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President Vladimir Putin proposed a five-day ceasefire and joint humanitarian operation in Kostiantynivka on Thursday, modelled on an earlier evacuation in Oleshky, as Ukraine voiced caution.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe US embassy in Kosovo warned on Thursday that protests in central Pristina are expected to continue in the coming weeks and could escalate quickly.
4 independent sources · 87% confidenceA Turkish army S-70 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Samanköy in Malatya province on Thursday evening, killing all four soldiers aboard, the defence ministry said.
14 independent sources · 98% confidenceSixteen children were taken to hospital as a precaution after small batteries were found in muffins at a primary school in Coswig, Germany; police say no one was hurt.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceFive heavily armed men attacked a cash-in-transit van in central Lyon on Thursday, wounding 1 guard before fleeing without the money, a source said.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceItaly will no longer evacuate schools over mass-sent bomb threat emails alone, the government said, after a second wave of hoax threats hit schools on Thursday.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceFrench authorities halted trains through Calais-Fréthun on Thursday morning over a bomb alert; a sweep found no danger and services resumed by mid-morning.
Updated : Bomb-disposal team finds no danger; Calais-Fréthun train traffic resumes from about 11:18 local time.
10 independent sources · 98% confidenceA dispute in a Mannheim city-centre café left 1 person dead and another wounded late on Wednesday, before police shot and arrested the suspect nearby.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceRussia played down hopes of European involvement in Ukraine peace talks on Thursday, after US envoy Steve Witkoff said Vladimir Putin had agreed to it.
Updated : NATO's Mark Rutte says Russia lost over 50,000 troops killed or severely wounded in October alone.
25 independent sources · 98% confidenceEU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to sanction 145 more individuals and entities tied to Russia's war effort, including 50 banks, pending formal approval on 16 November.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceA Russian drone strike killed a 44-year-old woman and left 7 people hurt at a Kyiv apartment block on Thursday, part of a wider overnight barrage on energy and transport sites, officials said.
Updated : Number of people hurt in the Solomianskyi drone strike rises to seven, Kyiv officials say.
12 independent sources · 98% confidenceRussian missile and drone strikes killed 10 people across Ukraine on Thursday, hours after Abu Dhabi peace talks ended without a breakthrough.
Updated : 10 people were killed across Ukraine in Thursday's strikes, including a woman at a Kyiv apartment block, Euronews reports.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceA man suspected of deliberately driving into three men near Hanover on Wednesday night handed himself in to police on Thursday, as a 20-year-old victim remained in mortal danger.
Updated : Suspect who drove into three men near Hanover has surrendered to police and is being investigated for attempted killing.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA morning drone attack damaged apartment blocks in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district as the capital moved to cut outdoor lighting amid power shortages.
3 independent sources · 88% confidencePolice made dozens of arrests in Barcelona, Madrid and the Basque Country as Wednesday's nationwide strike over housing and pay turned violent.
Updated : Barcelona's mayor says 52 people were detained in the city's unrest.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceRomania's air force sent up two F-16 jets and issued a public alert in Tulcea county after radar picked up a drone near the Black Sea's Snake Island.
4 independent sources · 87% confidenceUkraine's special forces said drones struck Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk for a third time this year, as one person was hurt in the region, officials said.
Updated : Ukraine's SSO confirms this was the third strike on the Omsk refinery this year, as one person was injured in the region, the governor says.
9 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe Ukrainian president held talks with Taoiseach Micheál Martin before Thursday's meeting with Kushner and Witkoff and the EU summit in Dublin.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceA missile strike early on Wednesday wounded one person and set fire to dozens of garages in Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said; Ukrinform reported five hurt in a strike it blamed on drones.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA jet-powered Russian drone hit a crowded market in the Ukrainian port city on Wednesday, regional officials said.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceSome petrol stations risk running dry in the Grand Est region, a supermarket chain's boss said, blaming low water on the Rhine.
4 independent sources · 82% confidenceAuthorities evacuated residents and shut a main road in Dâmbovița county after a leak at a fuel station; no injuries were reported.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceRussia's FSB said the men were part of a Polish intelligence network; Poland dismissed the claim as a "provocation".
13 independent sources · 98% confidenceCybersecurity firm ESET said Russia-linked group Turla compromised a Romanian government email server to intercept Nato and EU correspondence.
4 independent sources · 82% confidenceStorm Charles triggered red weather alerts in the Canary Islands and a red flood warning on the Tormes river in Salamanca, as over 2,000 evacuated Ávila residents stayed out of their homes on Wednesday.
Updated : 2,000+ evacuated Ávila residents remain out of their homes as the Piedralaves dam keeps releasing water above its spillway.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceRussian negotiators repeated Moscow's 2021 demands on Nato while agreeing in principle to a prisoner exchange, as a second day of Abu Dhabi talks ended without a ceasefire.
16 independent sources · 98% confidenceParis's public prosecutor opened an investigation after a cyberattack hit refrigerated storage units at France's national blood service, authorities said.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceThe anonymous bomb threat that forced evacuations across Italy on Wednesday reached about 6,000 schools, with about 1,000 schools in Scotland and hundreds in Northern Ireland also targeted.
13 independent sources · 98% confidenceSpain's government approved new railway safety rules and a victims' advocate office, responding to unions' demands after the Urda train crash that killed 69.
4 independent sources · 98% confidencePolice are investigating two overnight shootings in Amsterdam, one of which sent a bullet through a moving bus window; no one was hurt.
4 independent sources · 98% confidence