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• Israel–Hamas war □ Israeli war cabinet ☆ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war cabinet after Minister Gantz of the Resilience Party left the cabinet earlier last week. (Reuters)
• 2024 West Bengal train collision □ A cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in West Bengal, India, killing at least 15 people and wounding several more. (Al Jazeera) • Six people, including three children, were killed in an early morning house fire in Newnan, Georgia, while five people were hospitalized. (Newsweek)
• 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak □ Bird flu (H5N1) spreads to a seventh Australian poultry farm. (Reuters)
• Cannabis in Maryland □ Governor of Maryland Wes Moore pardons over 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian war □ Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War ☆ Norway announces that it will give Ukraine 1.1 billion kroner (US$103 million) to help repair its energy infrastructure and secure the country's electricity supply before the winter. (Le Monde) □ Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine ☆ The two-day Global Peace Summit, dedicated to the discussion of " Ukraine's Peace Formula", ends at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland. (CNN) □ Russia claims that it captured the village of Zahirne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's) • Islamic terrorism in Russia □ Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis ☆ Previously-detained inmates with alleged links to the Islamic State take two employees hostage in a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Russian national guards storm the center, killing all six hostage takers. (The Washington Post) (AP) • Israel–Hamas war □ Gaza humanitarian crisis ☆ Israel's military announces that it will begin "tactical pauses" in combat along roads in Southern Gaza during the daytime in order to allow humanitarian aid trucks to travel through the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the pauses "unacceptable". (AP)
• 2024 California wildfires □ Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the Hungry Valley area near Los Angeles, California, United States, as the Post Fire spreads through the dry mountains near Interstate 5. (AP) • Extreme heat during Hajj □ At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims are killed during the hajj in Saudi Arabia, with at least 14 dying from heat stroke. (Barron's) • 2024 Baños landslide □ At least six people are killed by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that struck a highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with thirty people reported missing. (AP)
• LGBT rights in Ukraine □ Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Ukrainian Armed Forces troops and supporters march in central Kyiv to demand legal reforms for more same-sex partnership rights despite opposition from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as well as from counter-protesters. (AP)
• 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship □ 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans ☆ In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year with drivers Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen. (The Race) • 2024 UFL season □ In American football, the Birmingham Stallions defeat the San Antonio Brahmas to win the inaugural UFL championship. Stallions quarterback Adrian Martinez is named the Most Valuable Player. (Fox Sports)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine □ Eastern Ukraine campaign ☆ Three people are killed and five others are injured in a Russian cluster munition strike on the village of Ulakly in Donetsk Oblast. (The Kyiv Independent) □ Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War ☆ The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine, focused primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian assistance. (Politico) □ June 2024 Ukraine peace summit ☆ World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland to advance the Ukrainian peace process. (The Guardian) • Israel–Hamas war □ Rafah offensive ☆ An IED kills eight IDF personnel in a Namer armoured personnel carrier in Rafah. (Times of Israel) (AP)
• Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times) • A Dutch tourist is found dead and three other tourists are missing on different Greek islands. (AP)
• Iran–Sweden relations □ Iran and Sweden complete a prisoner swap mediated by Oman, with former Iranian official Hamid Nouri being exchanged for former Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. (Al Jazeera) • Territorial disputes in the South China Sea □ China issues new regulations allowing their national coastguard to detain foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed territorial waters and adjacent waters. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 French legislative election □ Over 600,000 people march in cities across France to protest against the far-right National Rally party. (Reuters) • Honduran gang crackdown □ Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang activity in Honduras, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as terrorists. (Al Jazeera) • Thousands of women march in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in protest of a bill that would equate late abortions after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. (Reuters)
• 2024 Categoría Primera A season □ In Colombian association football, Atlético Bucaramanga win their first Category-A professional league tournament in a penalty shoot-out against Independiente Santa Fe. (Vavel)
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