•Vladimir Putin told President Donald Trump that alleged Ukrainian drone attacks during Russia’s parliamentary elections had derailed plans for an immediate resumption of Ukraine peace talks.
•Russian attacks killed 41 across Ukraine as the country develops small missiles against drones.
•The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries behind optogenetics.
•Karl Deisseroth, 54, shared the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics, then paused at 6:30 a.m. after a sleepless night to make his children's school lunches.
