Major bridges in Kyiv have been hit by Russian drone strikes for four consecutive days, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital.

Two people were injured when the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge was struck on Sunday morning for the second day in a row, while the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge was hit multiple times earlier in the week.

The latest attack came as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a surprise visit to Kyiv in a show of support against Russia’s continuing full-scale invasion.

Russia’s military said it would be intensifying strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions. It earlier said it had hit the two bridges used to transfer Ukrainian troops.

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Israel has been remembering the deadliest single day in its history on 7th October 2023 when Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups stormed communities and a music festival, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Across the border, Gazans are counting the cost of Israel’s war on Hamas, as they struggle with dire living conditions and continued military attacks.

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11:13 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai for providing a solution to the chemical mystery of life’s asymmetry.

13:48 Russia launches deadly strikes on Ukraine, in what Volodymyr Zelensky has described as one of Russia’s “most vile” attacks.

16:14 Why Malaysia is repatriating thousands of Myanmar refugees, and rolling out the red carpet for Myanmar’s military leader

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Convicted murderer Christa Pike has woken up and begun speaking from her hospital bed almost a week after authorities in the US state of Tennessee botched her execution, her lawyers said.

She was sent to hospital after surviving two attempts to execute her via lethal injection for the 1995 murder of a 19-year-old she met at a summer camp for troubled teens.

Now her lawyers are asking for answers and for evidence to be preserved. So what happens now?

In this video…
0:00 – What condition is she in?
1:52 – How did she survive?
3:47 – What did she do?
4:33 – The victims family
4:55 – What are the lawyers saying?
6:25 – Can Christa Pike sue?
7:10 – Will they try execute her again?
9:17 – What happens now?

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What began as a revolt over public school funding has spilled into a much bigger fight over the future of France. Now, hundreds of …

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An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spain’s housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according to Madrid’s tenants union.

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years on 23 September after she was unable to afford steep rent increases.

The company that owned the flat later offered to allow her to return at a lower rate – but she was unable to sign an agreement as she had been admitted to hospital.

Announcing her death, Madrid Tenants’ Union said Abascal’s situation marked “a turning point in the history of this country”.

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