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Monday 09 November 2026 · No. 27

Top Story Ukraine

Europe Will Join Ukraine Talks in Abu Dhabi After Missiles Hit Kyiv

Officials from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and Wednesday.

📍 Kyiv · Ukraine

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine. Overnight into Saturday, Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said all 36 missiles were aimed at Kyiv and the area around it. Nine people were wounded, including one child. Only four missiles were shot down, he said.

Zelensky said the energy system was again the main target. Kyiv had trouble with electricity, water and heating.

The talks are in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet there on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first US-led round since February. On Sunday, France’s foreign minister said European officials will go too. Russia had ruled out a European role.

For grown-ups: sources

World Space

Atoms on China’s Space Station Get Colder Than Ever Before

Scientists chilled about 20,000 atoms to a record low.

HOW COLD? (LOWER IS COLDER) Temperature in picokelvins

Tiangong’s 10 picokelvins beat the drop tower’s 38 and the ISS record of 52.

Slow atoms are cold atoms. Scientists on China’s Tiangong space station cooled about 20,000 rubidium atoms to about 10 picokelvins. That is 10 trillionths of a kelvin.

Lasers held the atoms in a trap and slowed them. On Earth gravity makes atom clouds sag, which limits cooling, so orbit helps.

The result was reported on 5 November in the journal Science. The old records were 52 picokelvins on the International Space Station and 38 in a drop tower.

🗺️ Where in the world?

📍 China
For grown-ups: sources

In brief

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  • Iran: Its foreign minister said it is time for the White House to make its choice.
  • United States: Democrats say they will vote early on health-insurance help when they take over Congress in January.

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