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Sunday 13 September 2026 · 00:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (81%)
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Ukraine said a Russian drone strike near its Polish border may have targeted a train carrying Western diplomats, including senior security advisers from several European countries and a former CIA chief. The attack happened shortly after that group had travelled along the same line, with Ukraine's state railway company saying the diplomatic train was 'quite possibly' the target. Russia said it struck railway infrastructure used to transport military cargo; no casualties were reported. Separately, the Houthi rebels in Yemen made major territorial gains, seizing strategically located islands and the port of Mokha, threatening a possible stranglehold over the Bab el-Mandeb strait. An analyst said the advances were not surprising given the poor state of Yemeni government forces and that they could have a huge impact on regional security, international shipments and energy prices.
President Donald Trump wrapped up a two-day visit to Ireland, where he made comments supporting the prospect of a united Ireland and announced plans to lift tariffs on Irish whiskey. The Irish prime minister said there had been an overreaction to the president's comments and noted the two governments were focusing on legacy issues and reforming Good Friday agreement institutions. On artificial intelligence, Trump brushed aside recent warnings from US tech leaders, saying they were 'bringing up things that won't happen' and that his goal was to beat China in AI development. The CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI had called for tighter regulation and expressed concerns about threats such as AI misuse in building biological weapons.
In other news, Sweden's election authority projected a one-seat majority for the left-wing opposition bloc after the general election, with final results pending overseas ballots. Rescue teams in Indonesia searched for more than a hundred passengers missing after a ferry capsized in the Java Sea, with six deaths confirmed. Israel's culture minister said he would take action to revoke the citizenship of two Israeli directors of a documentary examining an AI-driven targeting system used in Gaza, after it won a prize at the Venice Film Festival. And police in Turkey detained at least 47 people after raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ activists, with legal proceedings started against more than 160 people.
- 0:10 Story begins Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Boris Johnson and senior European security advisors had travelled along the same line.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:02-1:09
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Contested quote Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
CIA chief David Petraeus traveled along that same train line video on social media shows clouds of black smoke rising from the locomotive and Passengers there fleeing in panic Russia said it struck railway infrastructure used to transport military cargo But Ukraine's state railway company said the diplomatic train was quote quite possibly the target there were no
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:26-1:32
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Charged quote Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
CIA chief David Petraeus traveled along that same train line video on social media shows clouds of black smoke rising from the locomotive and Passengers there fleeing in panic Russia said it struck railway infrastructure used to transport military cargo But Ukraine's state railway company said the diplomatic train was quote quite possibly the target there were no
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:26-1:32
- 1:26
Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Boris Johnson and senior European security advisors had travelled along the same line.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:26-1:32
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
Russia said it was targeting railway infrastructure used for military cargo.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:26-1:39
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
Russia said it was targeting railway infrastructure used for military cargo.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:26-1:39
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Boris Johnson and senior European security advisors had travelled along the same line.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 1:33-1:39
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Boris Johnson and senior European security advisors had travelled along the same line.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 2:58-3:16
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, shortly after Boris Johnson and senior European security advisors had travelled along the same line.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 3:09-3:16
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
Last week, drones struck a crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, killing two passengers on a bus and injuring three.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 4:03-4:15
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
Russia is escalating attacks beyond energy and businesses to include trains and border crossings, aiming to divide Ukraine from its European allies and test NATO.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 4:15-4:25
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Claim Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
Ukraine's foreign minister warned of growing Russian threats near NATO's border.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 4:26-4:42
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Charged quote Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
Russia's cute others as of the YouTube especially a new billa Russian strikes are now hitting right next to the Ukrainian-Polish border Specifically a strike was carried out today President Putin's terror is literally knocking on the doors of the European Union and NATO That is precisely why partial measures are insufficient
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 4:36-4:42
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Charged quote Russian drone strikes train on Ukraine-Poland border
You know, it's really risky for Russia to to attack one of them That's an escalation against Europe and NATO and certainly if it had struck one of the American trains against the United States So I find it frankly shocking that they conducted this attack on a VIP train Yeah, I mean for now and we should say Russia says it was hitting railway infrastructure
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 5:43-5:48
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- 16:32 Story begins Zverev wins US Open men's singles final
- 23:06 Story begins Trump dismisses AI risk warnings from tech companies
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Claim Trump dismisses AI risk warnings from tech companies
Donald Trump dismissed the AI warnings as fear mongering and said a slowdown would hand the AI race to China.
BBC News, 13 September 2026, 23:06-23:23
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