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Russia launched a wave of overnight strikes on Kyiv early on Sunday, killing several people and leaving dozens injured, local authorities said. The intense assault shook buildings across the city center, including near government offices, residential buildings, and schools. Damage was recorded across at least nine districts of the capital, according to the head of the Kyiv military administration. In one district, a school was damaged while people were sheltered inside, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as local
authorities reported supermarkets and warehouses across the city were also damaged. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Sunday that Russia had used the nuclear-capable Avangard missile in the attack. It comes after he warned of intelligence indicating that possibility a day earlier. Ukrainian authorities said Russian strikes had also wounded three people in the broader Kyiv region, 11 in the Cherkasy region, and seven in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to statements from US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio on Sunday hinted that good news may be announced soon after Trump had announced on Saturday that a draft framework for an agreement was largely negotiated. So, we've made some progress over the last 48 hours working with our partners in the Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with a completely open straits, and I mean open straits without tolls, and with uh addressing some of the key uh things that underpin what has been Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions in the past. Under the potential deal, Tehran would agree to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and the US would end its blockade of Iran's ports, according to two regional officials
close to the Pakistan-led negotiations. Several countries, including the European Union and the United Kingdom, welcomed progress on a possible deal with Iran. More than 100 police officers stormed the Ankara headquarters of the Republican People's Party on Sunday morning, cutting through the main entrance gate to reinstate former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The officers used tear gas inside the building against party members who had barricaded the reception level with furniture.
Tactical entry followed the controversial ruling by the 36th Civil Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Justice, which declared the 2023 party congress that elected Özgür Özel absolutely null and void due to bribery allegations. The operation triggered a furious civil war within the party, with many members of parliament condemning the raid. CHP MP Mahmut Tanal addressed Kılıçdaroğlu directly on social media, telling him to pull back his third-rate mafia thugs, while others accused the former leader of dragging the country back into darkness. Meanwhile, Kılıçdaroğlu demanded that the current leadership comply with the court ruling, as his lawyers formally requested that the police hand the
building over to them. As the standoff continues, CHP parliamentary group deputy chair Murat Emir challenged Kılıçdaroğlu to face the membership at a fresh congress. Cristian Mungiu's Fjord The 2026 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or has been awarded to Cristian Mungiu's political drama Fjord. In his second Palme d'Or winning film, Mungiu explores the contradictions of Scandinavia's supposed tolerance in a drama starring Renata Reinsve and Sebastian Stan. Well, I'm very happy because it's not just an entertaining film. I hope it is entertaining. I hope it is human. I hope it is going to speak to people about this necessity of getting into a
dialogue with the others. I hope it's going to bring more doubts to people who are sure that they are right and everybody else is wrong. Well, you know, it's good every now and then to double check your values and to understand that there isn't just one solutions for solution for the problems that the world is having. The movie is based on true events and is notable for how it questions the progressive values of Norwegian society and appears sympathetic to the conservative religious characters, a departure from most arthouse festival fare. Russian family drama Minotaur by Andrey Zvyagintsev, which depicts a callous businessman caught up in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, won the Grand Prix second prize.
