Russia missile and drone strike on Kyiv sets buildings ablaze and injures at least five
Russian forces struck Kyiv overnight with missiles and drones, causing fires in a hotel and several residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital. At least five people were injured, according to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attack also prompted a preventive airspace response in neighbouring Poland.Klitschko said the hotel roof caught fire on Shevchenko Boulevard, a central thoroughfare in Kyiv. He later said the city had come under ballistic missile attack and that five people were injured in one of the central districts. Multiple explosions were heard in the city, and reports from the scene said people were trapped in a... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 02 Jul 2026 02:30 LONDON
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Fire breaks out in central Kyiv during air raid alert after explosion
A fire broke out in central Kyiv on Wednesday after an explosion during an air raid alert, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. Smoke and flames were seen rising shortly after the detonation, and emergency crews moved in quickly. Firefighters and ambulances were reported rushing to the area as the alert remained in effect.The incident was observed in the Ukrainian capital on 1 July, with no immediate official casualty toll included in the supplied material. The reporter said the explosion was heard in central Kyiv before the fire became visible. The response from fire crews and ambulances suggests... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 01 Jul 2026 23:00 LONDON
Day News Recap: Doha talks ease Iran tensions as Ukraine strikes, heatwaves and security crises spread
US and Iranian delegations held technical talks in Doha on reopening and traffic flow through the Strait of Hormuz, even as Donald Trump said recent strikes had hit hard and was reported to be weighing renewed military action before leaning back toward diplomacy. 🔗 🔗The maritime standoff around the strait deepened when a foreign container ship ran aground on the Omani side, adding a fresh flashpoint to disputes over an approved route, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Iran's president that freedom of navigation there is vital and invited him to the BRICS summit. 🔗 🔗In the wider Middle... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 01 Jul 2026 18:03 LONDON
Ukraine says it struck Russia's Ufa oil refinery again and hit missile-components plant in Penza
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Ufa oil refinery for a second time in a week and also hit a plant producing missile components in the Penza region. He said the refinery is one of Russia's largest producers of lubricants and is located more than 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine. The Penza facility, he added, lies about 500 kilometres from Ukraine and is linked to Russia's military-industrial complex.Zelenskyy described the attacks as a response to Russia's war against Ukraine and said peace was needed. Russian officials did not confirm either strike, and the claims could not be independently verified.... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 01 Jul 2026 15:31 LONDON
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Noontime News Recap: Doha diplomacy deepens as Ukraine, Israel and climate shocks add to global strain
US and Iranian officials are converging on Doha for mediated talks, with Qatari and Pakistani intermediaries involved as tensions remain high over the Strait of Hormuz and wider regional security. The discussions are being framed as indirect technical contacts, but they come alongside a broader push to keep channels open between Washington and Tehran. 🔗 🔗In the Middle East, a newly signed Lebanon Israel declaration has drawn sharp criticism inside Lebanon, with Hezbollah and its allies warning it could fuel future conflict rather than ease it. Separately, Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's pursuit of total victory against Iran and its proxies... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 01 Jul 2026 12:03 LONDON
Day News Recap: Pakistan strikes in Afghanistan spark civilian deaths as US courts and Iran talks dominate
The biggest escalation came on the Pakistan Afghanistan border, where the UN mission in Afghanistan said at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 injured after Pakistan launched airstrikes and sent ground troops into Afghan territory. India condemned the strikes, saying civilians, including women and children, were among the dead. 🔗 🔗Regional fallout widened as Donald Trump said Iran had requested a meeting in Doha and that talks would go ahead, while Iranian officials denied any political negotiations were planned. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were later reported to be in Qatar for mediator led discussions, with Tehran... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 30 Jun 2026 18:03 LONDON
Ukraine says it struck Russia's Dubna satellite communications site for a second time
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv had struck Russia's Dubna Satellite Communications Centre in the Moscow region for a second time. He described the target as part of Ukraine's long-range campaign against Russian military communications and reconnaissance. The claim points to another cross-border strike deep inside Russian territory, more than 500 kilometres from Ukraine's border.Zelenskyy said the site was a "special satellite communications facility" used for reconnaissance and for coordinating Russia's occupation contingent in Ukraine. In a post on social media, he said Ukraine's "long-range sanctions" had again reached the Dubna space communications centre. The supplied material says the facility... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Jun 2026 13:31 LONDON
Baby and man dead in Russia after overnight Ukraine drone strikes
A six-month-old baby has died in Russia's Moscow region after debris from a drone struck a building, according to the regional governor. A man was also killed overnight in the Belgorod region in a separate drone attack, local authorities said. The incidents came during a large-scale overnight wave of Ukrainian drone strikes across Russia.Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, said the baby was taken out of the building with another child and two other survivors before dying on the way to hospital. Russia's defence ministry said air defences intercepted and destroyed 419 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles across... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Jun 2026 10:00 LONDON
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Ukraine gives Belarus one week to shut down Russia-linked drone relay stations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly demanded that Belarus shut down four relay stations installed by Russia and used to support drone attacks on Ukraine. He said the sites should be removed within about a week, warning that Kyiv could strike them itself if Belarus does not comply. The remarks mark a sharp escalation in pressure on Belarus, which borders Ukraine along a frontier stretching more than 1,000 kilometres.According to the reported details, the stations were originally cellular communication towers that now help Russian drone operators relay signals and exchange information between unmanned aircraft. Zelenskyy said on 19 June that... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 29 Jun 2026 13:00 LONDON
Breakfast News Recap: Middle East tensions ease, Europe hit by heat and tragedy, markets turn risk off
The United States and Iran have agreed to stand down for now after several days of fire exchanges near the Strait of Hormuz, while technical talks continue on ending the wider Middle East war. 🔗 🔗In Gaza, Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13 year old girl, as attacks on tents and other sites continued in the north and south of the enclave. 🔗 Israel also carried out further strikes in southern Lebanon, including the destruction of what it described as a tunnel near the village of Aita al Shaab, as the new framework deal faces its... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 29 Jun 2026 08:18 LONDON
Ukraine sentences former intelligence officer to life for spying for Russia
Ukraine has sentenced a former senior intelligence officer to life in prison after finding him guilty of high treason for passing classified information to Russia's FSB security service. The case centres on Col Dmytro Kozyura, a former chief of staff in the Security Service of Ukraine's anti-terrorism centre, who prosecutors said had access to state secrets and used that position to help Russian handlers. The ruling was announced in Kyiv and follows a counterintelligence investigation that Ukrainian officials say had been running for months.The prosecutor general said Kozyura agreed to share information that constituted state secrets in return for financial... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 26 Jun 2026 12:04 LONDON
EU proposes extending temporary protection for Ukrainians while excluding new military-age men
The European Commission has proposed extending temporary protection for Ukrainians already living in the European Union until March 2028, while stopping the scheme from covering newly arriving military-age men. The move would affect the bloc's response to people fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine, which has continued for a fifth year. It would still allow those excluded from temporary protection to seek asylum under existing rules.The proposal was announced in Brussels by the EU's internal affairs chief, Magnus Brunner, who said the change follows a request from Kyiv. He said the plan means temporary protection should not be granted to newly... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 26 Jun 2026 10:03 LONDON
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Zelensky skips Ukraine recovery conference in Poland amid diplomatic rift
The annual Ukraine Recovery Conference opened in the Polish port city of Gdansk under heavy security, with Poland and Ukraine trying to present a conciliatory tone despite weeks of tension. Ukraine's president did not attend, and Kyiv sent Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko instead. The gathering is intended to mobilise support for rebuilding Ukraine after Russia's invasion, but this year it has been overshadowed by a dispute over historical memory and reconciliation.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged the West to believe that a post-war Ukraine will "rise from the ruins", comparing that prospect with the wartime destruction of his native Gdansk.... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 25 Jun 2026 16:35 LONDON
The Mirage of the Umbrella: The Shifting Sands of the U.S.-Israel-GCC Alliance
As I sat in a recent debate at the historic Carlton Club in London, listening to Faisal Abbas, the Editor-in-Chief of Arab News, I felt a tangible shift in the room, not because a new fact had been revealed, but because an old illusion had finally lost its last breath. The old-world order has not merely changed, it has evaporated, leaving the Gulf to realize it is no longer watching a distant fire from the safety of marble towers and air-conditioned ministries, but is instead standing directly inside the smoke. The GCC today is caught in a lethal crossfire between... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 29 Apr 2026 21:40 LONDON
