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Millions of people returning to Khartoum after fighting subsided are finding the Sudanese capital barely habitable, with power cuts, destroyed buildings and rubble across neighbourhoods. Basic services including water and electricity remain largely out of action, leaving returnees without shelter or supplies. Reports describe residents attempting to rebuild their lives amid widespread devastation and an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Russian drone attacks struck Kyiv, with air defence units responding over the Ukrainian capital overnight. The strikes come as Russia's air campaign against Ukrainian cities continues, drawing renewed attention to Kyiv's air defences and to Western support for Ukraine. Readers are following reports of damage and casualties as details emerge.

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed four people and damaged a data center in Kyiv, according to Bloomberg reporting. The attacks add to a continuing pattern of aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure, with the damage to the data facility underlining the war's toll on the country's digital and communications systems.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia fired more than 2,200 drones at Ukraine over the past week, underlining the scale of Moscow's escalating aerial campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. The claim highlights growing pressure on Ukraine's air defenses and renewed international concern over the pace of Russian drone attacks in the war.

EU citizens living in the UK say they have been left in legal limbo after the UK government stripped some people of their post-Brexit residency status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Affected residents, who say they followed all the rules, describe losing proof of their right to live and work in Britain, raising concerns among EU nationals and rights groups about errors and safeguards in the scheme.

Ukraine has raised the alarm over conditions in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city in Kherson region under Russian occupation since 2022. According to Ukrainian officials, civilians trapped there are being deliberately starved and forced to eat grass to survive. Kyiv is calling for international attention, framing the situation as a war crime, and drawing attention to the plight of residents in occupied territories.

The Times reports that Britain granted citizenship to a man who served as a bodyguard to a Hamas leader, and that he later allegedly plotted a terrorist attack in the UK. The case is likely to intensify scrutiny of the Home Office's citizenship and security vetting procedures, and of how individuals with apparent ties to Hamas were able to obtain British nationality, amid heightened concern over terrorism threats linked to the Middle East conflict.

Sudanese families returning to the war-ravaged capital, Khartoum, are finding a city barely able to support them: electricity is largely out, streets remain choked with rubble, and basic services have collapsed after nearly two years of fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. Reports describe residents clearing debris by hand and coping without power or reliable water as they try to rebuild their lives.

An Israeli airstrike hit a car in Gaza City, killing one person and injuring several others. Details about those killed and wounded, and whether the vehicle was targeted over suspected militants, were not immediately confirmed. The strike comes as air and ground operations continue across the Gaza Strip, where strikes on vehicles have been a recurring feature of the conflict.

The last remaining residents of Oleshky, a Ukrainian city in Kherson region under Russian occupation, are reportedly eating weeds to survive, with conditions described as 'hell on earth'. The report highlights severe food shortages and worsening humanitarian conditions for civilians who stayed behind in the occupied city, drawing attention to the plight of those left under Russian control.

Russian forces have carried out a strike near an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, according to Ukrainian news reporting. Details on casualties or damage were not immediately available. The attack adds to continued Russian shelling of infrastructure and industrial sites in the southern Ukrainian region, which has faced repeated strikes during the war.

A Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed two civilians, one of them a teenager, and wounded five others, according to Ukrainian media reports. Commenters online are condemning the strike as a war crime and circulating images of the aftermath, with calls for international bodies such as the ICC in The Hague to hold Russia accountable.

Russian forces attacked Kyiv for a third consecutive night, continuing a sustained aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital as the war enters its 1,676th day. The repeated strikes underscore Moscow's ongoing campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, with air defenses reportedly responding overnight. The attacks come amid continued fighting along the front lines and ongoing international discussions over military support for Ukraine.

General strikes have swept cities across Sudan while the army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, remains defiant following a US decision to deny him a visa. The move by Washington has escalated tensions around Sudan's leadership, with strikes disrupting daily life and highlighting mounting pressure on the country's military rulers.

A Russian Shahed drone strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, has killed one person and injured another, according to Ukrinform. The attack adds to the ongoing pattern of Russian drone assaults on Ukrainian cities, which continue to cause civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure in frontline and eastern regions.

A Russian guided aerial bomb strike on Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday 27 September killed two people, including a 16-year-old girl, and injured five others, according to Oleh Hryhorov, head of the regional military administration. The attack drew renewed attention to ongoing Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and their toll on civilians, including children.

The Guardian reports that a small number of remaining residents in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city in Kherson region under Russian occupation, are living in what locals describe as 'hell on earth', eating weeds to survive amid severe food shortages. Conditions in the occupied city, already badly damaged by the 2023 Kakhovka dam flood, continue to deteriorate with little aid reaching those left behind.

A former bodyguard for a Hamas leader obtained British citizenship before he was arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a terror attack on Jewish targets in Europe, according to a report. The case has raised questions about UK security vetting and how the man was able to naturalise despite his close ties to Hamas, which the UK designates as a terrorist organisation. Authorities have not named the suspect publicly.

Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day killed 14 civilians and injured 57, according to figures shared by President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said Russian forces fired more than 2,200 attack drones, around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles at Ukraine over the past week. The figures point to the sustained intensity of the air campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired more than 2,200 attack drones, around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types, many of them ballistic, at Ukraine over the past week. He reported that civilians were killed in overnight attacks. The figures underline the continuing scale of Russian aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

A Russian drone struck a public school in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian reports describing the attack as another war crime against civilian infrastructure. Photos of the damage circulated online, with calls for accountability at the ICC in The Hague and reactions from European institutions in Brussels. The strike adds to ongoing concerns over escalating attacks on Ukrainian cities.