00:01Footage of chaos has emerged after a daytime Russian strike on a shopping mall has killed
00:07at least 14 people and injured 121 others, including 22 children, according to Dnepropetrovsk
00:15regional officials, who added that the number of casualties is growing.
00:20The attack on the central Ukrainian city of Griviri and hometown to Ukrainian President
00:27Volodymyr Zelenskyy was described by the president as being carried out in two waves.
00:33Zelenskyy said the second drone hit half an hour after the first, while emergency services were on
00:39the scene. The president condemned the attack and called it cynical and despicable, and called on
00:45the international community to put real pressure on Russia. On Thursday, another attack on a shopping
00:51mall in the town of Kramatorsk killed two women. On Friday afternoon, Ukrainian authorities
00:57reported that one person had been killed after a Russian drone attack on the community of Beriza
01:03in the Sumi region. Meanwhile, Russian overnight and early morning attacks killed at least five people,
01:10including four in drone attacks on a front-line village in the Kharkiv region. Two of the victims
01:16were elderly women, as Ukraine reported to have hit drone storage sites, logistic warehouses,
01:23command posts, and communication facilities belonging to Russian forces situated in the
01:29temporarily occupied regions of Donetsk and Crimea.
01:36Japan has lodged a formal protest against Russia over a missile test conducted off disputed islands
01:42that President Vladimir Putin visited earlier this month.
01:48The tests involved a coastal missile system firing from Etorofu, the largest island in the chain,
01:54backed by a guided missile cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine.
02:00Russia's Pacific Fleet says the drill simulated an attack on enemy ships and hit every target
02:06at a range of at least 300 kilometers. Japan's foreign minister called Russia's military build-up
02:12on the islands, quote, unacceptable, saying it runs counter to Tokyo's long-standing claim
02:18over the territory.
02:20Japan and Russia have disputed the islands since the end of World War II.
02:24Tokyo considers them an integral part of its territory, illegally occupied first by Soviets
02:29and now by Russia.
02:31relations between the two countries have deteriorated sharply since Russia's invasion of Ukraine,
02:37with Tokyo joining Western sanctions against Moscow.
02:45Two teenage boys have been severely wounded after a sword attack on a high school in the Swedish
02:52town of Fagesta, according to authorities.
02:55A third person was also wounded in the attack, as media reports say that police shot
03:00the suspect in the leg, while the Fagesta municipality said in a statement that the assailant had
03:07been detained by police. Following the attack, eight other schools in the area were placed
03:13under lockdown measures, and a state of high alert was declared in the Vastmanland region.
03:18Police have said there is currently no danger to the public.
03:22In a post on X, Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Christensen, said that they are yet sure of the
03:27motivations of the attacker. The incident occurred in a relatively small town with a population
03:34of approximately 12,000. Sweden has experienced a number of attacks on educational institutions
03:40in recent years.
03:45FIFA has handed down some of the most severe sanctions in World Cup history after Argentina
03:51players attacked Spanish players during this year's World Cup final.
03:56Midfielder Leandro Párez has received a ten-match ban after grabbing Spain's Eric Garcia by the throat and
04:02shoving Gavi to the ground, putting him alongside Luis Suarez's infamous 2014 ban as among the
04:08harshest in the tournament's history. Defender Nahuel Molina was suspended for seven games and
04:14Thiago Almada for one. All of them also faced fines of up to 76,000 euros. For his part, Spain's
04:22Gavi received a one-game ban. Argentina coach Roberto Ayala was also hit with a three-game ban and a
04:29fine,
04:30while the Argentine Football Federation was fined 94,000 euros for a string of incidents during the
04:36tournament, including a political banner about the Falkland Islands and discriminatory chants from fans.
04:42It has now been ordered to spend 85,000 euros on anti-racism projects.
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