Ukrainian forces claimed destroying forty Russian strategic bombers in Siberia through long-range drone strikes, marking their deepest penetration into Russian territory. Moscow confirmed aircraft caught fire at the targeted base. The operation preceded Istanbul peace talks, where both delegations planned to participate despite the escalation.
PSG's Champions League victory celebrations turned deadly in France, with riots leaving two dead and nearly six hundred arrested. A seventeen-year-old was fatally stabbed in Dax while violence erupted across multiple cities, representing the worst sports-related unrest in recent French history.
Israeli strikes on a Rafah humanitarian aid center killed over thirty Palestinians, continuing the pattern of targeting relief operations that newspapers had documented in previous days. Hamas submitted counterproposals to the American ceasefire plan, which Israeli officials rejected.
President Mattarella condemned Gaza's humanitarian crisis during Republic Day ceremonies, declaring it "inhumane to reduce an entire population to starvation" and affirming Palestinian rights to their homeland.
