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- 2023 Nigerien crisis
- France–Niger relations
- France and Niger's ruling military junta begin talks on the possible withdrawal of French troops from the West African country. (Al Jazeera)
- France–Niger relations
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Seventeen Burkinabé soldiers, thirty-six VDP militiamen, and several dozen Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants are killed in fighting in Yatenga, Burkina Faso. (ABC News)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Cuban Foreign Ministry reports that they have uncovered a human trafficking ring that sought to enlist Cuban citizens to fight with Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Authorities are currently working to neutralize and dismantle this trafficking ring. (Reuters)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
- Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, declares itself effectively bankrupt. (Sky News)
- Viking Link, the world's longest submarine power cable, a joint venture between the United Kingdom's National Grid and Denmark's Energinet, is completed. The HVDC interconnector is expected to supply around 1.4 million homes in the UK with electricity. (Electrek)
Law and crime
- Kyoto Animation arson attack
- Shinji Aoba pleads guilty to arson and 36 murders for setting a fire at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, in July 2019. (The Los Angeles Times) (AP)
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