Monday 19 October 2026 07:30 UTC
Four soldiers killed in CFB Wainwright fire
The Canadian military now says four soldiers, not seven, died in the fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. Another 39 people were injured. High winds drove the fire from a live-fire training area through the unit’s administrative area and beyond the base. The military said there was no indication of terrorism.
Vladimir Putin proposed meeting Donald Trump and Xi Jinping next month to discuss Ukraine without Volodymyr Zelensky, according to an account by a former Russian intelligence officer. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that discussions had taken place but said there was no agreement on a meeting or its agenda. A senior US official said Trump had not agreed, though he might be open to the idea.
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Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu his full endorsement before Israel’s October 27 election. He warned that the United States might have to confront Iran if Israelis chose another leader. Netanyahu replied that only he and Trump could destroy Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran’s new defence minister, Mehrdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi, said the country was ready for war and was moving new factories into mountains and other protected sites.
Ukraine said Russia had attacked its energy and oil-and-gas sectors 76 times in one week, despite the ceasefire announced by the United States. New strikes hit substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa, leaving tens of thousands of families without electricity. Separate attacks on homes killed two people and injured 12, including two children. Ukraine also said it had regained more territory since the start of autumn than Russia had captured.