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Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia, Reuters reported.

Three and a half years into the war, Russia and Ukraine have both intensified airstrikes in recent weeks. Russia has targeted Ukraine's energy and transport systems, while Ukraine has been attackingRussian oil refineries and pipelines.

"We will continue our active operations in exactly the way needed for Ukraine's defence. The forces and resources are prepared. New deep strikes have also been planned," Zelenskiy said on X after meeting Ukraine's top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, without giving further details of the plans.

Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, said Russian drones had attacked four energy facilities in the Odesa region during the night, and local authorities reported that 29,000 people were left without electricity early on Sunday, according to Reuters.

The UK has secured a £10bn deal to supply the Norwegian navy with at least five new warships, BBC reported.

The agreement to provide Type 26 frigates will be the UK's "biggest ever warship export deal by value", the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, while Norway said it would be its largest "defence capability investment" to date. 

The government said the deal would support 4,000 UK jobs "well into the 2030s", including more than 2,000 at BAE Systems' Glasgow shipyards where the frigates will be built, according to BBC.

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement would "drive growth and protect national security for working people".

Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas's armed wing, has been killed in an air strike in Gaza City, Israel has said, NBC reported .

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz congratulated the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel's security agency, Shin Bet, for the "flawless execution" in a post on X.

He gave no detail on the time or location of the operation, but the IDF earlier said its aircraft attacked "a key terrorist" in the al-Rimal neighbourhood on Saturday, prompting reports in Israeli media that Obeida had been the target.

Hamas has not confirmed his death. The Palestinian armed group earlier said dozens of civilians were killed and injured in Israeli strikes on a residential building in the district, according to BBC.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a dinner hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday.

Indian Prime Minister Modi said that he was delighted to meet Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

Taking to X, he said, “Delighted to meet Nepali Prime Minister KP Oli in Tianjin. India’s relations with Nepal are deep-rooted and very special.”

The PM and high level Nepali delegation, including the First Lady Radhika Shakya, attended the banquet and cultural function held at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention Centre.

At the invitation of President Xi, a high level Nepali delegation led by PM Oli is currently visiting China. 

PM Oli and Chinese President Xi already held a bilateral meeting on Saturday, the first day of the five-day visit.

PM Oli is scheduled to address the SCO Summit tomorrow. 

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh, held a bilateral meeting on Sunday. .

Both Prime Ministers are now in China in the course of participating in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit. 

During the meeting, they discussed the various aspects of cultural, diplomatic and economic relations and cooperation between the two countries, according to the Foreign Ministry.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Chinh recalled the recent Nepal visit of Vice President of Vietnam, Vo Thi Anh Xuan, and invited Prime Minister Oli for a visit to Vietnam. 

Expressing Nepal's solidarity to the movement of freedom of Vietnam, PM Oli underlined that progress made by Vietnam in a short period is inspiration for all. 

He shared that Nepal would be a developing country next year and urged it to invest in the energy sector of Nepal. 

Prime Minister Oli also extended an invitation to his Vietnamese counterpart to visit Nepal.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to hold a meeting.

Prime Minister Oli, who is on a five-day visit to China, is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Putin tomorrow.

According to a senior official at the Foreign Ministry, PM Oli and President Putin are holding a meeting in Tianjin.

A source at the Foreign Ministry has informed that the talks between them will last for about half an hour.

"They will hold a meeting from 6:45 on Monday for about half an hour. Issues of bilateral interest will be discussed during the meeting," the source said.

Prime Minister Oli left for China on Saturday to take part in the SCO Summit.

He also held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping upon reaching the northern neighbor.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister drew the attention of the Chinese President to the agreement reached between India and China to reopen a trade route via Lipulekh Pass.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Oli held a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

 Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said Sunday, as water levels of rivers rise to all-time highs, Associated Press reported.

Global warming has worsened monsoon rains this year in Pakistan, one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Downpours and cloudbursts have triggered flash floods and landslides across the mountainous north and northwest in recent months.

Residents in eastern Punjab have also experienced abnormal amounts of rain, as well as cross-border flooding after India released water from swollen rivers and overflowing dams into Pakistan’s low-lying regions, according to Associated Press.

The senior minister for the province, Maryam Aurangzeb, told a press conference on Sunday: “This is the biggest flood in the history of the Punjab. The flood has affected two million people. It’s the first time that the three rivers — Sutlej, Chenab, and Ravi — have carried such high levels of water.”

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka's fourth-round U.S. Open showdown will serve as a welcome trip down memory lane for the two fan favourites, as they face off in a match made for prime time on Monday, Reuters reported.

Organisers could not have scripted it better for American fans, with a must-watch meeting between two charismatic former champions on the U.S. Labor Day holiday, six years after their memorable first meeting at Flushing Meadows.

The two faced off in the 2019 third round, where legions of domestic fans showed up to watch the then-15-year-old Gauff under the lights in her Arthur Ashe Stadium debut, fresh off her stunning run to the Wimbledon round of 16.

The then-defending champion and world number one made easy work of Gauff 6-3 6-0, but quickly comforted the young American as she dissolved into tears by her bench and urged her to come address the crowd, according to Reuters.