Ukraine has been hit by a huge wave of Russian drone and missile strikes overnight, killing at least 18 people. Children were amongst the dead and injured after civilian infrastructure, including an apartment block, was hit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched 656 strike drones and 73 missiles in the attack. He renewed his plea to the US to supply missiles for Patriot air defence systems, which have been in short supply, exacerbated by the US and Israeli war against Iran. Russia's defence ministry said its "strike objectives" had been achieved. Last week, Moscow vowed retaliation after accusing Kyiv of a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine.

Temperatures around the globe could be reshaped by El Niño, scientists fear, as a new phase of the weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks. While it's a natural phenomenon, experts believe this one could be unusually powerful when combined with human-caused climate change. “El Niño conditions will pour fuel on the fire of a warming world," the UN has warned. It could end up as one of the strongest ever recorded, several forecasts suggest - possibly a "super" El Niño. Part of the reason why scientists expect it to be so strong lies deep below the ocean's surface.