Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China’s Hainan island

"Strong winds and heavy rain whipped southern China’s Hainan island and nearby parts of Guangdong province on Sunday, as Typhoon Kajiki passed over open waters to the south and headed toward Vietnam’s central coast.
A short video posted online by Guangdong Radio and Television showed winds snapping off tree branches and heavily rocking a docked boat and sending waves sliding over the pier." AP

Russian Nuclear Power Plant Damaged In Ukrainian Drone Attack, IAEA Monitors Radiation

"Russia has accused Ukraine of launching a drone strike on the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, which sparked a fire and damaged an auxiliary transformer, resulting in a 50% reduction in the output of reactor number three.
Several other energy facilities were also reportedly targeted during the overnight strikes, involving likely hundreds of drones. Russia's military said that it intercepted nearly one hundred of them across various locations in the south.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) weighed in on the Sunday attack, saying the agency is monitoring the situation and that radiation levels around the Kursk plant remain normal." ZH

Pentagon has barred Ukrainian long-range strikes in Russia with U.S. missiles

"The U.S. has quietly implemented a review process giving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authority to bar Ukrainian long-range strikes inside Russia with American missiles, effectively blocking strikes for months, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The unannounced high-level Defense Department approval process has prevented the use of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) against targets inside Russia since the late spring, an unnamed official said." KievImdependent

3rd earthquake in less than 24 hours in Deep East Texas

"The USGS is reporting a third earthquake, this one the strongest, in the past 24 hours in Deep East Texas.
A magnitude 3.2 was recorded 3.5 miles west-southwest of Huxley and 43.5 miles east-northeast of Nacogdoches at 9:02 p.m. Thursday.
A 3.0 was recorded in the same area on Thursday at 3:14 p.m. A second was at 8:02 p.m. and was a magnitude 2.6." KLTV3

179 clashes on frontline

"179 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy attacks. Russian troops used 25 guided aerial bombs on these front areas, and also shelled the sectors 176 times.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the Russians tried ten times to break through the defense lines in the areas of Vovchansk, Ambarne, Kamianka, and toward Zelene.
In the Kupiansk sector, the Russian army launched six attacks yesterday. Defence Forces repelled the assaults in the Zahryzove area and toward Kupiansk.

In the Lyman sector, the invaders attacked 20 times, tried to advance in the areas of Hrekivka, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Kolodiazi, Myrne, and toward Shandryholove, Dronivka, and Serebrianka.
In the Siversk sector, Russian troops made 12 attempts to move forward in the areas of Hryhorivka, Pereizne, Fedorivka, and toward Siversk.
In the Kramatorsk sector, 16 clashes took place in the area of Chasiv Yar, and toward Markove, Stupochky, Predtechyne, and Bila Gora.
In the Toretsk sector, the Russians carried out ten attacks in the Shcherbynivka area, and toward Pleshchiivka, Katerynivka, Poltavka, and Popiv Yar.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian defenders stopped 52 assaults carried out by the enemy near Maiak, Nykanorivka, Nove Shakhove, Krasnyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Sukhyi Yar, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Horikhove, and Novoukrainka, toward Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Balahan, Molodetske, and Filiia.
In the Novopavlivka sector, the Russian army attacked 33 times in the areas of Vilne Pole, Maliivka, Voskresenka, Temyrivka, and Olhivka, toward Filiia, Ivanivka, and Zaporizke." Ukrin