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Overnight drone attacks set off explosions in Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Lutsk and Cherkasy, and a Russian strike in Kharkiv killed three. By evening Kyiv's three major power plants were out of operation and emergency power cuts had spread to several regions. Gerasimov said Russia had begun massed strikes on Ukrainian energy and claimed Dobropillia; the NYT, citing an intercepted plan, says Moscow aims to leave Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa without power and water. Trump said the US has paused ammunition sales to allies.

Trump said the 'mother of all bombs' is 'not nuclear at all' and that he doesn't see US ground troops, though he won't rule the bomb out after the midterms and said the US may have to hit Pickaxe Mountain. Vance said Iran must cut enrichment to end the war. UKMTO called the Hormuz threat 'severe'; CENTCOM said the US controls the strait, while Iran's army chief said it stays closed.

Trump criticised Ukraine's renewed attacks on Russian oil refineries after Zelensky rejected his call for an 'energy ceasefire'. The WSJ reported that US senators offered a 100-day halt to refinery strikes in exchange for wider Starlink access, and that Zelensky was willing. Trump denied ordering the Starlink curbs that hit Ukraine's military this week ('it was not us'), but Reuters says the White House ordered them and the Telegraph says Musk proposed them.

Yemen's presidential council chief Rashad al-Alimi announced a drive to retake all Houthi-held territory, and the military claimed 1,292 operations in 24 hours and an offensive toward Sanaa, backed by 100 coalition warplanes. It followed a Houthi missile strike on Aden's government headquarters that killed five; two more missiles landed near Aden airport. Saudi Arabia called the attacks 'war crimes' and accused Iran of encouraging them, which Tehran denies. Trump said Riyadh should accept Israeli help.

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was 'let go' on Friday afternoon, five days into the job, after she admitted she never passed a bar exam and gave a widely panned first briefing. Trump said he told her to 'reconsider' and that she was treated 'very unfairly', denying he fired her; a White House official said she was 'transitioning out'. Earlier, Beijing had invited her to visit after she said China lacks 'proper toilets'.

About 80 masked settlers attacked olive harvesters in several villages near Ramallah, burning trees and cars. At least six people were wounded, including Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, who says she was beaten dozens of times. The IDF said it would investigate; no arrests were reported. Settler leaders called it a 'planned provocation' by 'anarchists'. Netanyahu's office said the facts 'remain unclear' and urged a probe into 'who initiated the violence'; the US condemned 'criminal violence by any party'.