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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has widened its attacks to target Ukraine's data centres, expanding strikes beyond energy infrastructure. The claim points to growing risks for government systems, banking and telecoms that depend on those facilities. Observers say such hits would disrupt daily life and services already strained by nearly three years of war.

Hurricane Polo is approaching Mexico's Pacific coast, with forecasters warning of life-threatening flooding as the storm nears land. Authorities are bracing for heavy rain and possible flash floods in affected states. Emergency services are urging residents in vulnerable areas to take precautions as the hurricane draws closer.

Russian drone attacks have hit a science academy and a medical center in Kyiv, damaging civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital. The strikes are part of ongoing aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities that have repeatedly targeted non-military sites. Officials and observers are highlighting the impact on scientific institutions and healthcare facilities as evidence of the war's widening toll on civilian life.

At least two people were killed and eight injured in Kyiv after Russian drones and a missile struck a market and a gas station in a hours-long attack overnight. The strikes are the latest in Russia's sustained campaign of aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital, hitting civilian infrastructure and disrupting life in the city.

Russia is deploying jet-powered drones against Kyiv, bringing attacks into daytime hours and turning the Ukrainian capital into a front-line city during the day. The faster drones are harder for air defenses to intercept than earlier models, forcing residents to take shelter even in daylight and intensifying the war's impact on daily life in the capital.

Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Mexico, bringing life-threatening winds and the risk of significant flooding to coastal areas. Authorities and residents are bracing for damage as the storm moves inland, with emergency services on alert for flooding and wind impacts in affected regions.

New reporting from Yemen details how families displaced by ongoing fighting, including conflict involving the Houthis, are pulling children out of school and into work to survive. The article highlights the toll of displacement on daily life, with families fleeing their homes and children sacrificing education to support household incomes amid the country's prolonged crisis.

Aid agencies warn that 4.2 million children and pregnant or breastfeeding women in Sudan are facing life-threatening malnutrition as the country's conflict continues to devastate food supplies and health services. The figure highlights the scale of the humanitarian emergency, with young children and nursing mothers described as the most vulnerable groups in need of urgent nutrition and medical support.

The partner of a Belarusian asylum-seeker says he fears for her life after she has spent months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, describing her as 'terrified'. The report highlights growing concern over the prolonged detention of asylum-seekers and the conditions they face while their claims are processed. The woman's case is drawing attention to how migrants from countries seen as politically hostile to the US are being treated in the immigration system.

A humanitarian report warns that life for millions of people across Ukraine is becoming increasingly dangerous as the war continues. The warning, published in English, Russian and Ukrainian, points to growing risks to civilians from ongoing strikes and deteriorating living conditions, underscoring the scale of ongoing humanitarian needs across the country.

A Guardian report describes Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine's Kherson region, as 'hell on earth', saying the few remaining residents are reduced to eating weeds to survive. The account highlights severe food shortages, destroyed infrastructure and the dangers of life under occupation, drawing renewed attention to the humanitarian crisis in the occupied east bank of the Dnipro river.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the key to forcing Gazans out is to take away their hope, arguing that displacing Gaza's population depends on making them believe there will be no reconstruction. He also said Israel should annex territory up to the so-called yellow line. The remarks have drawn widespread criticism as an open endorsement of forcible transfer.

Residents in eastern Poland, near the border with Ukraine, are preparing for the possibility that Russia's war could spill across the frontier. Communities there have lived with the war next door since 2022, and fears of drones, missiles or other incidents crossing into Polish territory are shaping daily life and local preparedness.

The Wall Street Journal reports that middle-school students are increasingly seeking out AI chatbots as friends, sometimes preferring them to real-life relationships. The report has sparked concern among parents and educators about how AI companions may affect children's social development, emotional health, and ability to form human connections during a critical stage of adolescence.

Bangkok is under waist-deep floodwater after Thailand received a month's worth of rain in just a few days. Streets across the Thai capital are inundated, disrupting travel and daily life for residents. The extreme rainfall and rapid flooding have drawn widespread attention and concern.

Russian forces have struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, according to Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. Details on casualties or the extent of the damage have not yet been reported. The attack adds to the ongoing pattern of Russian strikes targeting Ukrainian energy and utility facilities, which officials say is aimed at disrupting civilian life ahead of winter.

Bangkok has declared a flood disaster as severe flooding affects the Thai capital. Authorities are expected to coordinate emergency response measures, with residents and observers discussing the scale of the flooding and its impact on daily life. Details on casualties, evacuation efforts and the extent of damage remain limited as the situation develops.

Russia struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, as well as a medical centre in the city centre, according to journalist Jorge Liboreiro reporting from the Ukrainian capital. The attacks drew condemnation, with comments describing the strikes on scientific and medical facilities as showing utter disregard for civilian life. The incidents come amid continued Russian strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, prompting renewed anger and calls for stronger international responses.

A new report examines how the destruction of buildings and records in Gaza has left many of the territory's dead uncounted, arguing that rubble is being used to erase both evidence of fatalities and collective memory of Palestinian life. It contends official casualty figures understate the true death toll and that the destruction of cemeteries, archives and homes compounds the loss. Commentators are debating the scale of unrecorded deaths and what this means for historical accountability.

Journalist Kashmir Hill is warning that the end of privacy is here as facial recognition spreads into everyday life. The technology is already embedded in surveillance cameras and is set to reach consumer devices like Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, with students among early adopters. Viral accounts are already posting clips of strangers identified by such tools, fueling alarm about mass identification of people in public without consent.

Scientists warn that several of the 'planetary boundaries' that keep Earth's systems stable enough to support human life have been crossed, with the Guardian reporting that climate crisis thresholds are among those breached. The assessment suggests humanity is now operating outside the safe environmental limits needed for flourishing ecosystems, prompting renewed debate about political inaction and the urgency of emissions cuts.

Ukrainian media are reporting from Zaporizhzhia, where residents, including children, continue daily life under constant threat of FPV drones and Russian glide bombs. Alongside the human story, the Ukrainian military says it delivered four tons of food by drone to civilians in occupied Oleshky, and claims Russian losses exceeded 10,000 killed or wounded in a week as fighting continues.

Commentary argues that climate disasters are intensifying and that authoritarian governments make the problem more dangerous by withholding information from neighbouring countries. When regimes suppress data on floods, droughts or dam management, downstream and cross-border communities cannot prepare, so the same hazard produces greater loss of life and damage. The piece calls attention to transparency between states as an underappreciated factor in disaster risk.