Three people have died and at least 26 others injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko described strikes, which caused explosions and fires in residential buildings across the city, as "massive".
Kyiv's energy infrastructure was also damaged, leaving some buildings in the north-east without heat, he said. Ukraine's air force reported several other regions across the country were also being targeted.
Russia's defence ministry said it had downed or intercepted 216 Ukrainian drones that had targeted its industrial facilities and disrupted air travel, according to Reuters news agency.
In Kyiv, residential buildings came under attack "in practically every district", the head of the city's military administration Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram.
He issued a warning to take shelter a minute after midnight local time on Friday (22:01 GMT), writing "it's loud in Kyiv".
Falling debris and fires have damaged multiple high-rise apartment buildings, a hospital, school and administrative buildings, according to emergency services.
More than 40 people have been rescued, they added, including 14 from a fire in a residential building in Desnayanskyi district where one person died.
Another person was rescued in the building after being pulled from beneath rubble, they said.
Medical teams were deployed to all fires, officials said, while Klitschko said nine people were being treated in hospital with one man in an "extremely serious condition".
Parts of the Ukrainian capital's heating network were also damaged in the attack, the mayor noted, adding that the city's electricity and water supplies may have been disrupted.
Ukraine's air force warned drones and guided bombs had been targeting several other regions, including Sumy.
Russia says its attacks on energy targets, now a familiar part of the war, are aimed at the Ukrainian military.
Those attacks prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for "no exceptions" to Western sanctions on Russian energy - shortly after the US granted Hungary one such exemption.
US President Donald Trump had initially announced the sanctions on Russian oil after saying ceasefire talks with Russian President Vladimir were not progressing.
Trump was pictured on Monday apparently with the Swiss gifts on his desk in the Oval Office
Swiss ministers are in Washington for talks aimed at slashing US President Donald Trump's steep 39% tariffs on Switzerland's exports to the US – the highest rate in Europe.
Initial attempts by Swiss President Karin Keller Sutter to change Trump's mind fell on deaf ears. But a visit on 4 November by business leaders appears to have changed his mind.
A senior administration official told reporters on Thursday that the talks between the US and the Swiss ministers were "very positive" and "very focused", adding that they are "very aware" of their trade deficit with the US and are prepared to address it.
For months the Swiss have been trying to bring down the rate, which has hit Switzerland hard.
Trump's response to the Swiss president's bid was that she "was a nice woman, but she did not want to listen".
But last week's private business initiative adopted a more unconventional approach.
Swiss industry chiefs came to the Oval Office on 4 November bearing gifts, including a Rolex gold watch and a specially engraved gold bar from Swiss-based gold refining company MKS.
Already this week Trump has said a deal is being worked on to bring the tariffs "a little bit lower… I haven't set any number".
After their talks the Swiss industrialists said in a statement "our entire initiative was undertaken in the spirit of Swiss unity between the private and public sectors".
Some business figures, particularly those trading in luxury goods, gold, or commodities, already had contacts in Trump's circle.
In September, Trump appeared at the US Open tennis final in the Rolex VIP box hosted by the Swiss watch company's chief executive Jean Frédéric Dufour.
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Jean Frédéric Dufour and Trump stood together in the Rolex VIP box in New York in September
The president, apparently guessing what was going on, even asked if Dufour would have been there if Trump had not slapped such steep tariffs on Switzerland.
Last week Dufour met Trump again, this time in the Oval Office, along with fellow business leaders including Johann Rupert from luxury goods maker Richemont and Marwan Shakarchi from MKS.
It is quite normal nowadays for any leader heading to the Oval Office to come bearing a gift.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brought an invitation from King Charles for a lavish state visit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz offered a framed copy of Trump's German grandfather's birth certificate.
Requests for confirmation of the gifts to the two Swiss companies involved brought a "no comment" from Rolex and MKS.
But days after the meeting, Trump was pictured in the Oval Office with what looked very much like a Rolex "Datejust" desk clock, produced by the company as a collector's item, and worth tens of thousands of dollars.
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The Rolex desk clock was pictured on Trump's desk on Monday
A White House official confirmed the two items had been given to Trump.
The US president receives thousands of gifts every year and they then become US property, deposited with the National Archives and filed annually by the state department.
They are eventually transferred to a presidential library. Some gifts can be kept but presidents have to pay federal taxes if they do not come from a close relative.
In 1969, President Richard Nixon gently refused the gift of a Swiss Omega watch to commemorate the Moon landings.
Whatever happens to the Swiss gifts, Trump's stance towards the Swiss appears to be softening, telling reporters he is working on something "to help Switzerland".
Swiss economy minister Guy Parmelin and chief trade negotiator Helene Budliger Artieda, who travelled to Washington on Wednesday, are more hopeful than they have been in months, amid suggestions that 39% tariff may be reduced to 15% - the same as Switzerland's neighbours in the EU.
In return, promises from the Swiss pharmaceutical giants to build more production plants in the US are already on the table. It is also reported that Swiss International Airlines, whose fleet is primarily Airbus, may pivot towards Boeing.
But will it be enough? Swiss industry is waiting with bated breath. The tariffs are beginning to bite, with a number of Swiss companies warning they will have to furlough staff if nothing changes.
The Swiss do have one more highly influential figure they can call on.
Fifa president and Swiss citizen Gianni Infantino, long a friend of Trump's, was reportedly urged by some Swiss parliamentarians to try to change the president's mind.
As part of preparations for next year's World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, Infantino visited the Oval Office in August bearing the trophy.
As the cameras rolled he handed it to Trump saying he was "a winner". The president responded asking "can I keep it? That's a beautiful piece of gold".
Infantino has also announced a brand new Fifa world peace prize, to be announced in Washington DC on 5 December.
Three people have died and at least 26 others injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko described strikes, which caused explosions and fires in residential buildings across the city, as "massive".
Kyiv's energy infrastructure was also damaged, leaving some buildings in the north-east without heat, he said. Ukraine's air force reported several other regions across the country were also being targeted.
Russia's defence ministry said it had downed or intercepted 216 Ukrainian drones that had targeted its industrial facilities and disrupted air travel, according to Reuters news agency.
In Kyiv, residential buildings came under attack "in practically every district", the head of the city's military administration Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram.
He issued a warning to take shelter a minute after midnight local time on Friday (22:01 GMT), writing "it's loud in Kyiv".
Falling debris and fires have damaged multiple high-rise apartment buildings, a hospital, school and administrative buildings, according to emergency services.
More than 40 people have been rescued, they added, including 14 from a fire in a residential building in Desnayanskyi district where one person died.
Another person was rescued in the building after being pulled from beneath rubble, they said.
Medical teams were deployed to all fires, officials said, while Klitschko said nine people were being treated in hospital with one man in an "extremely serious condition".
Parts of the Ukrainian capital's heating network were also damaged in the attack, the mayor noted, adding that the city's electricity and water supplies may have been disrupted.
Ukraine's air force warned drones and guided bombs had been targeting several other regions, including Sumy.
Russia says its attacks on energy targets, now a familiar part of the war, are aimed at the Ukrainian military.
Those attacks prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for "no exceptions" to Western sanctions on Russian energy - shortly after the US granted Hungary one such exemption.
US President Donald Trump had initially announced the sanctions on Russian oil after saying ceasefire talks with Russian President Vladimir were not progressing.
Members of the Royal Naval Association in Llandudno spotted a man wearing an unusual uniform
Officials are looking into whether a man who took part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony dressed as a high-ranking navy officer was a fake.
The man was involved in the wreath laying in Llandudno, Conwy county, on Sunday, and saluted the war memorial before marching away with a colleague.
Serving and former service personnel became suspicious when they saw him dressed as a rear admiral and wearing the rare Distinguished Service Order medal.
The Ministry of Defence said it was taking it very seriously, adding that impersonating a naval officer can be considered a criminal offence.
Hundreds of people were on the seafront in Llandudno to mark Remembrance Sunday last weekend for the traditional period of silence and the laying of poppy wreaths.
But members of the town's Royal Naval Association spotted a man wearing an unusual uniform among the ranks of serving and former servicemen and women.
The man was wearing the epaulettes and sleeve lace of a rear admiral, one of the highest ranks in the Royal Navy.
He also had an array of medals on his left chest, including the Distinguished Service Order, of which very few have been awarded since 1979.
Hundreds of people were on the seafront in Llandudno to mark Remembrance Sunday last weekend.
Several veterans and serving officers have said on social media that they are concerned that the man may not have been a rear admiral, and may not have earned all the medals he was wearing.
Llandudno Town Council, which organised the event, confirmed that no-one of that rank was due to be at the ceremony.
Greg Robbins, chair of the council's civic sub-committee, said: "The man was challenged by the parade marshal, but stated that he was of a certain rank, and that he was representing the Lord Lieutenant's office.
"The parade marshal was left with little choice but to accommodate him in the wreath laying ceremony.
"The most important thing with Remembrance Sunday ceremonies is that they are suitably dignified, as this one was.
"This individual did not disrupt the ceremony, but we are keen to know who he was, and will be working with the Ministry of Defence on its investigation."
The man was seen walking in formation to the war memorial with a colleague, also dressed in a khaki uniform.
The colleague laid a wreath before the pair saluted and walked away together.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence said: "Impersonating a Naval officer is insulting to anyone connected to the service and can be considered a criminal offence.
"Nothing should detract from the poignancy of Remembrance Sunday which can be a sombre time for members of the Royal Navy family and an opportunity for people in communities across the country to pay their respects to people who have or are serving their country."
Representative Eric Swalwell said that he was being targeted by the Trump administration after news reports that he had been referred to the Justice Department for a potential criminal investigation.
Hamas and the Red Cross have been searching for hostages' bodies in the rubble of Gaza
Israel has confirmed it has received a coffin Hamas says contains the body of another hostage.
Red Cross vehicles collected the body hours after Hamas issued a joint statement with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad saying it had located it in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.
The Israeli prime minister's office said the body will be transferred to Israel, where it will be received at a military ceremony before undergoing an identification process.
Confirmation that it belongs to a hostage would mean 25 out of 28 deceased hostages have been handed over to Israel under the first phase of the current ceasefire deal which forms part of a US plan to end the Gaza war.
Under the ceasefire deal, Hamas agreed to return the 20 living and 28 dead hostages it was still holding.
All the living Israeli hostages were released on 13 October in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.
For each dead Israeli hostage returned, Israel has agreed to hand over the remains of 15 Palestinians. But with no DNA testing available in Gaza, it is hard to identify them.
Hamas seized 251 hostages when it launched the deadly attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 during which it killed 1,200 people.
More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's retaliatory response, according to figures provided by the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, whose figures the UN considers reliable, but Israel disputes.
Before the latest handover, of the four bodies still in Gaza, three were Israeli and one was Thai.
Israel has accused Hamas of deliberately delaying the recovery of the hostages' bodies, but Hamas has said it is struggling to find them under rubble.
The slow progress has meant there has been no advance on the second phase of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.
This includes plans for the governance of Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the disarmament of Hamas, and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
NHS bosses are aiming to keep nearly all services running as resident doctors begin a five-day walkout in England.
The strike – the 13th by British Medical Association members in the long-running pay dispute – starts at 07:00 GMT and lasts until 07:00 Wednesday.
Resident doctors – the new name for junior doctors – will walk out of both emergency and non-urgent care.
Hospitals will come under the most strain, with resident doctors making up about half the medical workforce. But NHS England said patients should still attend appointments unless advised otherwise.
It said it wanted to keep 95% of non-urgent work, such as hip and knee operations, going.
The NHS aims to do this by re-deploying and offering overtime to consultants and and other senior doctors as well as relying on those not striking – around a third of resident doctors are not BMA members.
But this will come at significant cost with the NHS estimating the five-day walkout is costing £240m to cover.
'I'm furious'
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Despite the attempt to keep services going, patients like Colette Houlihan, 68, have still had to face postponements.
She was due to have a pre-surgery appointment on Monday, but this has now been pushed back to late December.
Ms Houlihan, from Cambridgeshire, who is waiting for a benign tumour in her neck to be removed, said she had had to put up with two cancellations already, but could understand those as she was told patients who were higher priorities needed to be seen.
"They could have had cancer. I didn't mind that, but this is different.
"I am furious. By striking they ignore the Hippocratic Oath - first and foremost do no harm.
"Striking causes harm by way of delaying procedures, taking senior doctors from their posts and causing chaos within the system," she said.
Challenging
NHS England medical director Prof Meghana Pandit said it was frustrating and disappointing that there was another round of industrial action at a challenging time for the NHS, with flu cases rising earlier than usual.
"Despite this, staff across the NHS are working extremely hard to maintain care and limit disruption," he added.
But BMA leader Dr Tom Dolphin said keeping most services running would be "challenging".
He said doctors had a legal right to strike and should not be "bullied or coerced" into working.
And he warned his members would only leave the picket line if there was a major emergency – such as a mass casualty event.
The latest walkout comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting launched arguably his strongest attack on the BMA.
Addressing a conference of health managers this week, he called the union "morally reprehensible" and accused it of acting like a cartel, attempting to hold the public and government to ransom.
He said doctors had received generous pay rises over the past three years – worth nearly 30%, bringing average basic salaries to just over £54,000.
Streeting has maintained throughout the year that he could not negotiate on pay, but he proposed a deal that would see out-of-pocket expenses like exam fees and membership fees covered, along with a boost in speciality training places.
But the BMA has argued that, despite the pay rises, resident doctors' pay is still a fifth lower than it was in 2008, once inflation is taken into account.
The union has also warned doctors are struggling to find jobs at a key stage of their training – between years two and three when they start speciality training.
This year there were more than 30,000 applicants for 10,000 jobs at this stage, although some will have been doctors from abroad.
Max Klymenko took home the coveted prize of creator of the year
A transport enthusiast, a beauty advocate and a mum teaching people how to raise an autistic child were among the winners of the second annual TikTok awards.
Hosted by TV presenter Aj Odudu at Magazine London, awards were handed out in 12 categories including fashion, travel, food and education.
And taking home the coveted prize of creator of the year was Max Klymenko, who is best known for his career ladder series, which he says is the most popular non-animated show in the world.
In case you've not seen it, Max sets up his stepladder in various public spaces and invites passers-by to join him standing on the ladder while he tries to guess their career with a series of yes/no questions.
Max came to the UK from Ukraine 14 years ago and said the reason he started creating content was because he found it impossible to get a job to get his own career going.
"I had a lot of anxiety and stress around finding a job so I created videos helping people know what jobs were available to them." Gold ladder in hand, Max, who has 8.5 million followers on TikTok, dedicated his award to his grandma in Ukraine who "has no electricity to follow along".
"I'm calling her right after this," he said, explaining that she used to log-in from different TikTok accounts when he first started creating content so it looked like he had more views.
The 29-year-old, who accepted his award from last year's winner Kyra-Mae Turner added that he was grateful his content was being recognised because "everything you see when you scroll on the toilet or in bed takes hours to make".
The nominees have a combined follower count of more than 83 million and the winners were voted for by five million people on the app.
Winning the award for video of the year was Bemi Orojuogun, better known as bus aunty.
Often seen smiling silently on TikToks as she stands at the side of a road or a depot – while a passing double-decker appears to narrowly miss hitting her – Orojuogun has turned her lifelong love of the London's transport network into a viral celebration of city life.
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Bemi thanked Transport for London, Stormzy and god for her award tonight
Her winning video has been viewed almost 50 million times and she now has collaborations with Burberry and Ikea.
The mental health nurse has become one of TikTok's most unexpected success stories and she admitted: "It's slightly overwhelming that everyone recognises me," but said is she is proud of what she's achieved.
She thanked Transport for London and Stormzy, saying that he propelled her to fame after re-posting one of her videos.
The 56-year-old grandma had a wonderful night making friends - including Nikki Lilly, the winner of the fashion and beauty creator of the year.
Nikki, who has 10 million TikTok followers, told the BBC that fashion, beauty and lifestyle content can be seen as "skin deep" but her content challenges those perceptions.
"I don't want to only make my social media a highlights reel," the 21-year-old said. "It's also me having surgeries, a chronic illness and me having a facial difference."
Third wheeling a new friendship... Bemi and Nikki have found a best friend in each other
After being diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation, a rare life-threatening medical condition, at age six, she has used her platform to raise awareness and inspire others.
"As someone with a facial condition, I've never felt fully embraced in this space," she said while accepting her award. But she added, she has now found "so much safety" in the TikTok beauty world.
Another advocate creator is Tola and Kevin who won the "voice for change" award.
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Tola's content about raising an autistic child has seen her build up a global following
Tola and Kevin are a mother-son duo behind an account that posts candid videos of what it's like to raise a young adult with autism, striving to create content that raises awareness and promotes acceptance.
In tears, Tola said she was so grateful for the award and explained she started the account because she felt isolated when her son was first diagnosed with autism 16 years ago.
She's since built an "amazing community who love and support Kevin" which has helped the both of them immensely.
One of the most recognisable winners of the night was Charley Marlowe, a Radio 1 presenter, who won entertainment creator of the year.
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Charley's celebrity interviews and presenting work earned her the award for entertainment creator of the year
If you don't know her, you're likely to know her famous cackle which has become her trademark.
On the red carpet earlier in the night she told me "Win or lose, we're on the booze, so I'm having a good night anyway."
She was in shock to have won the award and dedicated it to "every northern, working-class diva."
Full list of winners
Creator of the year - Max Klymenko
Entertainment creator of the year - Charley Marlowe
Food creator of the year - Kieran Monlouis
Sport creator of the year - Lissie Mackintosh
Fashion and beauty creator of the year - Nikki Lilly
Travel creator of the year - Phil Carr
Books & learning creator of the year - Gabriel Astorga
Voice for change creator of the year - Tola and Kevin
An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring an emergency birth-control method to market.
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