The City Reporter

An Israeli strike hit an apartment building west of Gaza City, with reports that children were among the wounded. The attack comes as Israeli military operations continue across the Gaza Strip, where residential areas have repeatedly been hit and casualty figures keep climbing amid ongoing international concern over civilian harm.

Ukraine was struck by a deadly wave of Russian drone attacks, with Kyiv among the areas hit and casualties reported. The strikes targeted locations across the country, marking another intense night of aerial assaults in the ongoing war. The attacks come as Russia continues to rely heavily on drone barrages against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Russia carried out a strike on Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, hitting a building that was full of workers at the time, according to CBS News reporting. The attack on a civilian scientific institution has drawn attention as part of the ongoing wave of Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Casualty details and the full extent of the damage were not immediately available.

A Russian drone struck a cultural landmark in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, according to CBS News reporting. The attack damaged a site of cultural significance, adding to a pattern of Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Details about the specific landmark, the extent of the damage and any casualties were not immediately available.

Russia continues to deny the UN and other humanitarian organisations safe access to Oleshky, a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation. Thousands of civilians, including children, face shortages of food and medicine, with limited medical care and little or no running water and electricity. Aid groups are unable to reach residents, and observers warn conditions are deteriorating for those trapped under occupation.

Ukrainian media are reporting from Zaporizhzhia, where residents, including children, continue daily life under constant threat of FPV drones and Russian glide bombs. Alongside the human story, the Ukrainian military says it delivered four tons of food by drone to civilians in occupied Oleshky, and claims Russian losses exceeded 10,000 killed or wounded in a week as fighting continues.

A lawyer says a client at a Brooklyn jail was trapped in a cell that filled with smoke, and that the in-cell emergency button did not work when it was pressed. The report has drawn attention to safety conditions and equipment failures inside New York City's troubled jail facilities, renewing criticism from advocates and defense attorneys who say such malfunctions put detained people at serious risk.

Police in Sparks, Nevada have arrested a man on a murder charge following a fatal shooting in the city. Details about the victim, the suspect, and the circumstances of the killing have not yet been released. Local news outlets are reporting the arrest as the investigation continues.