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A large-scale fire broke out during a New Year's Eve party at the Crans Montana ski resort in Switzerland. According to the authorities, dozens of people died and about 100 were injured.
In Iran, protests over rising living costs have spread to universities. Students joined traders and shopkeepers amid record inflation of 42.5% and a sharp drop in the rial.
Russia will stop publicly declaring the income of officials in 2026. The authorities are replacing open reporting with closed anti-corruption control under full state supervision.
Former world boxing champion Anthony Joshua was lightly injured in a car accident in Nigeria that killed two people. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
The powerful storm Johannes has affected more than half of Sweden. More than 40,000 households lost power, fallen trees blocked roads and railways, and at least two deaths were reported
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that Russia's reports of the alleged occupation of Huliaypol, Myrnohrad and part of Kostiantynivka are fake. The defence continues, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their lines and inflicting losses on the enemy.
In Turkey, the black boxes of a private jet that crashed after taking off from Ankara are being decoded. The plane crash killed 8 people, including the commander-in-chief of Western Libya's forces, Muhammad al-Haddad
After the Russian attack, almost a third of Kyiv is without heat supply, and there are emergency power cuts on the left bank. There are 19 injured in the capital, 11 hospitalised. More than 320,000 consumers are without power in Kyiv region
Russian troops attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Two DTEK power facilities in the south of Odesa region were severely damaged, and consumers in five regions lost power in the area
Warsaw is preparing to produce anti-personnel mines for the first time since the Cold War and deploy them along the border with Belarus and Russia as part of the East Shield programme. Poland's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention is due to enter into force on 20 February 2026
In the Albanian capital, protesters threw Molotov cocktails at a government building after corruption charges were brought against Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluk. The prosecutor's office is asking the parliament to lift her immunity for arrest.
The Federal Communications Commission has banned the import of new foreign drones without the permission of the Ministry of Defence or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, calling them a risk to national security
