One of 2 victims in Manchester synagogue attack was accidentally shot by police

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British police say one of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester may have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer. Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson said on Friday that a forensic examination has provisionally determined that the victim had “a wound consistent with a gunshot injury.” He said the attacker did not have a gun and that the only shots fired were by police. Police had earlier identified the two killed in the attack on the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall as Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz. Three other people are hospitalized in serious condition.

Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal for ending the war in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 attack into Israel. Trump, who issued the warning on Friday, appears keen to deliver on pledges to end the war and return dozens of hostages ahead of the second anniversary of the attack on Tuesday. His peace plan has been accepted by Israel and welcomed internationally, but key mediators Egypt and Qatar, and at least one Hamas official, have said some elements need further negotiation, without elaborating.

Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England

LONDON (AP) — Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. She will replace former archbishop Justin Welby, who announced his resignation in November. Mullally will face divisions over the treatment of women and LGBTQ people, and she will have to confront concerns that church leaders haven’t done enough to stamp out the sexual abuse scandals that have dogged the church for more than a decade. She follows 105 men to become the first woman to lead 85 million Anglicans worldwide.

Russia targets Ukraine’s natural gas facilities in biggest attack of the war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its biggest attack of the war overnight against natural gas facilities run by Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Group, officials said Friday. Russia fired a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s air force. in what officials was an attempt to wreck the Ukrainian power grid ahead of winter and wear down public appetite for the 3-year-old conflict. “This is deliberate terror against civilian facilities that provide gas extraction and processing for the normal life of people,” Serhii Koretskyi, chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz, said in a statement. “It has no military purpose. This is yet another act of Russian malice aimed solely at disrupting the heating season and depriving Ukrainians of warmth in winter.”