Zelensky and UK prime minister discuss faster air-defence deliveries
Andy Burnham and Volodymyr Zelensky discussed speeding weapons deliveries and additional military support during talks in London.
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Romania calls NATO meeting as Black Sea tanker toll remains disputed
Nicușor Dan said NATO's council will meet on Black Sea drone attacks, as Romanian agencies gave differing tolls of 7 or 8 missing crew from the tanker Wine Trader.
43 independent sources · 98% confidenceStorm winds spread wildfire on island near Dubrovnik, ground water bombers
Strong Bura winds have fanned a forest fire on Jakljan island near Dubrovnik and stopped two Canadair aircraft from dropping water, a fire commander said.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceRussian air strike on Kramatorsk kills several, injures four
A Russian air strike hit a residential block in Kramatorsk on Wednesday, injuring four and destroying a stairwell; rescuers found human remains.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceBus-and-car crash near Braga shopping centre injures up to 19
Two buses and a car collided outside the Braga Parque shopping centre in northern Portugal on Wednesday afternoon, with reports giving tolls from 14 to 19 hurt.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceFatal Ettelbrück house fire kills 1 as two more blazes hit Luxembourg
1 elderly, bedridden resident died in a house fire in Ettelbrück overnight, as separate large fires also broke out in Differdingen and Herborn, emergency services said.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceStorm kills man on Rhodes as floods hit Greece for second day
A 62-year-old hotel worker died after his car was swept into the sea on Rhodes as storms flooded Athens, Evia and central Greece for a second day.
5 independent sources · 78% confidenceRussian bomb hits Sloviansk shelter, injuring 8; Red Cross team also hurt
A Russian bomb struck a warming shelter in Sloviansk on 13 October, injuring 8 people, as a separate strike wounded 4 Ukrainian Red Cross workers in the city, officials said.
2 independent sources · 74% confidenceArson charge filed after Riedstadt farm fire killed 715 pigs
Prosecutors charged a person who had access to the pig barn after a January blaze that killed or led to the euthanasia of hundreds of animals.
1 independent sources · 55% confidenceRussian soldier detained over killing of 5 soldiers, civilian near Kharkiv
Ukraine detained a 36-year-old Russian serviceman accused of killing five Ukrainian soldiers and a civilian near Kharkiv, prosecutors said.
4 independent sources · 74% confidenceOmis wildfire death toll rises to 5 as man dies in Split hospital
A man born in 1956 who was injured in August's wildfire near Omis, Croatia, has died in hospital, as a county official renews calls for the prefect to resign.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceSecond minor detained in Aubagne school shooting investigation, prosecutors say
French anti-terror judges are investigating a teenage suspect after a principal and teacher were wounded at a school near Marseille.
15 independent sources · 98% confidenceRussian drone attack on Lutsk kills 6, injures 13 at food warehouse
Ukraine's State Emergency Service said 6 people died and President Zelensky said 13 were hurt when a drone hit a wholesaler in Lutsk, with more hurt in nearby Rivne.
11 independent sources · 98% confidenceFalse hijack alert over Croatia triggers fighter jet scramble in Germany
A Corendon pilot accidentally sent a hijack code instead of a radio-fault alert, prompting fighter jets and a security operation before landing safely in Nuremberg.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceLithuania seeks to extend army support at Russian border into November
Lithuania's interior minister asked for military support to continue beyond 16 October along the border with Russia's Kaliningrad region.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceSberbank confirms drone attack on data centre in Russia's Balakovo
The bank said systems continued working after a reported drone attack on its Balakovo data centre.
2 independent sources · 74% confidenceBulgarian security chief calls Starlink antenna fire near Sofia sabotage
DANS head Plamen Tonchev told parliament the arson attack on Starlink antennas in Plana village was sabotage, as an opposition MP suggested Russia was behind it.
10 independent sources · 98% confidenceFire near Paris Austerlitz station brought under control
More than 100 firefighters responded to a construction-site blaze near Paris Austerlitz station, according to reports.
2 independent sources · 74% confidenceRutte says NATO has plans ready to defend every inch of its territory
NATO's secretary general, visiting Tallinn, said allies must do more on air defence for Ukraine as Russian strikes killed at least seven overnight.
13 independent sources · 98% confidenceAlbania unrest: 10 officers hurt as Tirana police station set ablaze
Albania's health ministry reported 28 injured across Tirana as Rama says a drone bomb plot against the government was foiled, blaming Russia and Iran.
79 independent sources · 98% confidenceMass drone attack on Moscow shuts airports, diverts Turkish flights
Russian officials gave sharply differing drone counts as a mass overnight attack shut four Moscow airports and diverted flights from Turkey.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceEx-Ukrainian officer denies role in Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
The defendant, named by German prosecutors only as Serhii K., denies any involvement as his Hamburg war crimes trial over the 2022 pipeline blasts continues.
18 independent sources · 98% confidenceDrone strike kills woman near Russian Sberbank data centre in Balakovo
A woman died and several homes were damaged as Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Balakovo, with Sberbank's giant data centre reported among the targets.
9 independent sources · 98% confidenceUS envoy tells Europe to prepare infrastructure for rapid troop movements east
NATO ambassador Matthew Whitaker said Europe must modernise roads and railways to move troops quickly eastward, as Washington reassesses its military presence, Libertatea reported.
1 independent sources · 30% confidenceNATO innovation fund to invest in drone-defence technology in Poland
The €1 billion NATO Innovation Fund is opening in Warsaw to back counter-drone and space surveillance technology on the alliance's eastern flank, its head told Reuters.
1 independent sources · 30% confidenceUkraine's intelligence service says Russia is planning for war with Europe by 2045
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service said Russia is weighing scenarios for direct conflict with Europe by 2045, while waging hybrid attacks now, Mediafax reported.
1 independent sources · 40% confidenceUS envoy says no change to Ukraine weapons flow despite cut-off reports
Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to NATO, said weapons were still flowing to Ukraine via NATO's PURL scheme, despite reports Washington was considering cuts.
2 independent sources · 74% confidenceEx-Ukraine minister warns Russia could test NATO with just five drones
Dmytro Kuleba says a handful of drone strikes on NATO infrastructure could test the alliance, as a NATO fund invests in counter-drone defences.
1 independent sources · 30% confidenceTrump envoys say Russian diesel deal aims to bring Moscow back to talks
Trump aides told Ukrainian officials the Russia diesel deal could restart peace talks, as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame over a stalled energy ceasefire.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceKyiv missile strike kills 3, injures 22; power cut to 600,000
Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv's CHPP-4 power plant and homes overnight, killing 3 and injuring 22, as separate strikes killed 3 more elsewhere in Ukraine.
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