GEOFF BENNETT: And we start the day's other headlines in Ukraine.

A local cease-fire in Oleshky held for a third day with humanitarian aid set to enter the city soon.

Roughly 2,000 people remain trapped in the Russian-held area.

The Russian military began clearing land mines today.

The explosives have prevented residents from leaving Oleshky, and it remains unclear whether they will be able to evacuate to Ukrainian or Russian-controlled territory.

Meantime, local authorities in Central Ukraine say a Russian drone slammed into a train platform in Dnipro, killing at least 14 people.

One woman who was waiting for her train described the terrifying moments after the attack.

SVITLANA SHCHERBAK, Train Passenger (through translator): I am simply lost for words with outrage.

Why?

Why on earth did Russia, that occupier, those bloody invaders, attack the civilian passengers on the commuter train?

Why?

What do the people have to do with this?

GEOFF BENNETT: Meantime, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's in close contact with Elon Musk as Russia develops its own alternative to his Starlink Internet service.

Putin also praised the tech mogul as a genius.

The reported contact raises questions about Musk's relationship with Moscow, given Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine and Starlink's critical role in Ukrainian military operations.

The Pentagon is reportedly accusing a recently fired Army general of misconduct amid allegations that he leaked classified information to the media.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia from his position overseeing strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Sylvia is the latest senior military official ousted by Hegseth and the second general removed from that same post.

The Pentagon has not publicly confirmed a reason for his dismissal, and Sylvia has not commented.

A reporter asked President Trump today about the officer's removal, but referred to him only as Lieutenant General Sylvia.

The president appeared not to realize the officer is a man.

DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: She's got problems.

She's going to have big problems.

She did.

Well, we're very much looking for leakers.

And she's going to have big problems, long-term problems.

GEOFF BENNETT: Sylvia's removal comes amid reports that the Trump administration is considering renewed military strikes against Iran after the midterm elections.

Spain started three days of national mourning today for the victims of yesterday's high-speed train crash.

Cranes worked through the night to clear away crushed cars as search-and-rescue teams combed through the wreckage.

Crews found one more body, bringing the death toll to at least 69.

Dozens of others were injured, and families have been traveling to the area in a desperate search for their missing loved ones.

CESAR VICENTE, Son of Missing Train Passenger (through translator): We don't know anything.

This is chaos.

I have my father, and I don't know where he is.

I hope to find him.

Oh, my lord.

I don't want this to happen to anyone.

This is unbearable.

This is hell.

GEOFF BENNETT: This is Spain's second major train disaster this year, adding pressure to the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez just weeks before national elections.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says she's stepping down in February, months before her eight-year term was set to end.

CHRISTINE LAGARDE, President, European Central Bank: I leave this institution with a sense of good work done and an ECB that is fit for the future.

GEOFF BENNETT: Lagarde announced her decision on social media, appearing with bandages on her face.

The 70-year-old said she had undergone minor surgery to remove what she described as a little skin cancer.

She later told reporters that she's stepping down to speak more freely about global affairs.

Her departure sets off a process among European leaders to select the next president of the European Central Bank.

Delivery giant DoorDash is buying Instacart in a $17 billion deal, pending regulatory approval.

Instacart would retain its name and app while customers could order through either platform.

Instacart shoppers would also gain access to 50,000 additional stores through DoorDash.

The merger would help the companies compete with retail giants like Walmart, Costco, and Amazon.

Shares of DoorDash jumped more than 5 percent today, though Instacart closed lower.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, a sell-off of Google's parent company Alphabet weighed on stocks.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost a quarter-of-1-percent.

The Nasdaq dropped more than 1.33 percent.

The S&P 500 also closed in negative territory.

And we have two passings of note to report this evening, starting with Oscar nominee Barbara Barrie.

PAUL DOOLEY, Actor: What are we going to do about it?

BARBARA BARRIE, Actor: I don't know, dear.

We could always strangle him while he's asleep.

GEOFF BENNETT: She was nominated for her role as a supportive mother to an Indiana teenager in 1979's "Breaking Away."

Barrie was also a familiar face on television, appearing as the wife on "Barney Miller," and later as Brooke Shields' grandmother on "Suddenly Susan."

She earned three Emmy nominations and a Tony nomination for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's "Company."

Her daughter says Barrie died with medical assistance following a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Barbara Barrie was 95 years old.

And stage and screen legend Patrick Stewart has died.

PATRICK STEWART, Actor: Engage.

GEOFF BENNETT: He brought gravitas to the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," a character he went on to portray in four feature films.

PATRICK STEWART: I may be able to help you find some answers.

HUGH JACKMAN, Actor: How do you know?

PATRICK STEWART: You're not the only one with gifts.

GEOFF BENNETT: And he was known to millions around the world as Charles Xavier, or Professor X, in the X-Men films.

Before that, though, he built an impressive stage career in the U.K., bringing his commanding voice and statesmanlike presence to countless roles, both classic and contemporary.

Stewart sat down with our Jeffrey Brown in 2023 and explained how his life's path began the day a teacher handed him Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice."

PATRICK STEWART: He said: "All right, Act 4, Scene 1, you're all cost.

All right, start reading."

And of course, we all went -- and he yelled at us: "Not to yourselves, you idiots."

And then he said: "This is a play.

It's people.

It's real life.

It's not just being on a stage.

You have got to invite people into it."

There was something about having those words, even though I was mispronouncing them, in my mouth that felt good, felt I was in control.

JEFFREY BROWN: It gave you a voice.

It gave you a self.

It gave you a confidence.

PATRICK STEWART: Yes, exactly.

What it gave me was that I could drop being Patrick Stewart.

Nothing bad can happen to me on this stage.

JEFFREY BROWN: You were not "Star Trek"-literate, huh?

PATRICK STEWART: Not remotely.

I wasn't even a fan.

I wasn't a fan of sci-fi.

(LAUGHTER) PATRICK STEWART: And I still struggle just a little bit.

JEFFREY BROWN: But you're saying that, in these characters for television and film, you were able to find the same way in that you found to Shakespeare on the stage.

PATRICK STEWART: Exactly the same.

JEFFREY BROWN: The complexity.

PATRICK STEWART: Yes, and making sure that, if the complexity was inside him, when I released it, it would make sense, it would be understandable.

And I think... JEFFREY BROWN: To yourself, as well as the audience?

PATRICK STEWART: Always to myself, yes, but hopefully as often to the audience.

That was always my objective.

I wanted to bring the audience into our world.

I was never that interested in thrusting it out, but just inviting people to come in and share what we were experiencing.

GEOFF BENNETT: Stewart had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.

A statement on social media says he died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles.

Patrick Stewart was 86 years old.

Still to come on the "News Hour": we travel to Pennsylvania, where congressional races could hinge on who voters blame for high prices; colleges try to prepare students for the work force by building social skills; and how the Milwaukee Brewers won their first ever World Series.