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A tree fell on a high-voltage transmission tower early Thursday, knocking out power to parts of the Chilean capital.

The veteran, Melvin Hurwitz, embraced the Ukrainian president and called him “the savior of the people.” Mr. Zelensky told Mr. Hurwitz that he and his fellow World War II veterans had “saved Europe.”

Mr. Mosley, a popular science journalist, disappeared while on a walk on the Greek island of Symi. He was last seen at a bus stop on Wednesday afternoon.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s party, the African National Congress, is seeking a broad alliance after it failed to win enough seats in last week’s election to form a government on its own.

The Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas operatives at a U.N. school complex. Palestinian officials said the dead included women and children.

The Israeli military said it had been targeting militants who were hiding in the complex in an effort to evade attack. The former U.N. school was housing 6,000 displaced Gazans.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters were hiding inside three classrooms, a military spokesman said.

The detention is the latest in a series in which foreigners have been arrested or held against their will in Russia, exacerbating tensions with the West.

Veterans of the pivotal battle of World War II are disappearing. Europe, facing new conflict, recalls what their comrades died for.

We explain what to expect from his third term.