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A Peshawar school roof collapses

Zelensky resumes refinery strikes as Peshawar school collapse kills dozens of children

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian refineries after a roughly three-day US-requested pause, as Kyiv counted more than 850 Shahed drones between midnight and 9am on 15 October. In Peshawar, a private-school roof collapsed onto classrooms, killing at least 32 children and a teacher in the latest hospital count.

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  • Ukraine Patriot missile supply depleted

    Ukraine has exhausted its inventory of Patriot air-defense missiles, CNN reports, citing official sources.

  • EU summit opens in Brussels

    EU leaders fail to reach a budget deal in Brussels and ask Council President António Costa to draft a revised compromise proposal.

  • Oregon elementary school shooting

    Bend police spokeswoman Sheila Miller says officers arrived two minutes after the reports and the suspect died within seconds, but it is not yet known who fired the fatal shots.

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A national health-access debate in Portugal and summit draft wording add detail but no new law or EU-level decision.

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Catching up

Franco-German auto emissions talks

Politics·High·Reported 8h 28m ago·Updated 1h 1m ago
  1. Chapter 1 of 1Catching upReported 8h 28m ago

    Franco-German auto emissions talks

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    Parties
    France and Germany
    Topic
    EU 2035 combustion-engine phase-out
    Status
    Provisional agreement pending German sign-off

    1. Germany and France reach a provisional agreement to soften the European Union's 2035 combustion-engine phase-out, though final German approval remains pending, reports say.

      Confirmed Oct 15, 23:44·Sourcesaa.com.tr (opens in a new tab)·swissinfo.ch (opens in a new tab)

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