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- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Crimea attacks
- Russian military officer Robert Shagaev, who commanded a submarine in Zaporizhzhia before defecting to Russia after its annexation of Crimea, is reported to have been killed by an explosive planted in a trash can in Sevastopol. (CNN) (Ynet)
- Crimea attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan campaign
- The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Joint Forces repels a major assault by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Jebrat al Sheikh district in North Kordofan, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) (AA)
- Renewed drone attacks by the RSF are reported in Khartoum, Sudan, for a second consecutive day, with the SAF intercepting several drones targeting the area. (La Presse) (Sudan Tribune)
- Kordofan campaign
- Gaza war
- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet says that they have killed Hamas commander and Gaza District Police chief Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil in a airstrike in Gaza City. Additionally, the IDF also kills a Hamas company commander in a separate strike in Khan Yunis. (The Jerusalem Post) (Israel National News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 United Kingdom wildfires
- On the hottest day of the year so far, multiple wildfires break out across England, particularly in Stourbridge, West Midlands, where there is widespread damage. (BBC News)
- Lewes derailment
- A commuter train operated by GTR Southern derails near Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom, with at least three carriages overturning. (BBC News) (CNN)
Health and environment
- Greece's public health agency reports 110 West Nile virus infections and nine deaths in 2026, including 45 new cases in one week, as authorities increase mosquito-control measures in the Athens metropolitan area. (AFP via Daily Sabah)
Law and crime
- Russian spies in the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says authorities, working with U.S. services, foiled an alleged Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw and arrest a suspect accused of acting for Russian intelligence. Tusk says it is the first such Russian-directed plot in another NATO country. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- 2027 Kyrgyz presidential election
- Kyrgyzstan president Sadyr Japarov announces that he will run for a second term in the upcoming presidential election in Kyrgyzstan in January 2027. (Reuters)
- 2026 Zambian general election
- Zambians vote to elect a president and 280 seats of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Hakainde Hichilema is running for re-election to a second term in office. (AP)
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