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- 20:50
Kyiv hit by Russian drones, Moscow claims downing of over 200 Ukrainian drones
A multi-storey building in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv was hit on Friday morning, with at least one dead and several injured; the Yuzhny bridge was also damaged again, Obozrevatel reports, citing Ukrainian air defense forces. During the previous night Russia launched 108 drones, 88 of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defense. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense (state source), cited by Fontanka, 209 Ukrainian drones were intercepted during the day over a dozen Russian regions. In Volgograd, a nighttime attack caused a fire in a residential building, with one person hospitalized, according to Mail.ru.
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- 20:50
G7 releases 100 million barrels of oil after pressure from Trump
G7 countries have agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil, including diesel, from strategic reserves, according to PBS NewsHour, citing the Associated Press. The decision comes after Donald Trump had asked Europe to release emergency diesel stockpiles, threatening to block U.S. supplies to France and Germany otherwise. The United Kingdom and European allies had held crisis talks on Thursday, reports GoLocalProv, citing the Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, in the United States mortgage rates rose to 7.28%, the biggest weekly jump in four years, according to Freddie Mac.
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- 12:01
Spain, decisive vote on housing decrees: Sánchez heading towards elections on November 29
The Spanish Congress of Deputies votes today on the validation of two housing decree-laws (suspension of evictions for vulnerable households and automatic extension of rental contracts). Junts has announced it will vote against, joining PP and Vox, making the rejection of both texts likely. Government sources quoted by El Español consider it “very likely” that Sánchez will call early elections for November 29 if the decrees fall. The dissolution decree is expected to appear in the BOE by October 6, reports El Economista.
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- 12:01
Riyadh accuses Houthis of drone attack on substation powering the Prophet's Mosque
The Saudi-led military coalition has accused the pro-Iranian Houthis of striking with a drone, on September 29, the Taiba electrical substation in Medina, which powers the Prophet’s Mosque. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki called it a “cowardly terrorist act” (transl. from Spanish), specifying that only one transformer was put out of service, according to El Correo. The Houthis reject the accusation as a “lie” (transl. from Arabic), reports Prensa Latina (Cuban state news agency). The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Turkey have condemned the incident.
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