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Revision as of 20:33, 19 August 2022 by 193.69.143.108 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) (Friday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- Overnight, explosions are reported in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia, with two villages evacuated. (Reuters)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Nine people are killed and 28 others are injured by a rocket attack on a market in Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Temperatures in Chongqing and Sichuan, China, reach 45 °C (113 °F) during a historic drought. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside of the Xinjiang desert. (AP)
Law and crime
A man is shot and died and a woman is in hospital after a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in Malmø, Sweden.<ref>
- Police in Nicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-Ortega Roman Catholic bishop in Managua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy. (Infobae)
- Islamic State and "Beatles" cell member El Shafee Elsheikh is sentenced to eight life sentences by a United States district court for his role in the kidnapping and deaths of hostages James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. (AP)
Politics and elections
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