Day News Recap: Ukraine under fresh strikes as Gaza inquiry deepens pressure on Israel

Russia launched renewed overnight strikes on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, hitting the South Bridge in the capital and causing fresh damage to transport infrastructure, while separate attacks in the Voronezh region killed three people and disrupted rail traffic. Kyiv was also hit by two waves of ballistic missile fire, leaving one woman dead and 14 people injured.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv has been waiting for almost a month for US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to approve interceptor missiles for Patriot systems, as Ukraine also reported better interception rates against Russia’s jet powered drones but warned that disruption to military grade satellite communications could slow progress. In a separate diplomatic push, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a rare 90 minute call with Vladimir Putin about the war, as talks in Abu Dhabi continued.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, a United Nations commission of inquiry said Israel continued to commit genocide in Gaza despite a truce, and also found crimes against humanity and war crimes in the West Bank, adding to international pressure on Jerusalem. Israel meanwhile held its first general election since the Gaza war began, with turnout reaching its highest level in decades as voters cast ballots in a tight race that could decide Benjamin Netanyahu’s future.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Election day in Israel also drew homecoming flights as thousands of citizens returned from abroad to vote, while reports said the military denied that its decisions on Iran were being shaped by politics amid a feud with Netanyahu over possible strikes. Separately, Iranians were watching the Israeli and US elections for signs that the current pause in hostilities could end.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Across the wider region, the Saudi led coalition said it intercepted three ballistic missiles and four drones fired by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia, while Jordan said its air force killed around 20 Islamic State militants in strikes in southern Syria. In Sudan, a drone strike on a market in Nyala killed at least 21 people and wounded about 40, and the United States plus 30 other Western states warned that food insecurity in the country was worsening sharply.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in Africa, Congo’s Ebola outbreak passed 10,000 confirmed cases and deaths were nearing half of the total, with the crisis further strained after a nurse helping treat patients was killed in an attack by a machete armed group. In South Sudan, at least 72 people were killed in co ordinated cattle raids in Warrap state, underscoring the scale of local violence.  🔗  🔗

In Europe, the EU budget fight sharpened as leaders grappled with a €70 billion shortfall linked to Ukraine financing, while the bloc also renewed sanctions on ISIL, Da’esh and Al Qaeda until October 2027. Romania said it had uncovered a Russia linked sabotage network tied to a fire near a weapons factory in Brasov, and Greece rejected Libya’s move to ratify a 2019 maritime deal with Turkey.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Britain charged two men under the National Security Act over an incident near RAF Fairford, while the UK government also unveiled a pre Budget plan to suspend import taxes on more than 100 everyday goods. Poland and the UK separately signed a three year defence cooperation plan in Warsaw, and Europe’s five main NATO powers said in Paris they were ready to take greater responsibility for the continent’s security while keeping the US as an indispensable ally.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In Asia Pacific, India said border face offs with Chinese troops were continuing in Arunachal Pradesh, and it was evacuating tens of thousands from its eastern coast as Cyclone Arnab neared landfall. In Australia, severe storms brought giant hail and flash flood risk to south east Queensland, while residents in Adelaide reported shaking after a magnitude 4.9 earthquake and Western Australia opened comment on a proposed 870 megawatt gas fired power station near Perth.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Other developments included Algeria ordering troop deployment to Niger on an energy security mission, the US military barring BYD vehicles from Kadena airbase in Japan over security concerns, and US President Donald Trump saying he would ban the term AI in official documents in favour of SI. In the US legal system, James Comey faced a third criminal case under the Trump administration, a federal appeals court blocked an effort to stop California counting roughly 20,000 mail in ballots, and prosecutors announced several fraud and child exploitation cases.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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