Overview

• UK police said the Manchester synagogue assault is a terrorist incident, with the attacker shot dead, two people killed, four hospitalized, and two arrests made as officers prevented entry to the packed sanctuary.
• Greater Manchester’s chief constable reported that preliminary findings indicate one victim was inadvertently killed by police gunfire and that another hospitalized victim has a non‑life‑threatening gunshot wound.
• Ukraine issued a nationwide air‑raid alert Friday evening, with explosions reported by local media in Dnipro, Pavlohrad, the Kharkiv region and the Sumy region.
• Russian and Russian‑administered areas reported fresh UAV activity: Belgorod officials listed an injured woman and damage across several towns, a shopping center in Kursk region was hit with two people wounded, a house in Berezniki (Perm Krai) was damaged with repairs underway, and Horlivka reported damaged apartment blocks, a school and one civilian wounded.
• Odesa prosecutors opened a criminal negligence case over drainage maintenance after floods killed 10 people, as authorities tallied extensive damage to residential buildings.