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Latest news bulletin | August 22nd, 2026 – Evening

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00:00Chaos followed a daytime Russian strike on a shopping mall that killed at least 16 people and injured 130 others,
00:07including 23 children, according to Dnipropetrovsk regional officials.
00:12Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kyiviri, cowardly, condemning Russia and wowing that
00:19his country would respond.
00:41Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that its forces continue to strike ports and ships being used in
00:50support of the Ukrainian military, while Ukraine said it had attacked a Russian oil refinery and an airbase.
00:57Zelenskyy also claimed gains in the Black Sea, but did not disclose specific targets or details of the damage.
01:03According to the Russian Ministry, Russian drones struck a military depot in the port of Renni and a Ukrainian naval
01:08petrol bull in the part of Chernomorsk on Friday.
01:11Russian forces also took control of settlement in the Donetsk region.
01:15In the early hours of Saturday, air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv, followed by multiple powerful explosions.
01:22Ukraine's air force said Russian forces had launched several ballistic missiles and loitering munition toward the capital and the surrounding
01:29region.
01:35Burials continue in set-up for migrants who died during a mass crossing from Morocco three weeks ago.
01:41A total of 18 migrants were buried on Friday at the Muslim cemetery of Sidi Mbarek, according to Spanish media
01:47reports.
01:48Spanish authorities recorded 82 deaths on their side of the border.
01:53Beyond Friday's burials, more migrants were expected to be buried over the weekend in the coming days at a rate
01:59of around 10 per day.
02:01The migrants were buried according to Muslim rights, with bodies placed facing Mecca and covered with soil.
02:08Spanish and Moroccan authorities have used fingerprints and DNA samples to identify victims.
02:13However, reports differ on the number of identified victims since relatives have struggled to cross into Sota to provide samples.
02:21None of the victims has so far been transferred to Morocco, which has refused to accept them.
02:27Each grey was marked with a number in case relatives eventually claimed the remains.
02:38Two teenage boys have been severely wounded after a sword attack on a high school in the Swedish town of
02:45Fagasta, according to authorities.
02:48A third person was also wounded in the attack, as media reports say that police shot the suspect in the
02:54leg,
02:55while the Fagasta municipality said in a statement that the assailant had been detained by police.
03:02Following the attack, eight other schools in the area were placed under lockdown measures,
03:07and a state of high alert was declared in the Vastmanland region.
03:11Police have said there is currently no danger to the public.
03:15In a post on X, Sweden's Prime Minister, Ulf Christensen, said that they are yet sure of the motivations of
03:21the attacker.
03:22The incident occurred in a relatively small town with a population of approximately 12,000.
03:29Sweden has experienced a number of attacks on educational institutions in recent years.
03:38Wildfires across Europe are exposing a potentially deadly threat beneath the landscape.
03:43Unexploded bombs and mines left from World Wars I and II.
03:48Some weapons have exploded in intense heat, with blasts reported in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands.
03:55In Belgium, fires have spread across former battlefields, including the high fence,
04:00where emergency services have been adapting to the risk of buried munitions.
04:04Beyond the immediate threat to firefighters, Belgium's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service responds to more than 3,000 calls every year,
04:12and disposes of up to 250 tons of wartime munitions.
04:17Climate change is increasing the risk, researchers say,
04:20as extreme heat and drought can trigger explosives or expose weapons hidden underground.
04:26Drought has also revealed weapons in rivers and lakes.
04:30In Slovakia, falling water exposed two naval mines,
04:34while bombs emerged from receding waters in Hungary and Germany.

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