00:00Russian authorities have said a drone attack caused significant damage to an industrial
00:04site in the Nizhny Novgorod region overnight.
00:06Early reports indicate no casualties.
00:10Violence broke out after largely peaceful Gen Z demonstrations in Germany on Saturday,
00:15with clashes and looting reported in several cities.
00:20Russian authorities have said a drone attack caused significant damage to an industrial
00:24site in the Nizhny Novgorod region overnight.
00:28According to Governor Gleb Nikitin, more than 100 drones were destroyed in the Kstovo district.
00:35He said early reports indicate no casualties.
00:39Telegram war monitoring channels say the Kstovo oil refinery was targeted, but the governor
00:44has not identified the damaged facility and the strike has not been officially confirmed.
00:50Lukoil said the refinery produces diesel and aviation fuel.
00:53Nikitin also warned that repair work could lead to temporary power cuts and reduced hot
00:58water and heating in some residential areas.
01:02The attack comes as Ukraine deals with the effects of Russian strikes on its own energy
01:06infrastructure.
01:08President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said around 280,000 households were left without electricity, including
01:14more than 200,000 in the Dnipro region and more than 80,000 in the Kyiv region.
01:23Violence broke out after largely peaceful Gen Z demonstrations in Germany on Saturday, with
01:28clashes and looting reported in several cities.
01:31The protests included demands over rising living costs and school conditions.
01:37In Frankfurt, more than 30 people were temporarily arrested after shops were looted and police
01:42said officers were attacked with Molotov cocktails and other objects.
01:49In Berlin, police said 27 officers suffered minor injuries and almost 60 people were arrested.
01:55In Hamburg, rioters set fire to barricades and attacked officers with stones, bottles and fireworks.
02:02Around 120 people were temporarily taken into custody.
02:07In Cologne, police ended a rally after fireworks were set off and officers were attacked.
02:13One officer suffered a hand injury.
02:18Interior Minister Alexander Dobrin blamed left-wing groups and troublemakers from a migrant background
02:23for the violence.
02:26Organizers in Frankfurt distanced themselves from the unrest.
02:33Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed that the rule of law will prevail over violence
02:38after a confrontation at the Constitutional Tribunal deepened a decade-long dispute over Poland's
02:43top court.
02:44In a televised address on Saturday, Tusk called Friday's event scandalous.
02:48He said judges elected by parliament had taken their oaths but were being blocked from taking
02:54up their duties.
02:56President Karol Nowrochki had tried to enter the building as police surrounded it.
03:01The dispute centers on eight new judges and Nowrochki did not formally receive their oaths
03:05while Tribunal President Bogdan Sveczkowski refused to let them take up their policy.
03:11The opposition accuses Tusk's government of a coup.
03:14Two, the government says it is restoring judicial independence.
03:18European Commission said it was closely monitoring the crisis.
03:21It said appointing eight new tribunal members falls within parliament's constitutional powers
03:26and that Polish authorities must ensure the court follows the constitution and EU court
03:32rulings.
03:34European Conservatives and Reformists group backed Nowrochki accusing Tusk's government of violating
03:39the rule of law.
03:40Tusk offered no detailed plan to end the standoff but pledged to ensure the court could function
03:46independently.
03:50Bulgarians are voting in a presidential runoff between income with Ilyana Iatova and pro-Western
03:55challenger Andrey Gryov.
03:58Iatova's ticket took 34.8 percent in the first round, leading Gryov's by about 43,000 votes.
04:05The candidates are divided over Russia's war in Ukraine.
04:08Iatova has called for negotiations and warned that sending more weapons would bring further
04:12deaths.
04:14Gryov has argued that Russia must end its aggression before talks can begin.
04:19Bulgaria's historic ties with Moscow have made the election a test of public opinion on
04:23relations with Russia and support for Ukraine.
04:27Iatova is backed by the ruling Progressive Bulgaria Party and the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
04:31Gryov is supported by opposition parties including the liberal-conservative-democratic-Bulgaria
04:36party and the liberal-left-we-continue-the-change party.
04:40The electoral commission has denied opposition claims of media bias and government interference.
04:46Polling stations are due to close at 8pm local time.
