Latest news bulletin | January 1st, 2026 – Evening
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00:00Several dozen people have been killed and around 100 injured in a fire that spread across a bar in the Swiss skiing resort of Kranz, Montana, during a New Year party.
00:14The Italian Foreign Ministry stated that around 40 people were killed, citing Swiss police.
00:30The blaze started around 1.30 a.m. at Le Constellation Bar, where more than 100 people had gathered according to police.
00:54Earlier reports described an explosion, but police later characterized the event as a fire of undetermined origin.
01:06Russia targeted Ukraine with over 200 drones in the latest strike on New Year's Eve, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.
01:17In drone attacks on the Odessa region, a residential building was damaged, while one apartment was hit by a drone, but it did not detonate, according to regional head Oleg Kippur.
01:30Meanwhile, during Zelensky's New Year address, he reiterated that Ukraine would not settle for peace at any price.
01:37What does Ukraine want?
01:40Peace? Yes.
01:42Or at any price? No.
01:45We want the end of the war, but not the end of the Ukraine.
01:50Did we get upset?
01:53A lot.
01:55Does it mean that we are ready to do it?
01:59A lot.
02:01The one who thinks so.
02:03More than 100,000 people were left without power as Russia targeted energy infrastructure in the western region of Volodymyr, which neighbors Poland.
02:14Russian strikes killed one person and injured four in Kherson over the past day.
02:19Another death was reported in the Donetsk region, according to local authorities.
02:24Twelve more people were injured in Zaporizhia, Kharkiv and Sumy.
02:29Meanwhile, overnight, Ukraine says it struck several Russian military and economic targets, including the Irksi oil refinery in Krasnodar Kray and sites in occupied Donetsk.
02:43Israel has confirmed the suspension of 37 NGOs from operating in Gaza from the 1st of January.
02:56Doctors Without Borders, World Vision International and Oxfam have been affected by the ban.
03:02Israeli authorities claimed these humanitarian organizations failed to communicate the name of their Palestinian employees, as required by a new registration process aimed at preventing Hamas infiltration.
03:17Meanwhile, Israel's foreign ministry said that 23 international NGOs, including organizations from the US, the UK and Germany, have been authorized to work in the Gaza Strip.
03:29Some NGOs said over the past days that they refused to communicate the list of their employees over privacy concerns and fear this new law will threaten the delivery of aid into Gaza.
03:41Bulgarians withdrew euros for the first time on Thursday after Bulgaria became the 21st member of the Eurozone.
03:54In a speech broadcast shortly before midnight, President Roumen Radev held it as the final step in Bulgaria's EU integration, but voiced regret that Bulgarians had not been consulted by referendum.
04:07However, some Bulgarians remained skeptical amid fears of inflation.
04:12They were all opened, absolutely all opened.
04:14Now, one bread was one euro, two, three euro, now it's one and 50 euro.
04:21The price is, but where are the payments?
04:24No.
04:25A video projection on the façade of the country's central bank marked the occasion for the New Year's Eve countdown.
04:31The historic milestone arrives amid political instability, with the Conservative-led government forced to resign earlier this month following nationwide anti-corruption protests.
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