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U.S. President Trump previously announced that Russia and Ukraine would stop attacking each other's energy facilities.
(Central News Agency, Kyiv, comprehensive foreign news report on the 18th) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that since US President Trump announced a week ago that Russia and Ukraine would stop attacking each other's energy facilities, Russia has attacked Ukraine's energy, oil and gas sectors dozens of times.
Reuters reported that Zelensky posted on the social platform
Zelensky also pointed out that the latest wave of Russian attacks hit substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa regions of Ukraine.

Riyadh's Kingdom Centre ordered mandatory remote working for office tenants following repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and a coalition plane crash near the Yemen border.

Demonstrations in France against the rising cost of living turned violent, with masked gangsters looting many stores in Paris and police firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse them. The French Interior Ministry stated that 550,000 people across France participated. Prime Minister Lequenu condemned the violence and confirmed that 1,200 people had been arrested.

The Trump administration in the United States is considering including the resumption of Russian natural gas shipments to Europe as an economic incentive in the Russia-Ukraine peace agreement, aiming to use this to prompt Russia to end its war in Ukraine. However, this idea has been strongly opposed by German officials, who are worried that Europe's energy security will once again be controlled by Moscow.

The Japanese government has adjusted the registration regulations for 322 national qualifications, changing some fields that are limited to "nationality" to "nationality, etc." or "nationality, region." This will allow people of Taiwan origin to register "Taiwan" and other regional names in the relevant fields when applying for professional qualifications such as doctors, childcare workers, and hairdressers in Japan.

At least 17 people were killed in a severe stampede at the exit of a religious festival in Kolkata, India. The accident is suspected to have been caused by people gathering to take shelter from the rain and "misleading broadcasts" causing panic.

In Kolkata, India, a stampede and pushing incident occurred during the "Durga Puja". Due to heavy rain and crowds of people, at least 17 people were killed and dozens injured at the entrance of Gillish Park. Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a message of condolence and announced the release of condolence payments.