The Prosecutor's Office said on Sunday that an incident targeting an Estonian defense industry company took place overnight on Friday. Further details will be shared with the public at 3 p.m.

Estonia's emergency services held a large-scale realistic crisis exercise at a high school in western Estonia to practice responding to a drone attack as the threat from unmanned aerial vehicles grows.

Political parties are discussing MPs' salaries, with both the coalition and opposition looking to make cuts in the next Riigikogu after the 2027 election.

Artificial intelligence is a native of bureaucracy, but humans must retain control over political decision-making and the ability to conduct reality checks, writes Mari-Liis Jakobson.

Estonia's emergency services held a large-scale realistic crisis exercise at a high school in western Estonia to practice responding to a drone attack as the threat from unmanned aerial vehicles grows.

The decision by two Tallinn hospitals to abandon 24-hour shifts is unpopular with nurses and care workers. The Estonian Nurses Union said the new rules make it difficult to work additional shifts elsewhere.

Sisetingimustes nii Euroopa kui ka maailmameistriks tulnud mitmevõistleja Saga Vanninen on kahtlemata väga andekas, kuid ta ei leia kuidagi päris oma kohta.

Probleem ei seisne selles, et inimesed protestivad, ega selles, et neil on erinevad arvamused. Probleem seisneb vaenulikkuses, kirjutab Reforminoorte juhatuse liige ja hariduskomisjoni esinaine ning Tartu Ülikooli Euroopa Õpingute magistrant Gerda Õunapuu.

The US has not confirmed the Ukrainian president's comments - a US official told the BBC "many ideas continue to be discussed".

Trump will discuss the "reduction of nuclear weapons" during the unprecedented talks, a spokeswoman says.

Beauty calendars have become a Christmas staple and have become particularly popular with female shoppers.

The scandal has cast a spotlight on Singapore's success as a chip hub - and a location for alleged illicit trade.

Israel said Sunday it had killed a senior Hamas commander in an overnight airstrike in southern Gaza, just two months after his predecessor was killed. The Israel Defense Forces identified the commander as Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Younis, who led Hamas’ Rafah Brigade and reportedly had a leading role in planning the Oct. 7 2023 massacre in Israel. “Abu Younis was appointed commander of the brigade approximately 2 months ago, following the elimination of his predecessor,” the IDF said in a statement posted on X on Sunday. According to the Israeli military, Abu Younis previously served as deputy commander of the brigade and led its Tel al-Sultan Battalion. The IDF accused him of directing attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers, as well as working to rebuild Hamas’ military capabilities. “The terrorist was eliminated in order to remove the threat he posed,” the military said. Writing on Telegram, Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades said Abu Younis had been involved in “numerous high-profile operations” and was “one of the most important commanders involved in planning and overseeing the October 7th attack.” Abu Younis succeeded Nael Abu Obeid, who was killed by Israel on Sept. 15, making him the latest in a series of Hamas commanders targeted by Israeli forces. The killing comes amid a fragile ceasefire that took effect in Oct. 2025, ending major fighting but failing to stop Israeli strikes in Gaza. U.S. President Donald Trump’s broader peace plan remains stalled over disagreements about Hamas’ disarmament and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that Hamas surrender its weapons before Israeli troops withdraw, rejecting a proposed phased approach that would see both steps take place in parallel.

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Heavy Russian losses are one of the reasons for Moscow’s slowing advance in Ukraine this year, the commander of the country’s Air Assault Forces said. “Even though the Russian offensive continues, the enemy is not demonstrating rapid operational successes that would allow it to advance quickly. They are slowing down,” Maj. Gen. Oleh Apostol told a group of journalists in a secure location on Tuesday. “If they capture a single tree line in a month, that hardly constitutes an operational success upon which further gains can be built,” Apostol said. Russian casualties are rising, according to the commander and to NATO officials. “In the past few months, Russia has been losing more than 40,000 troops — killed or seriously wounded — every month. The United States in 14 years, in Vietnam, lost 56,000. Here in one month, Russia, dead or seriously wounded, 40,000. And in October, early reporting indicates this number may have climbed to over 50,000,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said this week. Neither Ukraine nor Russia publishes their exact military losses. The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies this summer estimated that Russian forces had suffered about 1.4 million casualties, including 400,000 to 450,000 fatalities, from the start of the full-scale invasion through June 2026. It estimated Ukrainian casualties at 525,000 to 625,000, including 125,000 to 150,000 fatalities, over the same period. Despite rising casualties, the Russian military continues to press forward but is making few lasting gains, Apostol said. He estimated that Ukrainian forces had retaken more than 800 square kilometers from Russian forces this year as the result of two local counteroffensive operations. Ukraine’s offensives have both a military and a political meaning as they show Kyiv is successfully resisting Russian pressure, Apostol said. In his view, successes on the battlefield provide additional arguments for continuing military aid from Kyiv’s allies, while a lack of positive momentum could increase external pressure to negotiate. “Ukrainian counter-offensive actions refute Russian claims regarding the impossibility of further resistance and strengthen Ukraine’s arguments in its engagement with international partners,” the general said. Apostol said that many of Moscow’s claimed successes are propaganda efforts that do not mark real territorial gains and that lower-level commanders may mislead their superiors about the actual situation on the battlefield. When it’s impossible to demonstrate real success, Russian forces use individual soldiers with flags to film proof of control over entire areas, Apostol said, adding that such soldiers are usually quickly killed by Ukrainian forces. “A Russian flag at a given position does not necessarily mean that the location has actually been captured and is being held,” he said. Claims and counter-claims During the latest round of U.S.-led peace talks this week, Russia claimed it had occupied half of the territory in the Donbas that is currently under Ukrainian control, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “So the Russians think and they share that they really occupied half of the territory of Donbas, which we control really,” he said, adding that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was being misinformed and that Kremlin negotiators were trying to use exaggerated territorial claims to influence the U.S. “I think that Putin lives a little bit in different information,” Zelenskyy said. “It’s a different reality. And of course, he is sharing with America.” Russia is claiming that it has taken 6,500 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory this year, while the Institute for the Study of War think tank estimates that the real total is a Russian net gain of only 73 square kilometers. Putin is “trying once again to breathe life into the myth of inevitable Russian military victory in order to persuade the United States and other supporters of Ukraine to compel Kyiv to surrender,” ISW wrote. Apostol underlined that Ukraine is being very careful in its operations to try and minimize troop losses because of its lack of manpower. “You must attack where success is possible,” Apostol said, adding that Ukraine favors localized attacks instead of a massive counteroffensive. In many cases, the goal is to stabilize the frontline and not to take more territory. “Launching an offensive against a well-prepared enemy force that holds a numerical advantage may fail to yield the desired outcome,” he said. Ukraine has a much smaller population than Russia and has had difficulties in recruiting new forces and preventing soldiers from deserting. “If a person is treated like a dog, they might go AWOL,” Apostol said.

Australia dominated the first half and capitalised on the Kiwi Ferns’ errors to win 34-10 and clinch the trophy.

Iran’s IRGC says six drones were launched at a US radar installation at an air base in Bahrain.

Hundreds of thousands expected to rally against plan to scrap licence fees and fund broadcasters from state budgetHundreds of thousands of Czechs are expected to rally in Prague on Sunday to protest against what they say is a government attempt to stifle media freedom.The gathering to save the mandatory licence fees that fund Czechia’s public broadcasters could be one of the biggest in the country’s history, organisers say. Continue reading...

People around the world have contended with unprecedented weather events and their fatal effects caused by the climate catastropheAfter the world’s hottest summer since records began in 1850, the death toll from extreme weather in 2026 is already in the high tens of thousands. That is a conservative estimate and is certain to rise much higher.As Cop31 continues and scientists warn that climate breakdown may be accelerating, the Guardian looks back at a year of droughts, fires and floods as a reminder that, unless the world takes urgent action to cut emissions, this disastrous year will be one of the best of the rest of our lives. Continue reading...

Chair of European Banking Authority working on alternative ways to free up more cross-border lending

The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks to Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford