Is the war entering a new phase? Polls have closed in Russia's first wartime parliamentary elections, with the ruling United Russia party on course to win the tightly controlled vote. The Kremlin wants the elections, the first parliamentary vote since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, to showcase popular support for the war and legitimise its action. The drone strikes on Sunday killed at least three people in the Moscow region and two more in the Russian-held part of Ukraine's Kherson region, including an election official, according to the region's governor and the election commission. Russian authorities also reported attacks on the country's electronic voting systems and communication lines during the polls, but said the electoral process was mostly smooth.

Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones and missiles at Russia in what Moscow is calling the largest attack of the war, striking oil infrastructure in the Moscow region.

Russia and Iran built alternative financial channels, nuclear cooperation at Bushehr and energy projects to counter Western sanctions, a nonpublic 2024-2026 roadmap reveals.

Two killed in'massive' Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region, says Russia At least two people have been killed and six injured in a massive overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said. Vorobyev said 249 drones had been shot down, and he reported fires in several residential houses. A local warehouse was also ablaze. In the capital Moscow, an oil refinery was damaged, and flight restrictions were in place at two airports. Earlier, a Ukraine official said seven people, including two children, were killed in Russian attacks in the Kyiv and Sumy regions on Saturday.

'Gaslit by the King' and'McCann suspect's book plot' Image caption, Claims made by Earl Spencer about King Charles III's comments following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales continue to feature on some of Sunday's front pages, ahead of the publication of the earl's book about his sister. It's not every day you get gaslit by the King, is the headline of the Mail on Sunday after Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that fraternal grief could colour memory. The furious earl has denied claims he is writing the memoir for money and has said Diana would be cheering from the rafters at the book. Image caption, The Sunday Times carries comments from unnamed friends of the King who the paper says have called Earl Spencer a hypocrite who is peddling Diana's privacy. They refer to the much-married earl as getting out his crested carving knives.

Is the war entering a new phase? Russian forces have launched widespread missile, drone, and artillery attacks across Ukraine, causing civilian casualties while hitting regional infrastructure and commercial shipping in the Black Sea. Ukraine's Air Force on Saturday reported facing a huge overnight barrage involving 174 drones from across Russia and Ukraine's annexed Crimean Peninsula, alongside two Zircon antiship missiles launched from Russia's Kursk region. "Enemy [Zircon antiship] missiles did not reach the targets," it said. Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed its forces used Geran-4 Seeker loitering drones to strike two commercial vessels in the Black Sea - a Ukrainian dry cargo ship en route to Odesa and a docked tanker in the port of Odesa - asserting that both ships were carrying military supplies. In the Kharkiv region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov confirmed Russian attacks spanning 14 settlements killed five people and injured 15 others, causing heavy destruction in towns like Balakliya and Lypkuvativka.

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Is the war entering a new phase? Russia's drones threaten Kyiv-bound Western officials as war effort stalls Share Russia's drones threaten Kyiv-bound Western officials as war effort stalls on social media Russia has threatened the safety of Ukrainian, American and European officials travelling to and from Kyiv using drones. These attacks have come as Russia's ground war stumbles. On September 13, Russian drones struck a Ukrainian train locomotive 5km (3 miles) from the border with Poland, endangering European officials travelling to Warsaw after they attended the Yalta European Strategy conference, an annual gathering of global political, business and civil society leaders in Kyiv. Boris Johnson, Britain's former premier, and European political and security officials were on the train.

Protesters from Pause AI block the entrance to Downing Street on Wednesday. Protesters from Pause AI block the entrance to Downing Street on Wednesday. 'A critical moment': concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks Andy Burnham's focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government's radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer's time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in artificial intelligence, began drawing up plans for a new AI safety law. They ordered a review of existing legislation to see what powers they already had, according to those briefed on the plans, and were exploring whether they could force the world's most advanced technology companies to submit their products for safety testing before launching them. In the midst of the political chaos that engulfed the former prime minister as he fought to remain in office, however, the plans fell by the wayside.