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Melania Trump has helped broker ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town, says White House – Europe live

By: Lucy Campbell (now) · Frances Mao and Martin Belam (earlier)

23 October 2026 at 16:48

Residents in Oleshky have been enduring a worsening humanitarian crisis due to the lack of food, electricity and other resources

The French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has just issued a statement on a shooting in a town west of Paris this morning where one person was killed and four others injured.

Police said a gunman had opened fire in Trappes, in the Yvelines, and neighbouring La Verriere. The gunman was later arrested in nearby Coignieres.