Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences was hit by a Russian drone strike, killing one person and leaving three injured, according to city’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.

Footage showed people leaning out of windows as they evacuated the burning building.

Firefighters helped people evacuate through the windows as a plume a black smoke billowed out of the building.

The BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams was at the scene as emergency services attempted to stop the raging fire.

Russia has been carrying out sustained attacks on Ukraine, with explosions reported in the capital Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with several buildings damaged.

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A mental health trust where a man was killed by a fellow patient, has been warned further deaths may occur unless staff issues are addressed.

The warning has been made in a coroner’s report sent to the East London NHS Foundation trust after an inquest heard that staff on duty had slept on the job and falsified observation records.

The family of Hugo Flint Cahan, who was killed, says there was a “litany of failures” in the care of both men.

The trust says one staff member has been sacked, others are being investigated and it is making improvements.

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Dame Esther Rantzen the broadcaster, charity founder, and assisted dying campaigner has died at the age of 86.

Her family have paid tribute to her as the “most wonderful mother” and a “cherished grandmother”. She was known for presenting the BBC TV programme, That’s Life, and later went on to set up Childline, the helpline for children suffering abuse or neglect in the UK.

Recently, she had campaigned for the legalisation of assisted dying.

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A pilot on an Israel-bound flight stabbed another pilot and “apparently tried to crash the plane”, said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

The plane was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv when it plummeted 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes, before being diverted to Saudi Arabia.

One passenger reports “terrible screams throughout the plane” before “three to five guys burst into the cockpit” and subdued an attacker.

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A flight bound for Tel Aviv, Israel, with about 170 people on board issued a hijack alert after one pilot reportedly stabbed another, and tried to crash the plane.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the pilot was arrested after the flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

Defence Minister Israel Katz has claimed the incident was an “attempted jihadist terror attack”.

The airline, Flydubai, has confirmed that an altercation took place on the flight deck, but says the motives aren’t yet known. Passengers have now been flown to Ben Gurion Airport on another Flydubai plane (pictured).

Also in the Global News Podcast:

03:45 Russia pounds Ukrainian energy facilities in the capital Kiev and surrounding areas
09:13 Gaza is still under near daily attack – we hear how children in the territory are coping
13:32 In Iraq, after two decades of US military presence, its final troops are withdrawn
16:11 The Chinese AI company, Moonshot, announces investigation after a security firm says it persuaded two of its AI models to discuss making chemical and biological weapons
18:31 A giant bear known as ‘Backpack’ has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Fat Bear Week in Katmai National Park in Alaska

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