Phone conversation after 5 years between Zelensky and Trump: They talked about US support for Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, former U.S. president and Republican presidential nominee, held a phone call on July 19, five years after a fateful 2019 phone call between the two led to Trump’s first impeachment, writes Kiev Independent.

Russian night attack in Ukraine. Energy infrastructure targeted

Russian forces launched an overnight attack against the Sumî region, destroying an energy installation in the Konotop district, the Military Administration of the region informs. Reports of power outages in the region were not reported.

Serious railway accident in Romania. 15 people injured after a locomotive hit a passenger train

Serious railway accident in Basarab Station in Bucharest, this evening. The Romanian authorities activated the red intervention plan, after a locomotive hit a train with passengers. According to preliminary information, 15 people were injured, and eight were hospitalized. Several intervention teams arrived at the scene, writes Euronews.

Russian missile attack on the city of Nikolaev. Victims reported

Russian forces attacked the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv with a missile on July 19, killing at least three people, including a child, and injuring five, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, The Kyiv Independent reports.

Israel warns of retaliation after drone attack on Tel Aviv

The Israeli Defense Minister has warned that Israel will retaliate against a long-range drone attack launched from Yemen that hit a building in central Tel Aviv last night, killing one person and injuring eight others, informs DPA.

UK will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency

Britain's new Labour government said on Friday it would resume funding to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the first major change in how it will approach the Israel-Palestinian conflict after winning power earlier this month, Reuters reports.

Ukraine: 447 attacks in the last 24 hours on the Zaporozhye region, two people were killed in Bilozerka

The head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, reported that in the last 24 hours, Russia launched 447 attacks on the region, in 13 localities, Ukrinform reports. Also, on Friday, the Russian army bombed the Ukrainian village of Bilozerka, in the southern region of Kherson, by launching about 40 shells at it.

Trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich resumes in Yekaterinburg. Prosecutors seek 18-year sentence

Prosecutors have asked a Russian court to sentence Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 18 years in prison on espionage charges. The Wall Street Journal, as well as the US State Department, categorically reject these accusations, claiming that they are politically motivated.

Joe Biden faces possible collapse of his re-election campaign after top Democratic Party leaders express no confidence in their nominee

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi each told Biden in separate meetings over the last week that he should reconsider his reelection run or risk losing and dragging the rest of the party down with him. Schumer was “pretty harsh” in his conversation with Biden, said one senior Hill Democrat briefed on the discussion, writes Politico.

A global internet outage affects airlines, banks, media and offices from the United States to Australia

Microsoft users around the world, including banks and airlines, reported widespread outages on Friday, hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing a problem affecting access to apps and services, writes AP.

Trump accepts the Republican nomination for president

Former American President Donald Trump officially accepted his party's nomination for the position of president, for the third time, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, writes CNN, quoted by news.ro. "I proudly accept the nomination for President of the United States," he said.

Stoltenberg: Europe must brace for decade of Ukraine war

Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Europe and NATO must be prepared for a decade of Ukranian war - but the "paradox" of the war in Ukraine is the longer the western military alliance commits to fighting the war, the faster a resolution will be reached.