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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)
• 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)
• Somali Civil War
  • Militants linked to al-Shabaab attack a popular hotel in Mogadishu, with a suicide bombing reported, followed by a fierce gunfight between the militants and security forces. Casualties are reported. (Urdu Point)

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 fatally shot and a woman is in hospital after a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in Malmø, Sweden. (BBC News)
• 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

• Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
  • Russia appoints former Krasnodar mayor Andrei Alekseyenko as the head of its Kharkiv military–civilian administration. (Reuters)

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