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One person is killed and at least 30 people are injured in Russian drone strikes on two passenger trains at a rail station in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (The Independent)

A Russian Buyan-class corvette is allegedly attacked near Lake Onega. The ship sustains damage to the right side of its power plant compartment. (The Kyiv Independent)

Multiple people are killed and injured and several prisoners escape in an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency prison by militant group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Iran executes six prisoners convicted of carrying out attacks inside Iran on behalf of Israel, with links to a secession movement which has previously launched attacks against oil pipelines in Iran’s southwest. (AP)

Sanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister designate. She is the first female leader of the LDP and, therefore, prime minister of Japan. (Kyodo News)

Violent protests that killed at least 10 people in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, end as a peace agreement is reached with a civil rights alliance. (MSN)

Protestors attempt to storm the Orbeliani Palace and clash with police in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Al Jazeera)

The second and final day of the election to elect the members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies takes place. (TVN24)