Your daily round-up of today's news:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says ten million citizens are without power following Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine's energy sector. Russia's missile strikes targeted gas fields and residential areas.
- Twitter announced that all of the firm's offices are closed until Monday without reason. It's thought hundreds of employees are leaving the beleaguered social media giant following Elon Musk's takeover.
- North Korea fired what is suspected to be an ICBM. This is the second launch in two days as Pyongyang continues a blitz that could heighten tensions.
- Nancy Pelosi announced she will step down as the top leader of the US Democrats following the Republicans' barely winning control of the US House of Representatives.
- Denmark's Bavarian Nordic will supply the monkeypox vaccine to Europe.
- A Dutch court sentenced three men to life imprisonment over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
- UN Secretary Antonio Guterres urged nations to stop the "finger-pointing" at deadlocked climate talks and reach a deal on covering the losses suffered by vulnerable countries battered by global warming.
- ElectroMobility Poland and Geely made a licensing agreement to supply the Chinese car company's SEA EV platform for the creation of electric cars from Poland's national car brand Izera. EMP is backed by the Polish government and Izera will be Poland's first domestic brand.
- Brittney Griner was relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, over 200 miles outside Moscow, to serve her nine-year sentence, according to her lawyers and agent.
TTFN.
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