Here are the key events on day 1,280 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Wednesday, August 27: Fighting Russian attacks killed one person and injured six in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Governor Vadym Filashkin said. One worker was killed and six others were injured in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian mine, according to the energy company DTEK, which said the attack damaged buildings...

Tom Barrack’s remarks to journalists trigger calls for an apology and media boycott. A top US diplomat has triggered outrage and calls for an apology in Lebanon after telling a group of local journalists to “act civilised”. Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to Turkiye and the special envoy for Syria, made the comments on Tuesday after meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut to discuss plans for...