Polish president says missile that killed two in Poland was probably Ukrainian air defense

The Reuters Daily Briefing Wednesday, November 16, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here's what you need to know. Trump could exploit a legal gray area to funnel millions into his 2024 bid, UK inflation hits a 41-year high, and how FTX's Bankman-Fried begged for a rescue Make sense of how companies and governments are grappling with climate change at COP27. Sign up to the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. Today's biggest stories A view shows damage after an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, in this image obtained from social media by Reuters released on November 15, 2022 WORLD A missile that hit Poland killing two people was probably a Ukrainian air defense missile and there was no evidence to suggest the incident was an intentional attack by Russia, Poland's President Andrzej Duda said. 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