10 May 2026

Rytas Vilnius won the FIBA Champions League final today, securing the club’s first European title in 17 years. Coach Giedrius Zibėnas said after the game that the team would need time to process what it had achieved. Kaunas’ Žalgiris also moved early on next season’s roster today by extending Dustin Sleva’s contract and keeping one of its most versatile frontcourt players. In Eugene, Lithuania’s Gabija Galvydytė won the 800 metres decisively, while Lithuanian karate athletes collected a string of medals at the European kata championships.

Vilnius police are investigating a killing carried out yesterday after the suspect allegedly went to a hotel to pack his belongings. Investigators say the victim died from a stab wound after a confrontation in the capital, and officers are now tracing the suspect’s movements and examining whether he was preparing to leave the city. In Alytus, police found the body of an elderly man in a basement on Sunday and are working to identify him and establish how he died. In Panevėžys district, a car crashed into a tree, one man died and three people were detained.

At a public discussion in Vilnius yesterday, Samuolytė said the biggest risk now was missing the decisions politicians are taking on the budget, security and regulation. She said those choices feed directly into public services and household costs. Lithuania’s labour inspectorate has also issued new guidance after a rise in complaints over psychological abuse at work, stressing that a sharp remark or strict management style does not in itself amount to mobbing. The agency said the strongest evidence includes written complaints, emails, messages, audio or video recordings and witness testimony, and the government earlier this week backed a plan to let social care workers make recordings on the job to document abuse and threats.

Lithuania's karate team won two more European Championship titles late on Sunday. Tennis player Edas Butvilas beat a Brazilian opponent in Tunis to reach the last 16.

Moscow scaled back yesterday’s Victory Day parade and locked down Red Square over fears of drone attacks. A former senior Russian official wrote in The Economist that Vladimir Putin is losing control of the system he built, with parts of the elite distancing themselves from the war and Kremlin decisions. Ahead of September’s parliamentary elections, the Kremlin has already told security services to ease internet shutdowns to limit public anger.

Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said today that Russian forces lost 35,000 troops in April, including 4,000 killed. He said the heaviest losses came on the eastern and southern fronts, with drone strikes accounting for a large share of the damage. Ukraine also reported casualties from Moscow’s attacks on the second day of the declared truce, while Russia and Ukraine continued to accuse each other of violating it. Kyiv separately said Russian forces suffered 840 casualties over the past day as some attack drones were neutralised.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian FPV drone hit a DTEK vehicle carrying an electrical repair crew toward a frontline town. The workers were unharmed, but the vehicle was damaged beyond use; DTEK said it was the 264th Russian attack on power infrastructure in the region, where crews restored electricity to nearly 4 million consumers in April after shelling. In Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Mala Tokmachka became a pointed symbol yesterday of Kyiv’s pushback against Russian propaganda after a sign near the frontline village declared that control of the settlement could shape the war, even though Russian forces still do not hold it.

In Manchester yesterday, Zak Chelli stopped former two-weight WBA regular champion David Morrell in the 10th round by technical knockout. The short-notice upset at Co-op Live derailed Morrell’s immediate title plans and moved Chelli into contention for bigger light-heavyweight fights.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia is not observing the ceasefire on the front and said prisoner exchanges must go ahead. Berlin rejected Vladimir Putin's proposal on Ukraine, while Germany is moving quickly to buy Tomahawk missiles from the United States. Latvia's defence minister resigned after incidents in which Ukrainian drones hit oil depots.

A CSIS and Frontelligence Insight analysis says about 352,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the full-scale war in Ukraine. The report puts Russia’s total personnel losses, including wounded, at more than 1 million and says Moscow is sustaining the war with recruitment drives and cash incentives.

In Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in the past 24 hours, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter. The attacks hit cars south of Beirut and villages in the south, and Israel said it had targeted Hezbollah sites after a senior commander was killed in Beirut earlier this week. The ceasefire extended to mid-May has not stopped daily exchanges of fire.

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has now disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for two months. Supply chains are showing shortages of helium, aluminum and crude, while higher fuel costs are feeding inflation and shaking financial markets. In the past hours, a missile or mortar round struck a cargo ship off Qatar after Iranian threats to hit U.S. targets in the region if tankers come under fire. Donald Trump said the United States would need two weeks to strike targets in Iran, while the Revolutionary Guard threatened regional targets if Washington intervenes directly. Benjamin Netanyahu said the war with Iran is not over and Iran’s uranium must be eliminated.

The World Health Organization confirmed five hantavirus cases on the cruise ship MV Hondius, with three more suspected cases. The cluster is linked to Andes virus, three deaths have been reported, and a WHO expert has boarded the ship to assess all passengers and crew. In Pakistan, at least 12 people were killed in a car bomb attack near a checkpoint. In Rome, Novak Djokovic beat 19-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca in his return from injury and stayed on course for a sixth title at Foro Italico.