Alex Ossola

Russia launched a powerful and rarely used hypersonic missile against Ukraine that hit near the Polish border and damaged infrastructure.

No casualties were reported.

Ukraine has been in negotiations with the U.S.

over a peace plan, while Russia has hardened its position on ending the war.

And the European Union has approved a trade deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in an effort to reduce the EU's economic reliance on the U.S.

and China.

Some European countries like France oppose the deal, and the EU parliament still needs to approve it.

And that's What's News for this week.

Tomorrow, you can look out for our weekly markets wrap-up, What's News in Markets.

Then on Sunday, we'll be discussing President Trump's domestic agenda for 2026.

That's in What's News Sunday.

And we'll be back with our regular show on Monday morning.

Today's show is produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé with supervising producer Tali Arbel.

Michael LaValle wrote our theme music.

Jessica Fenton is our technical manager.

Aisha Al-Muslim is our development producer.

Chris Inslee is our deputy editor.

And Falana Patterson is The Wall Street Journal's head of news audio.

I'm Alex Osola.

Thanks for listening.