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Attacks come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals to US for long-range missiles and urges allies to expand sanctions on Russian oilRussian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine’s president for western air defence systems.In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv’s police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/russian-overnight-strikes-ukraine-zelenskyy-sanctions-oil Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-10-25 22:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Lockhart started out on stage at age eight and appeared in scores of television series and feature filmsJune Lockhart, the popular actor known for her work in film and television, has passed away at the age of 100.She died on Thursday night of natural causes, with daughter June Elizabeth and granddaughter Christianna by her side, according to People. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/25/actor-june-lockhart-dies-aged-100 Author : Marina Dunbar Publish date : 2025-10-25 20:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolicCatherine Connolly’s landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election is a stunning political feat that humiliates the establishment but does not signify a national swerve to the left.There was nothing inevitable about her triumph, let alone its scale. In July, when she declared her candidacy, she was a one-woman act: an independent leftwing member of parliament from Galway who was unfamiliar to most voters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connollys-landslide-shakes-irelands-establishment-but-not-its-politics Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-25 17:17:00 Copyright for syndicated

Zohran Mamdani is facing off against Andrew Cuomo in New York, and Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill are competing in New JerseyPolling places opened on Saturday for the start of in-person voting for two of the year’s most closely watched elections: the New York City mayor’s race and the contest to pick New Jersey’s next governor.New Yorkers are choosing between Democrat Zohran Mamdani, Republican Curtis Sliwa and former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat on the ballot as an independent. The incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, is also on the ballot but dropped out of the race last month and