Breaking news of Thursday, 22 October 2026
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- 21:01
Ukraine, death toll from Kyiv raids revised: two dead and 34 wounded
The death toll from the Russian missile attack on Kyiv, initially reported by Mayor Vitali Klitschko as one dead and 22 wounded, has been revised upward by President Volodymyr Zelensky: two dead and 34 wounded, including five children. According to Zelensky, since Wednesday evening Russia has launched three waves of ballistic missiles on 12 Ukrainian regions, with 21 ballistic missiles and over 200 drones against residential buildings, power plants and a railway station. “Three waves of ballistic missiles were launched against Kyiv by the ‘compassionate’ Russians,” Zelensky stated. Source: ANSA.
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- 21:01
Iran declares attack on seven oil tankers in Hormuz, Trump denies
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have declared they struck seven oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz overnight between Wednesday and Thursday: four set ablaze after being hit, three damaged by mines. If confirmed, it would be the largest escalation against commercial shipping since the start of the Iran-US conflict. The UKMTO reportedly recorded only two incidents. US President Donald Trump called the accusation fabricated, writing that Iran was trying to drive up the price of oil ahead of the American midterm elections. The news currently comes from a single source (IRGC); no independent confirmation is available. Source: Al Jazeera.
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- 21:01
Typhoon Champi threatens Taiwan, US-Japan exercise modified
Taiwan has issued a land warning for Typhoon Champi, which maintains gusts over 227 kilometers per hour according to Taiwan’s central weather administration. More than 200 flights have been cancelled in the region, with 125 domestic Taiwanese flights alone cancelled on Thursday. The storm has forced changes to a major US-Japan military exercise involving approximately 56,000 troops, in addition to forces from the Philippines and Australia. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te urged the population to prepare and avoid mountains and coastlines: “A little more preparation means less risk” (transl. from English). Source: US News/Reuters.
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- 21:01
Gaza, new Israeli raids despite ceasefire: three dead
Three Palestinians, including a girl, died in new Israeli bombings on Gaza despite the ceasefire in effect since October 2025, according to local medical sources. Qatar and France have called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip “in accordance with the agreements reached” and the urgent, unconditional delivery of humanitarian aid. The UN World Food Programme reported that about 1.4 million people in Gaza, two-thirds of the population, face acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse. Sources: El Economista/Expansión, Al Jazeera.
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- 12:00
Over 600 Ukrainian drones on Moscow overnight, fresh Russian raids on Kyiv
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported an overnight attack involving over 600 Ukrainian drones against the Russian capital: most were shot down on the outskirts, two people were injured. Drones also struck the Moscow and Tula regions and the city of Lipetsk, home to a major steel plant, damaging private homes. During the same hours, Russian attacks with ballistic missiles and drones on Kyiv killed one person and wounded another 22, according to Ukrainian authorities. Sources: ANSA, US News (AP).
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- 12:00
France, flooding in Bouches-du-Rhône: death toll rises to three
The Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture announced Wednesday evening a toll of three dead and one injured, against the single death confirmed on Tuesday. A 75-year-old man was swept away by floodwaters in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts; two women aged 26 and 86 were found drowned in a flooded cellar in Lançon-Provence. In Haute-Corse, a man died after being swept away by the Fium’orbu river in Ghisonaccia. On Thursday, the A54 motorway and the RN113 between Nîmes and Salon-de-Provence remain closed. Sources: Stéphane Larue, Journal de la Météo de l’Ain.
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- 12:00
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities take government websites offline in Europe
PHP developers released a fix on Wednesday for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, with a severity score of 9.2 out of 10. Government agencies in the Netherlands and Finland took their websites offline as a precaution even before the patch was released; French portals such as info.gouv.fr were also unavailable. The FBI warned that the flaws could allow attackers to “execute code remotely in the PHP core” (transl. from English). According to Censys, around 1.575 million hosts online are still running vulnerable versions. Sources: Bloomberg, Business Today (Reuters).
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- 12:00
Saudi Arabia, Houthi attack on Dammam airport: death toll rises to two
The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) updated on Thursday morning the toll of Wednesday evening’s Houthi attack against King Fahd International Airport in Dammam: two dead, one Saudi and one Indian national, and eight wounded of various nationalities. The episode follows the Houthi missile attack of October 10 against Riyadh airport, with at least 12 dead. US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott spoke of “intensified” Houthi hostilities “against civilian airports and other infrastructure” (transl. from English). Sources: Agenzia Nova, Democrata.
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