Everyone is pointing fingers after a school in a contested region of eastern Ukraine was hit by artillery. The US and UK governments still insist that an invasion of Ukraine by Russia is imminent.

5) War of words over Ukraine continues; 4) Five major Canadian banks go offline after Trudeau government invokes emergency powers to end Freedom Convoy protests; 3) CIA spying on US citizens; 2) Megadrought in American West the worst in 1,200 years; 1) Fed ready to rein in inflation, but that means economy will contract.