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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- At least 12 people are killed, including four children, in Russian attacks across Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Five large bombs planted by ISIL are discovered in the walls of the Great al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed during a fire at a two-story dormitory building in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- Landslides in Nepal kill nine people, including three children. (Reuters)
- Five Indian soldiers are killed in Ladakh after their tank sank into abruptly increased water levels in the Shyok River during a military exercise. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical storm Beryl intensifies into Hurricane Beryl, becoming the first hurricane in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters)
International relations
- Haiti–United States relations, Haitian crisis
- The Biden administration expands its Temporary Protected Status program to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States to February 2026, offering them deportation relief and work permits. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A man attacks a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, with a crossbow before being shot and killed. President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić calls it a terrorist attack against Serbia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Mauritanian presidential election
- Mauritanians vote between incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and six other candidates for President, in the first of two rounds of voting. (Reuters)
- 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian advance to the Iranian presidential run-off, amid record low voter attendance. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Over 100,000 German protesters and 1,000 police officers clash at an Alternative for Germany event in Essen, Germany. Police use pepper spray and batons on protesters. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
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