Senior Kazakh officials detained after 14 service members swept out to sea

Hurricane Polo regained Category 5 status as its intensity fluctuated between Category 4 and Category 5 — the strongest on the hurricane scale — off Mexico's southwestern coast.

Kyiv — Wooden boards line the entry corridor, replacing windows shattered by a recent Russian drone attack near the school's campus, 20 miles south of Ukraine's capital. The principal says they could become a permanent fixture, as repairs would cost $500,000. Inside, children sit next to old Soviet guns — gifts from their parents' military units — leaning against the classroom walls as they tinker with sleek, first-person-view (FPV) drones spread out across tables.

Iran's president says Tehran wants a deal with the U.S. before November's midterm elections, as the regime puts an offer on the table.

School strikes are taking place across Germany to protest against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service. One of the organisers of the strike, Bela Breitner, from School Strike Against Compulsory Military Service said the federal government was "serious about gradually reintroducing compulsory military service". At one protest in Hamburg, demonstrators waved flags and held up banners emblazoned with the words "We won't take part in your wars".