Russia launches another large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say three people were killed and 13 were wounded when Russia attacked the country with waves of drones and missiles. The attack early Tuesday struck Kyiv, and the southern port of Odesa. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it one of the biggest strikes on the capital in the 3-year-old war, with explosions and the buzzing of drones heard for hours in Kyiv. Russia has been launching a record number of drones and missiles while the countries continue to swap prisoners of war, the only tangible outcome of recent direct peace talks in Istanbul. A ceasefire, long sought by Kyiv, remains elusive.

A former student opens fire at an Austrian school, killing 10 and taking his own life

GRAZ, Austria (AP) — Authorities in the Austrian city of Graz say a former student opened fire at a school on Tuesday, fatally wounding 10 people and injuring many others before taking his own life. Special forces were among those sent to the high school after a call at 10 a.m. Special forces were among those sent to the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school, about half a mile from Graz’s historic center. Police say the assailant was a 21-year-old Austrian man who used two weapons, which he appeared to have owned legally. There was no immediate information on his motive.

UK and others sanction 2 far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers

JERUSALEM (AP) — Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face asset freezes and travel bans from the five countries which announced the measures on Tuesday. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the two men “have been inciting violence against Palestinian people for months and months and months.” The pair are champions of expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The decision by Western governments friendly to Israel is a sharp rebuke of Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and of settler violence.

Palestinians say 36 people killed trying to obtain desperately needed aid

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Palestinians desperately trying to access aid in Gaza have come under fire again, killing 36 people and wounding 207. Experts and humanitarian aid workers say Israel’s blockade and 20-month military campaign have pushed Gaza to the brink of famine. At least 163 people have been killed and 1,495 wounded in a number of shootings near aid sites run by the Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which are in military zones that are off-limits to independent media. The Israeli military has acknowledged firing warning shots on previous occasions at people who it says approached its forces in a suspicious manner.