis shootings at homeless camp and near transit station

Eight people have been injured in a shooting at a homeless camp in Minneapolis, with four in critical condition

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2 w. ago Cryptocoins, official merch and Elon Musk: How Tommy Robinson pulled off his biggest march yet

What started as a promise for a ‘free speech festival’ with speakers from around the globe ended with dozens of police injured in violent clashes with protesters at what is thought to be the largest nationalist event in decades. But just how did Tommy Robinson pull it off? Holly Bancroft reports

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2 w. ago Ukrainian special forces ‘blow up Russian supply railway’ deep behind enemy lines

At least three people were killed in two separate operations by Ukrainian intelligence services

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2 w. ago Ukraine ramps up drone strikes on Russian oil facilities in latest attack

Ukrainian drones have struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, sparking a fire

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