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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dnipro strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia strikes Dnipro, Ukraine, with a projectile stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to be a new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) model. This confirms earlier reports from the United States and other western officials, who said that Russia had used an IRBM after initial reports misidentified the missile as a RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. (Reuters) (CBS News) (BBC News)
  • Hungary and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Hungary announces the deployment of a missile defense system on its border with Ukraine, saying that the threat of escalation with Russia is now "greater than ever". (Reuters)
  • United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin says that the UK is now "directly involved" in the war in Ukraine following yesterday's use of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia. (Sky News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2024 Kurram massacre
    • At least 42 people are killed and 20 others are wounded in two separate sectarian attacks on convoys of Shia people in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah fires a rocket barrage at northern Israel, killing one person in the city of Nahariya. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Laos methanol poisoning
  • An American, an Australian, a British, and two Danish tourists die after consuming poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos. Twelve others are hospitalized. (BBC News) (AP)

Health and environment

• The Ministry of Health of New Zealand declares a national epidemic of whooping cough after a recent spike of 263 cases in the past four weeks. (RNZ)

International relations

• International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–United States relations
    • U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announces that the Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against Russia's third-largest bank Gazprombank and its subsidiaries. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• 2022 Brazilian coup plot
  • Brazilian Federal Police indicts former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for attempting a coup after he lost to Lula da Silva in the 2022 election. (AP)
• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war, International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
  • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant, and the leader of Hamas' military wing Mohammed Deif, who is presumed to be dead. (Jerusalem Post)

Science and technology

• The European Southern Observatory announces that its astronomers in Chile capture the first close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way. (The New York Times)

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