Russian and Ukrainian Strikes Kill at Least 10

Smoke and fire rise from burning vehicles at a site of a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on July 26, 2026. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv Region/Handout via REUTERS
Smoke and fire rise from burning vehicles at a site of a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on July 26, 2026. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv Region/Handout via REUTERS
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Russian and Ukrainian Strikes Kill at Least 10

Smoke and fire rise from burning vehicles at a site of a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on July 26, 2026. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv Region/Handout via REUTERS
Smoke and fire rise from burning vehicles at a site of a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on July 26, 2026. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv Region/Handout via REUTERS

Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least 10 people Sunday, with Kyiv saying Moscow attacked a supermarket in northern Ukraine and Russia accusing Kyiv of striking a bus stop in the occupied east.

The strikes come a day after 20 people were killed on both sides of the frontline, with both Kyiv and Moscow intensifying attacks while diplomacy to end the war -- launched by Russia in 2022 -- is at a deadlock.

According to AFP, Kyiv said Moscow attacked a supermarket in the northern city of Chernigiv.

"As a result of the strike, two people were killed, including a 10-year-old child," the head of the city Dmytro Bryzhynsky said on social media.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 13 people were wounded in what he called a "deeply cynical drone strike on an ordinary supermarket."

Officials published a photograph of a supermarket building with smoke billowing on it in Chernigiv -- which lies close to Belarus and far from the frontline.

Zelensky also said Russia had launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv, wounding several people and that Moscow's strikes killed one person in Zaporizhzhia and another in Kharkiv -- where officials said Moscow targeted a residential building.

"This is deliberate Russian terror with absolutely no military justification," Zelensky said.

In Moscow-held Gorlivka, Russian occupational authorities said a Ukrainian drone strike killed four people.

Russian-installed local authorities said the strike had hit a bus stop and that seven people were also left wounded.

Another person was killed in the occupied part of the Kherson region, Moscow said.

Authorities in Russia's border Belgorod region said one person was killed by a Ukrainian drone in the village of Smorodino.

The attacks came a day after Moscow said a Ukrainian strike on an occupied town on the Azov Sea killed 12 people.

US-led talks on ending fighting have stalled. The Kremlin occupies swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine and has repeatedly said it intends to seize the rest of east Ukraine by force.



First Ebola Patients in Nigeria and Kenya Might Have Crossed Paths at Uganda Airport

Kenya Red Cross personnel doff their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a simulation of the evacuation of remains of an Ebola victim in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 22, 2026. (AFP)
Kenya Red Cross personnel doff their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a simulation of the evacuation of remains of an Ebola victim in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 22, 2026. (AFP)
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First Ebola Patients in Nigeria and Kenya Might Have Crossed Paths at Uganda Airport

Kenya Red Cross personnel doff their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a simulation of the evacuation of remains of an Ebola victim in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 22, 2026. (AFP)
Kenya Red Cross personnel doff their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a simulation of the evacuation of remains of an Ebola victim in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 22, 2026. (AFP)

The first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda earlier this month, African health officials said Thursday as they race to trace and slow an outbreak that has spread to several African countries.

Both patients are known to have traveled through Uganda's Entebbe International Airport on Oct. 3, said Dr. Wessam Mankoula, head of emergency preparedness and response at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“One of the issues we are currently investigating has been some sort of interaction between the two cases at the airport,” Mankoula said.

Nigerian Health Minister Muhammed Pate said Nigeria's case remains contained and that contact-tracing is in progress. “We are trying to contain it so it doesn’t go out to the communities. Hopefully, it won’t get to that and we are working hard to ensure that,” Pate said.

The current Ebola outbreak emerged in Congo in May and the disease has since been detected in three other African countries, becoming the continent’s most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history.

Nigeria announced its first case on Tuesday, saying the patient had travelled from Uganda. Ugandan authorities denied the claim that the patient was exposed in their country and said the patient had travelled to Congo — something now disputed by health officials.

The Nigerian patient, who is a Uganda-born wife of a diplomat in Abuja, had vacationed in Uganda for two weeks in September and had arrived in Nigeria in early October, officials said. Nigeria said it is currently tracing 44 contacts.

Mankoula said additional contacts have been identified, but declined to give the new figure.

Uganda recorded 20 cases before declaring itself free of the disease in June. However, the country is now believed to be linked to the new imported cases in Nigeria and Kenya. Kenya has recorded nine cases so far, linked to a traveler who had returned from Congo to Kenya through Uganda.

So far there is no indication that the Nigerian patient traveled to Congo, Mankoula said. Officials from the World Health Organization said the same thing at a separate briefing on Thursday.

“The information supplied to WHO did not include travel to another country during that period, and other accounts about prior travels were not communicated to us,” said Dr. Pavel Ursu, the WHO country representative in Nigeria.

Congo has been struggling to contain the virus, which has infected more than 9,500 people, killing nearly half of them. The virus has spread to eight provinces and 66 health zones across the country’s eastern region.

According to data from the Africa CDC, only 20% of confirmed cases are among known contacts and about 60% of deaths are within the community, outside of treatment centers. Analysts say the disease in some of the hotspots in Congo is out of control.


Storm Causes Power Outages and Train Disruption across Northwest France

File photo: A huge wave crashes on the jetty of the harbor of Le Conquet in western France, on January 8, 2026.  Fred Tanneau, AFP
File photo: A huge wave crashes on the jetty of the harbor of Le Conquet in western France, on January 8, 2026. Fred Tanneau, AFP
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Storm Causes Power Outages and Train Disruption across Northwest France

File photo: A huge wave crashes on the jetty of the harbor of Le Conquet in western France, on January 8, 2026.  Fred Tanneau, AFP
File photo: A huge wave crashes on the jetty of the harbor of Le Conquet in western France, on January 8, 2026. Fred Tanneau, AFP

Hundreds of thousands of people were hit by power outages and train services were disrupted by heavy winds and ‌rain sweeping ‌across France ‌on Friday, said Reuters.

-Utility Enedis said ⁠in a situation update on Friday morning that 161,000 clients had ⁠no electricity from ‌the ‌storm.

-National rail ‌network manager ‌SNCF said it would suspend train service or limit train ‌speeds.

-Meteo France, France's weather ⁠agency, ⁠has issued orange alerts for much of the country's northwest, saying that heavy wind and thunderstorms would continue into late Friday.


Taiwan Shuts Schools and Grounds Flights as Typhoon Champi Brushes by

A woman struggles with winds generated by Typhoon Champi in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP)
A woman struggles with winds generated by Typhoon Champi in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP)
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Taiwan Shuts Schools and Grounds Flights as Typhoon Champi Brushes by

A woman struggles with winds generated by Typhoon Champi in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP)
A woman struggles with winds generated by Typhoon Champi in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP)

Taiwan shut down schools and offices and grounded hundreds of flights as Typhoon Champi brushed by the island Friday, packing strong winds and torrential rains.

Champi peaked at 298 kph (185 mph) maximum sustained winds earlier this week but has weakened to 155 kph (96 mph) winds as it approached Taiwan from the southwest. Its center is forecast to remain offshore as it sweeps by the island's northeastern tip before turning north toward Japan's southwestern islands.

Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration urged residents in coastal areas to avoid outdoor activities and driving and be cautious of falling objects.

One person was killed Thursday after being swept by waves in Liuqiu, a small island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan’s main island, according to the fire department. Ninety-four others were injured in the storm.

Almost 1,300 people have been evacuated from vulnerable, mountainous areas, the government said.

All of Taiwan’s 262 domestic flights were cancelled along with 669 international flights, according to the transport ministry. High-speed rail services on the western coast were operating normally.

In southwestern Japan, the typhoon has injured one person, grounded flights and knocked out power.

On Miyako island, a woman in her 70s suffered a broken leg in the blowing wind, according to the Okinawa prefecture government.

On Ishigaki island, nearly 2,000 homes were without electricity.

Dozens of flights in and out of the southwestern islands, including Miyako, Ishigaki and Okinawa, have been canceled.

In the Philippines, the coast guard prohibited ships and ferries from venturing into the increasingly choppy waters off several northern towns and cities Friday.

The main domestic airport in Batanes provincial capital of Basco was shut down Friday and two local flights were canceled, Philippine aviation officials said. The airport’s windows were boarded up as a safety precaution.

In Cagayan province, nearly 200 people evacuated to safer grounds as a precaution, including nearly 100 who moved to government-run emergency shelters. Classes were suspended in all levels in the island town of Calayan off Cagayan due to the typhoon, provincial officials said.

Champi earlier this month blew past several Pacific islands, including Guam, where a federal disaster area was declared.