Tuesday morning news - October 13, 2026

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Zelenskyy says more pressure needed on Putin » Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing back against criticism from President Trump.

Trump is pressing Ukraine and Russia to stop attacking each other’s power plants and other energy sites.

At the White House Monday, Trump suggested that the holdup is Zelenskyy rather than Russian leader Vladimir Putin:

TRUMP: They're gonna make a deal. I think actually Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelenskyy

On Sunday, Trump announced that both sides had agreed to an immediate energy cease-fire. But Zelenskyy says Russia hit a power plant in Kharkiv just hours later, followed by attacks on gas facilities.

And the Ukrainian president said his military had not attacked Russian energy sites since Trump’s announcement.

ZELENSKYY: We are ready today for energy ceasefire, as President Trump said. But I'm not sure that Putin is ready

Kremlin officials said Monday that talks were ongoing.

Zelenskyy also disputes Trump’s claim that Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries have driven up diesel prices.

He points instead to blocked oil shipments through a narrow waterway off Iran’s coast:

ZELENSKYY: Everybody understand that it depends on the blocking Hormuz, Strait of Horm- of Hormuz.

EU criticizes Russia diesel deal, Trump responds » And some European officials are also criticizing President Trump’s recent diesel deal with Moscow, warning that Russian energy sales help fund the war in Ukraine.

Trump responded by pointing to Europe’s own purchases of Russian energy, and said he “made the right choice for the American People.”

Meantime, the European Union has imposed new sanctions on Russia’s weapons industry. More than half target people and companies that help build ballistic missiles.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas:

KALLAS: There is a clear understanding that, uh, now is not the time to ease pressure on Moscow, and that's why today ministers adopted nearly one thousand six hundred new sanctions listings targeting Russia's military industrial complex.

She called it the “largest expansion of [the EU] sanctions list since Russia's war started.”

The penalties freeze assets inside Europe and bar EU citizens and companies from sending money to those listed.

Burnham says Iran “almost certainly” behind RAF plot » British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says there is now very little doubt that Iran was behind a plot against a British military base used by U.S. forces.

American bombers had flown out of the RAF Fairford base to strike Iran. And Burnham first said a couple of weeks ago that there were—his words—“strong indications that Iran played a part” in a plot against the base.

But he told the House of Commons on Monday:

BURNHAM: I can confirm our assessment that it is highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran, almost certainly directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard. We will not tolerate these threats on our soil

Police found gasoline in three vans linked to suspects last month but no explosives. Authorities later released all seven men on bail, and prosecutors have not charged them.

The Pentagon pulled American bombers out of Fairford earlier this month.

Feds search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home » Federal agents searched Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s Washington home Monday. Agents blocked off the street and carried boxes out of the house. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin reports.

KRISTEN FLAVIN: Ilhan Omar is a prominent Democrat aligned with the party’s socialist wing. She was born in Somalia, and arrived in the U.S. at age 12.

Last month, Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin said investigators were looking into possible fraud in her family’s immigration paperwork. Omar denies any fraud.

And she calls the search political intimidation. House Democratic leaders also questioned the timing, three weeks before an election, with Omar seeking another term.

The Justice Department says a judge approved the warrant. Homeland Security agents carried it out as part of a criminal probe.

Officials have not publicly explained the grounds for Monday’s search.

For WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

North Korea ballistic missiles » North Korea launched more missiles Monday as it works to make its growing arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles harder to stop.

South Korea's military says one flew more than 550 miles before falling into the sea.

The North has been testing weapons it says can evade missile defenses in South Korea and Japan, two U.S. allies.

South Korea is developing its own advanced conventional missiles. Its military says Monday's launches may have been a response to South Korea's recent test.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has also rejected U.S. and South Korean offers to resume talks.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Massive protests in the streets of France. Plus, Marco Rubio on Western civilization.

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