Israeli settlers beat French mayor, attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank

Data from a monitoring agency shows attacks around the Strait of Hormuz at a record high, as two more vessels report being attacked on Friday.

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged supporters Saturday to speak out in defense of new U.S. sanctions against Russia, hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing a sweeping package of restrictions targeting the Russian economy. The White House decision has further raised fears that Ukraine could be left exposed to Moscow’s escalating assaults with winter approaching.

Ukraine is still unable to use its interceptor systems against Russian drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, because of speed restrictions imposed on Starshield, an upgraded military version of Elon Musk's Starlink, amid an ongoing row with President Trump. "Unfortunately, we can't use Starlink or Starshield technology on our territory today to shoot down jet-powered Shaheds," Zelenskyy said in an online group chat with reporters at the EU Summit. "They fly, and we can stop them with aircraft and other air defense, but we don't use Starlink for that, unfortunately. God willing, this will be restored."

Skydance’s $110 billion creation tests whether France’s cultural exception can still compel a leveraged global media giant to fund, protect and prioritise French creativity, or merely treat it as a compliance cost.