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Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that his country’s goal are no longer limited to the Donbas region but that they now “include other territories”. (Al Jazeera) 

The European Commission tells EU member states to cut gas usage by 15% until March 2023 as part of an emergency plan after President Vladimir Putin warns that Russian supplies of natural gas could be reduced further. (Reuters) 

Inflation in the United Kingdom rises to 9.4% last month, breaking a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices increase. (The Guardian) 

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The Foreign Ministry of Syria announces that the country is formally breaking diplomatic ties with Ukraine. (AP) 

Turkish Armed Forces fire four missiles at a resort in the Zakho District of Iraqi Kurdistan, killing eight Iraqi tourists and wounding more than 20. (AP) 

An EF3 tornado hits villages in central Jiangsu, China. (CMA) 

Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe is declared the winner, defeating his closest rival, Dullas Alahapperuma, with 134 votes to 82. (BBC News) 

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Kemi Badenoch is eliminated from the leadership race in the fourth round of voting. (The Guardian) 

Tuesday,  July 19th, 2022 

Russian president Vladimir Putin makes a state visit to Iran for talks with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He will also meet with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (BBC News) 

Gazprom signs a memorandum of understanding for the development of Iranian oil and gas fields and related infrastructure worth $40 billion. (Reuters) 

Russia‘s Gazprom says it “cannot guarantee” gas supplies to Europe due to “extraordinary circumstances” as it declares force majeure on gas supplies dating from June 14. (Reuters) 

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The European Commission for the first time proposes a joint procurement procedure for buying weapons for the member states. The proposed sum of purchase is €500 million. (AP) 

Negotiations on the accession of North Macedonia and Albania to the European Union begin in Brussels. (Euronews) 

A record high temperature of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) is recorded at Heathrow Airport in Greater London. It is the first time in history that a temperature has been recorded over 40°C in the United Kingdom. (BBC News) 

A major incident is declared in London following a “huge surge” in fires, according to the London Fire Brigade. Several homes are destroyed in Wennington on the outskirts of East London. No casualties have been reported. (Sky News) 

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Emley Moor, a station in West Yorkshire, sets the highest overnight minimum temperature in UK’s history, not falling below 25.9 °C (78.6 °F). (BBC News) 

A station at La Hague on the coast of Normandy sets an all-time high record, 32.8 °C (91.0 °F), at night. (AFP via L’Express) 

Monday,  July 18th, 2022 

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine‘s prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova and the top spy officer of the Security Service of Ukraine, Ivan Bakanov. More than 60 officials from the agencies are alleged to be working with Russia. Additionally, 651 cases of alleged treason and collaboration are initiated against prosecutorial and law enforcement officials. (The Guardian) 

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Russian shelling kills six civilians in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast as Ukraine says that Russia appears to be preparing for a new ground offensive near Sloviansk. (BBC News) 

The Royal Air Force suspends all flights to and from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire after the runway suffers damage due to the extreme heat. (The Independent) 

The United Kingdom issues a “red extreme heat warning” as temperatures are predicted to reach a record 41 °C (106 °F) in parts of England. Wales reports a record temperature of 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) near the town of Hawarden, Flintshire, and the island of Jersey reports a record temperature of 37.9 °C (100.2 °F). (BBC News) 

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A motion of confidence in the Johnson government is passed by 347 votes to 238. (The Guardian) 

Tom Tugendhat is eliminated from the leadership race in the third round of voting. (The Guardian) 

Dublin, Ireland, reports a record temperature of 33.1 °C (91.6 °F). Parts of France also report record temperatures. (Met Éireann) (Le Progrès) 

At least 13 people are killed when a bus headed to Pune, India, falls into the Narmada River. (DNA India) 

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Residents in nine of Shanghai‘s districts will be required to undergo COVID-19 testing until July 21 as part of an effort to reduce the community spread of COVID-19. (CNA) 

The Rhode Island Department of Health announces that the state has administered monkeypox vaccines to people who have had close contact with monkeypox patients. (WLNE-TV) 

Four people are injured during a mass shooting at a nightclub in Marbella, Costa del Sol, Andalusia, Spain. The perpetrator is stabbed and hospitalized. (AP) 

Tom Tugendhat is eliminated from the leadership race in the third round of voting. (The Guardian) 

Rishi Sunak receives the most votes in the third ballot. 

The Indian parliament votes to elect the new President of India. (Al Jazeera) 

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Sunday, July 17th, 2022 

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Kamal Kharazi, confirms that Iran now has the capabilities to develop and build a nuclear weapon but says that “there has been no decision by Iran to build one”. Kharazi also warns that Iran will “directly respond” to Israel if it is attacked. (Straits Times) (The Jerusalem Post) 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran imposes sanctions on 61 Americans for their association with exiled Iranian dissident group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. (Reuters) 

An Antonov An-12 cargo plane, operated by a Ukrainian airline, crashes near the city of Kavala, Greece, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft was carrying weapons from Serbia to Bangladesh, and crashed before a planned stop in Jordan. (BBC News) 

The Assembly of North Macedonia passes a motion to amend North Macedonia’s Constitution to recognise its Bulgarian minority, while pledging to discuss remaining issues with the Bulgarian government. In exchange, Bulgaria will allow membership talks with the European Union to begin. (Al Jazeera) 

Croatia refuses to allow a private visit from the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić to the site of the Jasenovac concentration camp due to the Government of Croatia not being formally notified of the visit. (The Washington Post) 

Health officials in India report that the country surpassed the two billion mark in cumulative administered doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (WION) 

G20 finance leaders end a meeting in Bali without a joint communique, as consensus could not be reached on multiple issues due to tensions caused by ongoing conflicts between the countries. (CNBC) 

Zambia extradites a filmmaker to Malawi, where he faces charges of using children in “racist videos”. The man was also fined in Zambia for illegally entering the country. (BBC News) 

Three people and the gunman are killed and two others injured in a mass shooting at the food court of Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Indiana, United States. (The Indianapolis Star) 

Saturday, June 16th, 2022 

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah despite previously vowing to make him a “pariah”. (Bloomberg) 

NASA and Roscosmos sign an agreement to integrate future flights to the International Space Station. The agreement will allow Russian cosmonauts to fly on U.S. spacecraft in return for allowing American astronauts to use Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. (Reuters) 

Russian missiles strike Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Oblast, killing three civilians and injuring three others, while more than 50 Grad rockets hit the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing two people. The missile strikes come after Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu ordered the military to expand operations in Ukraine in order to “protect the Donbas”. (Reuters) 

At least three civilians are killed and 15 others are injured in Russian cruise missile strikes on the city of Dnipro. (Reuters) 

The president of Energoatom, the Ukrainian nuclear energy authority, accuses Russian forces of using the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to store weapons and shell the surrounding area. (The Journal.ie) 

Ex-leader of the Guadalajara Cartel Rafael Caro Quintero is captured by the Mexican Navy in Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. (AP) (BBC News) 

Fourteen people are killed and another is injured when a helicopter involved in the search and arrest of drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero crashes in Los Mochis, Mexico. (Al Jazeera) 

Israel launches more than a dozen missiles against two Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, following a number of rockets fired overnight from Gaza into Israel, causing severe damage. No casualties were reported and no civilian structures were targeted or hit. (Voice of America) (Al Jazeera) 

In Portugal, a waterbombing plane crashes in Vila Nova de Foz Côa while fighting wildfires in the region, killing the pilot, and in Spain, around 2,300 people are evacuated from the Costa del Sol due to wildfires in the Mijas hills. (BBC News) 

Protests continue in Panama with road and railways blockades, after protesters rejected president Laurentino Cortizo‘s concessions. (Prensa Panamá) 

The controversial Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court is abolished. However, Didier Reynders, the European Commissioner for Justice, says that the European Court of Justice’s ruling ordering the abolishment has not been fully respected and therefore Poland will continue to pay a fine of €1 million per day for contempt of court. (Rzeczpospolita) 

A 33-year-old former German Army officer is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack on senior politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee. (CNN) 

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Friday,  July 15th, 2022 

NASA and Roscosmos sign an agreement to integrate future flights to the International Space Station. The agreement will allow Russian cosmonauts to fly on U.S. spacecraft in return for allowing American astronauts to use Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. (Reuters) 

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah. (Bloomberg) 

At least three civilians are killed and 15 others are injured in Russian cruise missile strikes on Dnipro. (Reuters) 

Spain introduces free tickets for suburban and medium-distance services for Renfe, the state-owned railway operator, starting from September 1 and until the end of the year. Other modes of public transport already have a 30% discount. (The Guardian) 

A national emergency is declared, and the first ever red alert for extreme heat is issued by the Met Office in the United Kingdom, ahead of a heat wave which is now expected to break temperature records in the British Isles. (BBC News) 

Portugal reports 238 deaths related to the ongoing heat wave as it battles more than 30 active wildfires. In France, more than 10,000 people have fled wildfires in Gironde and in Spain, firefighters continue to battle forest fires near the town of Monsagro. (BBC News) 

Nine Balochistan Liberation Army separatist insurgents are killed during a gunfight with the Pakistan Army in Balochistan, after the group kidnapped and killed a Colonel. (AP) 

The controversial Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court is abolished. However, Didier Reynders, the European Commissioner for Justice, says that the European Court of Justice’s ruling ordering the abolishment has not been fully respected and therefore Poland will continue to pay a fine of €1 million per day for contempt of court. (Rzeczpospolita) 

Thursday, July 14th, 2022 

At least 23 civilians are killed and more than 100 others are injured during three Russian missile strikes in Vinnytsia. (BBC News) 

Social media site Twitter experiences a global outage lasting for 45 minutes, making it the site’s longest outage since 2016. (The Guardian) 

Russia enacts a law that requires all companies to comply with the armed forces’ orders to provide goods or services and provide overtime or additional work days if necessary. The requirement for a public procurement procedure for this type of request is abolished. (Rzeczpospolita) 

Over 40 people are left missing after a series of floods in Virginia, United States. (Express) 

In South Korea, the Constitutional Court begins deliberations on abolishing the death penalty upon an appeal by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea. South Korea currently has a moratorium on the issue, having not hanged a death row inmate in the past 25 years. (South China Morning Post) 

Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a law expanding the definition of “foreign agents” to all organisations deemed by the government to have fallen under “foreign influence”, beginning on December 1. The law permits Roskomnadzor to block any websites related to a designated entity without a court order, and restricts these entities from receiving state funds and working with children or at state universities. (The Moscow Times) 

At least 89 people, including 42 civilians, are killed after gang warfare over the control of the Cité Soleil neighbourhood began a week ago between the G9 and G-Pèp gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (BBC News) 

Bolivian justice minister Iván Lima announces that the government will seek more charges against former president Jeanine Áñez for her alleged role in massacres perpetrated in Senkata and Sacaba in 2019. Añez is already serving a 10-year sentence on other charges. (Página/12) 

Suella Braverman is eliminated from the leadership race in the second round of voting. (The Guardian) 

Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns as President of Sri Lanka after fleeing to Singapore. (BBC News) 

Mario Draghi offers his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy after coalition partner Five Star withdraws its support. However, President Sergio Mattarella refuses to accept the resignation. (BBC News) 

2022 Wednesday, June 13th, 2022 

Heavy Russian shelling is reported in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, with at least one person killed and five others injured in the largely evacuated town. (The Guardian) 

A jury in New York convicts ex-Central Intelligence Agency engineer Joshua Schulte on all nine charges relating to the Vault 7 leak detailing the activities and capabilities of the CIA to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The leak is the largest leak in Central Intelligence Agency history. (The Verge) 

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country to the Maldives and declares a state of emergency and a curfew as the military fires tear gas at the protesters. (Al Jazeera) 

Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt are eliminated from the leadership race in the first round of voting. (BBC News) 

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