00:00Close to 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured on both sides as Russia and Ukraine traded heavy
00:07strikes overnight into Sunday.
00:10Ukraine denied targeting Bulgaria after a drone exploded close to the strategic trans-Balkan gas pipeline near the border with
00:18Romania.
00:20The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche's attorney general atop law enforcement role.
00:30FIFA has issued a statement defending its president Gianni Infantino after allegations emerged over an alleged lover paid off by
00:38UEFA.
00:40Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported.
00:49In Ukraine, Russian attacks targeted several cities, including the capital Kiev, where four people were killed, including one child.
00:57The second-largest city of Kharkiv was also struck, with missiles targeting residential areas, killing at least three people and
01:05injuring dozens more.
01:07Authorities say the strikes on Kharkiv are the most intense to hit the city in recent weeks and warn that
01:12further attacks may continue.
01:14The port city of Odessa, one of the most attacked Ukrainian cities, was also targeted, where the Kremlin struck civilian
01:22infrastructure, injuring eight people in the process.
01:26Officials say at least six more fatalities were recorded in other major front lines, including Sumy, Kherson, and Donetsk in
01:33the Donbass region.
01:35In Russia, at least five people were killed and two dozen others were wounded in the border region of Belgorod,
01:42according to local officials, in overnight drone attacks.
01:46Russia's defense ministry said its forces intercepted over 150 Ukrainian drones in Belgorod and over the annexed Crimea and the
01:54Black and Azov seas.
01:59Ukraine denied targeting Bulgaria after a drone exploded close to the strategic trans-Balkan gas pipeline near the border with
02:07Romania.
02:09Bulgaria's defense ministry said the type of drone was one that was used widely by the Ukrainian military.
02:14In response, the foreign minister has called in Ukraine's ambassador for a meeting on Monday.
02:20A Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson said the Ukrainian military was looking into the incident, but that it did not deliberately
02:27target Bulgaria.
02:29Meanwhile, an investigation is underway, regional authorities have said.
02:33The explosion caused no casualties.
02:47However, Bulgarian prime minister Drumen Radev said the drone was carrying significant explosives.
02:52The drone crashed in a sunflower field, just one kilometer from the compressor station of the trans-Balkan gas pipeline,
02:59an international energy hub connecting Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.
03:09The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general, a top law enforcement
03:17role.
03:18Blanche, who had already been serving as a top U.S. law enforcement officer in an acting capacity,
03:24represented Trump as his private attorney in several criminal trials before entering government.
03:29On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49.
03:33The nomination is confirmed.
03:37Democrats, as well as some Republicans, had expressed concerns over putting a close Trump ally in the role.
03:43The Justice Department has historically prided itself on its independence from the White House.
03:49Blanche only narrowly won the vote, with two Republican senators joining all Democrats to oppose his nomination.
03:57Blanche is the second confirmed attorney general since Trump returned to the White House last year,
04:02with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies.
04:11FIFA has issued a statement defending its president, Gianni Infantino.
04:16The football association said there was a, quote,
04:19concerted and ongoing effort to undermine the organization, as well as its president.
04:24The statement comes shortly after a British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph,
04:28raised questions about an exit package paid by UEFA to a female staffer,
04:33while Infantino was its general secretary.
04:35The newspaper claims a woman received a six-figure sum as a payoff from UEFA after an alleged love affair
04:42with Infantino.
04:44FIFA has now accused critics of trying to weaken Infantino's authority
04:49and remove him from office without due process.
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