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Russian Emergencies Ministry also says its mobile app suffered a 'massive cyberattack', leading to 'false information'.
Russian Emergencies Ministry also says its mobile app suffered a 'massive cyberattack', leading to 'false information'.
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Ukraine and Russia have both reported cyberattacks targeting applications used to send emergency alerts to the public. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said Ukraine will stop refinery strikes if the US sends Patriot missiles.
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<p>The train disaster, one of Europe’s deadliest rail incidents this century, killed 69 people, including 54 Spaniards</p><p>Four US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/spain-train-crash-high-speed-toledo">high-speed train collision</a> in Spain, authorities said.</p><p>Wednesday’s disaster – one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century – has seen victims’ relatives endure an agonising wait as forensics teams identify the dead, sometimes from individual body parts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/02/spain-train-crash-us-citizens-japan-canada-dead">Continue reading...</a>