At least 24 people were killed in Russian strikes on a school distributing humanitarian aid in southern Ukraine, following the expiry of a local ceasefire.

A suspected cyberattack targeted supermarket freezer systems across at least eight European countries, causing food spoilage and disrupting grocery operations.

The government has formed a six-member wage board to address workers demands for a monthly minimum wage increase amid rising inflation and living costs.

"All parties should ... in a spirit of reason and pragmatism, focus on a political solution rather than once again resorting to armed conflict," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The judge said the decision to confront the man and knock him off his e-bike involved "a degree of vigilantism".

The World Health Organization should focus on reprioritising its spending rather than chasing replacement funding, said Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. 

La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper ran the headline "Kimitico", a play on words meaning "Legendary Kimi".

The cost-of-living rallies emerged after high school students launched nationwide demonstrations in September over learning conditions and inequality.

"The Middle East Gulf region should not become an arena for great-power rivalry and geopolitical conflict. Peace and stability in the region require joint nurturing and protection by all parties," says Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The workers demands reflect mounting pressure from rising living costs and persistent inflation.

Cyclone Murasu is expected to be less intense than last week's Cyclone Arnab, where six people were killed and dozens of houses and crops were destroyed.

The Armed Response Command will deploy at major events, crowded public spaces, sporting venues and places of worship to conduct "high visibility" patrols, New South Wales state police said.

US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to resume this month, having been effectively frozen since February, when the war in Iran broke out.

Haley Stevens, who lost a primary to left-wing progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed earlier this year, endorsed his Republican candidate Mike Rogers.

The Oleshky ceasefire is the longest local pause in fighting since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

The Paris police prefecture said several hundred rioters had attacked security forces with projectiles.

Speaking to state media, Araqchi said discussions on a "two-day proposal" were continuing, but that no final conclusion had been reached.