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Latest news bulletin | October 18th, 2026 – Evening

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00:00A Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg in Russia on Sunday killed one person, wounded five others, and set an
00:07oil export terminal on fire.
00:10Pope Leo XIV led his first prayer at the Vatican after being discharged from hospital earlier on Sunday following a
00:17lung operation to remove a malignant tumor.
00:21A Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg in Russia on Sunday killed one person, wounded five others, and set an
00:29oil export terminal on fire.
00:31A logistics center belonging to Russian retailer Ozone and a data center for local tech giant VK were also targeted.
00:40Kiev launched over 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments since Moscow launched its
00:47full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022.
00:51A total of 144 drones were shot down over the Leningrad region, of which drone debris fell on houses, sparked
00:59fires, and damaged dozens of vehicles.
01:03It comes as Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Sunday that Russian forces had carried out further strikes against Ukraine's
01:11energy sector on Saturday night.
01:13Zelensky said attacks on residential buildings had also left two people dead and 12 others reportedly injured.
01:23I'm here in the heart of Paris, just steps away from the Place de la République, and as you can
01:28see behind me, the fire is raging.
01:31What started off as peaceful demonstrations in Paris has descended into scenes of violence.
01:37Myself and my cameraman were attacked earlier on the Coupe de la République, which is just a few steps away
01:42from where I am,
01:42as rioters looted a supermarket up there, seeking to hit and open the shop with a hammer.
01:50We were encircled, and rioters took our camera before eventually giving it back and hit and tried to physically assault
02:00us.
02:01But we managed to get away because some in the group let us leave.
02:05As you can see right now, fire trucks, fire trucks are arriving.
02:11There is fire.
02:14There is fire.
02:22A town hall over 140 years old in France was largely destroyed to a fire after masked protesters hit the
02:30building alight.
02:31Dramatic footage showed firefighters trying to put out the blaze.
02:35Other user-generated footage circulating online showed the moment the building's spire collapsed in the flames.
02:42The Limoges town hall caught fire amid mass cost of living protests across the country.
02:48According to local authorities, rioters broke into the building at around 6 p.m. on Saturday before setting it on
02:55fire.
02:56They added that a number of businesses were then looted in the area.
03:03Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized
03:10for an operation to remove a malignant tumor.
03:13He was discharged from a hospital in Rome earlier on Sunday and returned to the Vatican where he led a
03:18prayer overlooking a crowd which erupted in cheers at his sight.
03:40The 71-year-old Poniff had the lower lobe of his right lung removed on Tuesday in the first major
03:46health event of his 17-month pontificate.
03:49Leo's next major engagement is an ambitious trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6th to the 17th, including
03:57a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes.
04:00His medical team detailed that they expect him to make a full recovery within 10 days, adding that there is
04:06no clinical reason for him to cancel his planned journey.
04:14An incident at a Canadian military base in Alberta sparked a major fire, resulting in a number of deaths and
04:21injuries.
04:22Strong winds with gusts reaching 100 kilometers per hour reportedly drove flames beyond the military base into the surrounding rural
04:30area.
04:31According to the Canadian government, Wainwright is one of the busiest army bases in the country.
04:37The base is around 210 kilometers east of Edmonton, the capital of Alberta.

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