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At least 24 killed as Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine
Russia unleashed one of the war's largest overnight barrages — 130 drones plus 48 cruise and ballistic missiles — killing at least 24 people across several Ukrainian regions, including four children in the northern city of Pryluky.

Massive strikes hit Kyiv overnight, fire kills at least two as attacks on the capital intensify
Kyiv came under what officials described as massive strikes overnight, with at least two people killed in a fire triggered by the attacks. The strikes continue an intensifying Russian campaign against the Ukrainian capital's infrastructure.

Russian Strikes Shatter Kharkiv Apartment Blocks: At Least Six Dead, Dozens Wounded
Russian bombs and missiles have slammed into residential neighbourhoods in Kharkiv, killing at least six people and injuring nearly 60, with a second wave of strikes hitting the city on Tuesday morning as rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble.

Anthropic Says Russia Used Its Claude AI to Run Propaganda Campaigns Across Africa
Anthropic says Russian operatives used its Claude chatbot to produce pro-Kremlin propaganda broadcast in the Central African Republic and to run disinformation networks across at least four more African countries. The report details how AI is becoming the engine room of foreign influence operations — and how the models sometimes refuse to cooperate.

OpenAI Fires Three Researchers Over Mishandling of 'Sensitive Information'
OpenAI has dismissed three researchers — at least two working in AI safety — after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information linked to an external organisation that evaluates AI models. The company says the firings were about procedure, not whistleblowing.

Pakistan-Afghanistan Escalation: Airstrikes Kill Civilians as Former Allies Slide Toward Open Conflict
Pakistan carried out airstrikes on Afghanistan's Helmand and Kunar provinces on October 1, with the Taliban government reporting nine civilians — mostly women and children — killed and the UN confirming at least ten dead. Both governments are trading blame as a failed truce gives way to the region's most dangerous border crisis in years.