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- Libyan crisis
- Assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi and presidential candidate, is assassinated outside his home in Zintan, Libya. Four gunmen reportedly fled the scene after the shooting. (Al Arabiya)
- Assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
- The U.S. military shoots down an Iranian Shahed 139 drone on approach to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with an F-35 fighter jet. (Reuters)
- Several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gunboats attempt to stop and seize a U.S. tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the Arabian Sea under escort of a United States Navy warship. (CBS News)
- 2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kyiv strikes, Kharkiv strikes
- Following a brief moratorium on strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Russian forces launch strikes involving drones and cruise missiles, including Zircon missiles across Ukraine. The strikes target Kyiv, Kharkiv, among other regions. (The Independent) (Militarnyi)
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
- Two civilians are killed and eight others are wounded in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters)
- Kyiv strikes, Kharkiv strikes
Disasters and accidents
- Fourteen migrants are killed after their boat collides with a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel and capsizes off the coast of Chios, Greece. (Reuter)
- Three people are killed and dozens are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge in Sirmour district, Himachal Pradesh, India. (The Indian Express)
International relations
Law and crime
- Epstein files
- Relationship of Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein
- Peter Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords amid allegations he passed market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein. (RTÉ)
- The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations of misconduct in public office. (BBC)
- Relationship of Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein
- Criticism of X (formerly Twitter)
- Europol, the public prosecutor office in Paris, France, and a cybercrime investigation unit search the Paris office of X (formerly Twitter) in relation to allegations about biased algorithms distorting the operation of a data processing system, denial of crimes against humanity, sexually explicit deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. (France 24)
- The United Kingdom's Ofcom has announced that it is continuing its investigation of Grok and the Information Commissioner's Office has opened its own investigation. (BBC)
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