Russia has attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 17 people, as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said interceptors “could have saved lives”.

In one of the deadliest strikes across Kyiv this year – which started after midnight on Wednesday – at least 44 people were injured after residential buildings, a railway station and warehouses were hit, Zelensky said.

The Russia defence ministry said it had struck logistics hubs and supply centres in Kyiv and the surrounding region.

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Left-wing political outsider Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

The former public health official said “In the words of Mohammad Ali, ‘We shook up the world’.”

He will face Republican and Trump ally Mike Rogers, in November’s midterm elections. If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the US senate.

But what do we know about him, and what does his victory mean for the Democrats?

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00:00-01:15 – Intro
01:15-02:37 – Who is Abdul El-Sayed?
02:37-04:07 – Key issues for Michigan voters
04:07-04:38 – Is Michigan a swing state?
04:38-05:20 – Who is Mike Rogers?
05:20-07:40 – The trend of progressive Democrats

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The recent youth-led protests have weakened Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “terribly”, says leading activist Sonam Wangchuk whose hunger strike galvanised the movement.

Wangchuk told the BBC that the atmosphere in the country had changed following mass demonstrations which triggered the resignation of the education minister on 25 July.

Young people now have more confidence they can “change things if they want to” and feel they don’t have to “take everything lying down”, the 59-year-old said.

The “cockroach” movement mounted one of the biggest public displays of dissent against Modi’s government, which has been in power since 2014.

The movement takes its name from a remark by India’s chief justice, who drew criticism after comparing sections of unemployed young people to “cockroaches” during a court hearing.

Wangchuk fasted in scorching heat in the capital, Delhi, for 26 days in June and July, consuming only salt and water. He says he has now regained six of the 11kg he lost.

The activist was forcibly taken to hospitals which he says were “more like prisons” for the final six days of his fast.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned the day after Wangchuk ended his hunger strike.

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