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Images show air defence intercepting nighttime drone attacks and smoke rising above the city in Lviv, Ukraine, the day after the attacks. According to Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi three warehouses were destroyed and one person was killed. Ukraine says its air defence systems had downed 27 Shahed drones launched overnight in Russia's latest aerial barrage. "A total of 30 attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were launched... As a result of combat work, 27 Shaheds were shot down by air defence units," the Ukrainian air force said on social media. IMAGES
Dialogue between the US and China is "essential" and will help avoid miscalculations that could lead to conflict, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday, after Beijing declined an invitation for a formal meeting between him and his Chinese counterpart. SOUNDBITE
"We continue to anticipate that ongoing increases will be appropriate in order to retain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to 2 percent over time," US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says after the Fed raised it interest rate by a half percentage point. SOUNDBITE
Violence breaks out at a protest of tens of thousands of people against anti-covid measures in Brussels, as police fire a water cannon and tear gas at the crowd. IMAGES
Climate activists hold a vigil on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow calling on leaders to "end climate betrayal" in an action marking the end of the COP26 World Leaders Summit. IMAGES
Panama City, Oct 3 (EFE).- (Camera: Carlos Lemos) The Government of Panama offered the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists "a dialogue to provide critical facts" and accurate information, given the imminent publication of a new scandal of extraterritorial companies that would damage the country's reputation.FOOTAGE OF PANAMA CITY.