Breaking news of Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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- 21:01
Saudel weakened but still on course: 16 flights cancelled in Taipei, one dead in southern Taiwan due to a separate depression
Evening update on Typhoon Saudel, which we reported on at midday: as of 6pm on Tuesday, Taoyuan airport counted 16 flights cancelled for Wednesday, including connections with Naha and Miyakojima (Focus Taiwan). The Central Weather Administration reports it as weakened, with a close passage on Friday north of the island, and landfall expected on Fujian between late Thursday and Friday; Chinese orange alert for waves of 7-12 meters (Reuters via WSAU). In southern and eastern Taiwan, the government reports one dead and four missing due to a tropical depression distinct from the typhoon, with flooding in Tainan and Kaohsiung.
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- 21:01
Haiti, nighttime gang assault: UN reports at least 47 dead and 22 wounded
The United Nations has given a provisional toll of at least 47 people killed and 22 wounded in a nighttime attack attributed to a coalition of gangs, with homes set on fire. The figure was released in the Italian afternoon today and follows the first reports on the assault (AFP via Yahoo Actualités; Democracy Now!). Survivors have expressed outrage at the Haitian state’s failure to provide protection, following a series of similar attacks. The count is declared provisional by the UN and may change.
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- 21:01
Ebola in Congo, UN: epidemic growing exponentially, largest ever recorded in the country
The Bundibugyo strain Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already the most extensive in the country’s history. The latest verifiable count, as of August 19, indicates 5,290 confirmed cases, over 2,516 deaths and 1,152 recoveries, with a fatality rate of 47.6% and spread across 56 health zones in six provinces (UN News). UN coordinator Julien Harneis said on August 21 that the epidemic “is intensifying and spreading faster than the efforts deployed” (transl. from French). Today’s reports cite the highest weekly death toll so far (WORLD Radio). No approved vaccines exist for this strain; the UN is calling for funding.
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- 12:00
Ukraine, overnight air attack: over 150 drones and two missiles, 124 aircraft shot down according to Kyiv
From 18:00 on 24 August and throughout the night, Russian forces carried out a large-scale air attack on Ukraine: over 150 drones, an Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from the Rostov region and a Kh-31P guided missile from the Bryansk region. At 09:00 on 25 August the Ukrainian air force reported 124 drones destroyed or neutralized in the north, south and east of the country, with the air threat still active (24 Kanal). The Russian defense ministry reported the same day the destruction of a Ukrainian ammunition depot on the Dobropillya axis (Izvestija). Tolls not independently verified.
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- 12:00
Southern Russia, another night of drones: two dead in Kuban, Novoshakhtinsk refinery halted
Attack distinct from the one we reported on yesterday. During the night of August 25, according to Krasnodar Krai governor Veniamin Kondratev, two people died and two were injured in the Severskij district: drone fragments fell on the area of the Afipskaja railway station and ten houses in the settlement of Afipskij were damaged (48.ru, RIA Novyj Den). “Unfortunately two people have died. I express my most sincere condolences to the families” (transl. from Russian), Kondratev wrote. In the Rostov region, governor Jurij Sljusar reported, the Novoshakhtinsk refinery suffered damage and suspended operations (EADaily). Drone alert also over Voronezh (PTODAY).
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- 12:00
Typhoon Saudel expected over Okinawa overnight, then heading toward Taiwan
The Japan Meteorological Agency forecasts that Typhoon Saudel will reach the southern islands of the Okinawa archipelago overnight on Tuesday, August 25, with winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour. The subsequent trajectory indicated points toward Taiwan and mainland China. The forecast is reported in EFE agency’s 02:00 GMT world agenda (Infobae). The news currently comes from a single source (EFE, based on data from the Japan Meteorological Agency); the original bulletins from the Japanese agency are not available, nor are operational indications from local authorities regarding closures or suspensions of transport services.
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