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(LONDON) — NATO fighter jets were scrambled and ground-based air defense systems put on the highest level of alert in Poland and Romania during a massive and deadly overnight Russian attack on targets across Ukraine, military officials in Warsaw and Bucharest said.
One drone was reported penetrating some 5 miles into Romanian airspace before being lost on radar, the Defense Ministry in Bucharest said in a statement.
At least 20 people were killed in a Russian strike on the western city of Ternopil, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said, where two nine-story residential buildings were hit by Russian munitions. Another 66 people were injured, the ministry said.
“One is on fire, the other has destruction from the third to the ninth floor,” the ministry said of the buildings hit. “About five hundred rescuers and over a hundred units of equipment are working at nine active locations,” the ministry added.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles into the country overnight, with Lviv, Ternopil and Kharkiv regions the focus of the attack. The attack was the largest of November to date, according to air force data, and the largest since Russia launched 705 munitions into the country on Oct. 30.
Defenders downed or suppressed 442 drones and 41 missiles, the air force said. Impacts of 34 drones and seven missiles were reported across 14 locations, it added, with falling debris reported in six locations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said attacks were reported all across the country, in regions including Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Dnipro.
At least 19 long-range drones attacked the northeastern city of Kharkiv, where local officials said nearly 50 people were injured.
“Every brazen attack against normal life indicates that the pressure on Russia is insufficient,” Zelenskyy wrote in a post to Telegram. “Russia must be held accountable for its actions, and we must focus on everything that strengthens us and allows us to shoot down Russian missiles, neutralize Russian drones and stop assaults.”
In Romania, the Defense Ministry said two German Eurofighters and two Romanian F-16s were deployed “to monitor the airspace at the border with Ukraine, following Russian airstrikes in the vicinity of the river border with Romania.”
One drone was tracked on radar penetrating some 5 miles into Romanian airspace, the ministry said. The drone reappeared on radar intermittently as it traveled along the Moldovan-Romanian border before being lost, the ministry said.
“No cases of impact with the ground of any aerial vehicle have been reported,” it said in a statement. “Teams of specialists are ready to begin field searches.”
A Romanian Defense Ministry spokesperson told ABC News they could not confirm whether the drone was Russian in origin.
In Poland, the Armed Forces Operational Command said fighters were scrambled and air defenses “reached a state of maximum readiness” during the attack.
The alert lasted for around four hours, the command said, with no reported violations of Polish airspace. Polish, Dutch, Norwegian and Spanish fighters were involved in the allied response, it added in a later post, as were German Patriot air defense systems.
Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said its forces downed 80 Ukrainian drones overnight into Wednesday morning.
The latest exchanges came as U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George visited Ukraine to meet with Zelenskyy and other top officials.
The White House’s peace push has stalled in recent months. A U.S. official told ABC News that this week’s visit is intended to revive talks and discuss the U.S. position on the possibility of negotiations with Moscow.
Ahead of the trip to Ukraine, Driscoll held discussions with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff.
U.S. Army spokesperson Col. Dave Butler told ABC News on Wednesday that Driscoll and the accompanying team “arrived this morning in Kyiv on behalf of the administration on a fact finding mission to meet with Ukrainian officials and discuss efforts to end the war.”
(WASHINGTON) — The Senate is expected to receive the House-passed version of the Jeffrey Epstein files and pass it along to President Donald Trump Wednesday morning.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the Senate agreed to unanimously approve the bill the House passed earlier in the day. When it arrives from the House, it will be deemed immediately passed by the Senate.
The unanimous action by the Senate means there will be no amendments or changes to the bill as House Speaker Mike Johnson and other members of his Republican leadership team had urged.
The measure compels Attorney General Pam Bondi to make available all “unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials” in the Department of Justice’s possession related to Epstein within 30 days of its enactment.
If the legislation is signed into law, it could compel the release of federal records on Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as other individuals, including government officials, named or referenced in connection with Epstein’s “criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity, plea agreements or investigatory proceedings,” according to the legislation text. Victims’ names and other identifying information would be excluded from disclosure, as would any items that may depict or contain child sex abuse material, according to the text of the House-passed bill.
ABC News has not received a response from the Justice Department to questions about whether and how it plans to comply with the bill once it has been signed by Trump.
On Friday, Bondi announced the Justice Department was initiating a renewed investigation into the files and potential ties between high-profile Democrats and Epstein just hours after Trump ordered her to on his Truth Social account.
It’s unclear whether the DOJ will seek to cite that announcement as exempting much of the files from public disclosure due to their relevance to the new investigation, despite DOJ and FBI stating unequivocally in a July statement that it uncovered no evidence in a review of the files that would support a predicated investigation against any uncharged individuals.
It’s unlikely the Justice Department would release the entire Epstein file, according to sources. Any materials related to ongoing investigations or White House claims of executive privilege will likely remain out of public view.
Trump said on Monday that he will sign the bill should it reach his desk.
“I’m all for it,” Trump said.
But in a post on his social media platform Tuesday afternoon, the president said he doesn’t “care when the Senate passes the House Bill, whether tonight, or at some other time in the near future,” and that he wants Republicans to stay focused on his agenda.
“I just don’t want Republicans to take their eyes off all of the Victories that we’ve had, including THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, Closed Borders, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, Biggest Tax and Regulation Cuts in History, stopping EIGHT Wars, rebuilding our Military, being RESPECTED by every Country in the World, having Trillions of Dollars INVESTED in the U.S.A., having created the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World, and even delivering a HUGE DEFEAT to the Democrats on the Shutdown,” Trump said in his post.
A senior White House official later told ABC News that the bill will “be signed whenever it gets to the White House.”
Trump did not need to wait for Congress to act — he could order the release immediately.
At a vigil on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, a group of House Democrats and Epstein survivors broke out in loud cheers upon learning that the Senate unanimously approved the bill.
After New Mexico Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez made the announcement from the podium, the group broke out in loud cheers, claps and smiles — some of them tearing up.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Blues 2, Maple Leafs 3 Kraken 2, Red Wings 4 Devils 1, Lightning 5 Islanders 3, Stars 2 Blue Jackets 2, Jets 5 Flames 2, Blackhawks 5 Rangers 2, Golden Knights 3 Mammoth 2, Sharks 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Warriors 113, Magic 121 Celtics 113, Nets 99 Pistons 120, Hawks 112 Grizzlies 101, Spurs 111 Jazz 126, Lakers 140 Suns 127, Trail Blazers 110
“I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” a holiday single that pairs new vocals from Pentatonix with unreleased vocals from the late Frank Sinatra, has debuted at #26 on Billboard‘s Adult Contemporary chart. The song is from the new Pentatonix album, Christmas in the City.
The feat means that Sinatra, who died in 1998, has been on and off the Billboard charts for 85 years, starting from 1940 when he hit #1 with “I’ll Never Smile Again.”
In addition, thanks to this new duet, he appears on the Adult Contemporary chart for the first time since 1984.
In 2023, the Chairman of the Board hit #16 on the Hot 100 with “Jingle Bells.” It was the first time he’d been in the top 20 on that chart since 1967.
Russell Dickerson + Jonas Brothers ‘Happen to Me’ (Triple Tigers)
Russell Dickerson is best known as a country star, but he’s had a few songs cross over to the pop charts, including “I Remember,” his collaboration with Cheat Codes. Now, he’s got his biggest pop hit yet with “Happen to Me,” thanks to it going viral on TikTok. Russell says he’s not sure why, but he’s just riding the wave.
“I don’t know, bro. I’m just, I always just want to do big things … We’re just following the song, really. Like, it’s just kind of taken off by itself,” he says. “And it started in country, yes. I just made a stupid dance on TikTok and now … I get tagged in it all the time, which is amazing.”
He shares that he’s “got a version with the Jonas Brothers now,” noting, “It’s wild.”
Russell released the new studio version of the song with JoBros on Oct. 31. The collab came about when Russell appeared onstage with the brothers in Detroit in August.
“They asked me to be one of their special guests. You know, they have a special guest every night. They’ve had everybody, I mean, so many people, so … [I’m] honored to be that,” Russell tells ABC Audio. “And I brought a girl on my team, Daniella, she grew up with them.”
“And I was like, “Yo, what if while we’re there, we just float the idea of a feature on ‘Happen To Me?'” he continues. “And so she kinda, she was dropping a couple [hints], I was [too] … and they were just like, they were all about it. ‘Cause like, [the song] was — it still is — just, like, going.”
“So, why would they not just hop on?” Russell asks. “It’s like a free ride to the top for them!”
Dwayne Johnson has been crowned the Entertainment Icon by the American Black Film Festival. He’ll receive the award at the eighth annual ABFF Honors in recognition of his success in television, film and live entertainment.
“Dwayne Johnson is the very definition of an entertainment icon,” said Jeff Friday and Nicole Friday, the CEO and president of Nice Crowd, formerly known as ABFF Ventures. “From his trailblazing career in sports entertainment to his extraordinary success in film and television, he has become one of the most influential and beloved figures in global culture.”
“His journey embodies the power of perseverance, authenticity, and charisma — values that reflect the spirit of ABFF,” they continued in their press statement. “We are thrilled to honor him with this year’s Entertainment Icon Award and to celebrate his incredible contributions to the world of entertainment.”
Dwayne joins honorees Jennifer Hudson, who will receive the Renaissance Award; Damson Idris, winner of the Horizon Award; Salli Richardson-Whitfield, who is set to receive the Evolution Award; and the creative team behind Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners, who will receive a special tribute.
The ABFF Honors will take place Feb. 16 at the SLS hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, with KevOnStage on hosting duties.
Green Day’s Mike Dirnt on ‘Good Morning America.’ (ABC/Paula Lobo)
Green Day‘s Mike Dirnt has announced a new signature bass with Epiphone.
The Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 is inspired by Dirnt’s original Gibson bass, which he started playing while touring Green Day’s 1990 debut album, 39/Smooth.
“This bass sounds every bit as good as my original,” Dirnt says of his signature Grabber G-3. “I can honestly say that, if not way better, because I just toured them for over two years and they performed like magic.”
Dirnt demos the Grabber G-3 while playing along to Green Day’s “Longview” in a Epiphone video on YouTube.
Lainey Wilson hosts the 2025 CMA Awards (Disney/Robby Klein)
On Wednesday night Lainey Wilson will follow in the footsteps of Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, becoming one of the only female country stars to host the CMA Awards solo.
It’s a role she’s been studying for since her childhood in Louisiana.
“I remember being a little girl and just sitting in front of the TV waiting for the CMA Awards to come on,” Lainey says. “It was like [the] Super Bowl at my house. It was just like the event of the year. We wanted to see what everybody was wearing, what they were singing, who won what. And we were just cheering for everybody, because we were cheering for the genre.”
For Lainey, leading Country Music’s Biggest Night is definitely a pinch-me moment.
“It’s crazy to think that I was ever even invited to attend something like this, much less nominated to win something, and now I’m getting the chance to host it and represent country music,” she reflects. “So I don’t take that lightly.”
“I think that little girl in front of that TV would be awfully proud,” she adds.
Tune in to see Lainey host the 59th annual CMA Awards Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, as she simultaneously competes for six trophies.
The Who on stage during a fundraising concert for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (Photo by David Jensen/PA Images via Getty Images)
The Who is revisiting their 2017 performance of Tommy at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and they want their fans to join them.
The band has announced a Tommy: Live at Royal Albert Hall global watch party streaming Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. ET on Lounges.tv. Proceeds will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to providing specialized treatment and support for young people with cancer.
The stream will include a Q&A with frontman Roger Daltrey, and fans will have a chance to win prizes by answering questions in the chat. Prizes up for grabs include a five-seater box to a future Teenage Cancer Trust show at Royal Albert Hall, a pair of stalls tickets to one of the future shows and a Tommy poster autographed by Daltrey.
The Who performed Tommy at Royal Albert Hall on March 30 and April 1, 2017. While previous performances of Tommy left out a few songs, these shows marked the first time they performed the rock opera in its entirety.
Tommy: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a recording of the April 1 show, was later released on DVD and Blu-ray, and as a two-CD and three-LP set.
