These are the key developments from day 1,394 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Here is where things stand on Friday, December 19: Fighting Three people, including two crew members of a cargo vessel, were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don and the town of Bataysk in...

EU delays Mercosur trade deal until January amid farmer protests and opposition from France and Italy. The European Union has delayed a massive free-trade deal with South American countries amid protests by EU farmers and as last-minute opposition by France and Italy threatened to derail the agreement. European Commission chief spokesperson Paula Pinho confirmed on Thursday that the signing of the trade pact between the EU and South...

Albanese said Australia has more guns now than 30 years ago, when the country’s deadliest-ever mass shooting took place. Australia will launch a national gun buyback scheme, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced, as the country continues to come to terms with the deadly attack on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead. Albanese called the plan the country’s biggest gun buyback...