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July 26, 2024
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2024-07-26
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2024 Iran–Israel conflict
,
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Israeli airforce strikes multiple Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in retaliation for previous wildfire causing rocket strikes.
(Haaretz)
Hezbollah launches rockets at
Upper Galilee
, northern Israel.
(Haaretz)
Disasters and accidents
2024 Gillette Pilatus PC-12 crash
A plane crashes in
Campbell County
,
Wyoming
, United States, just north of
Gillette
, starting a
wildfire
and killing all seven people onboard, including three members of the
gospel
group
The Nelons
.
(WSB-TV)
International relations
China–India relations
,
Sino-Indian border dispute
China
and
India
agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their
disputed border
, with aims of peacefully achieving "complete disengagement" from the border conflict as quickly as possible.
(AP)
European Union–Russia relations
,
International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The
European Union
sends its first transfer of
€
1.5 billion (
US$
1.63 billion) in proceeds from frozen
Russian
assets to
Ukraine
for
military
and infrastructure support. The
Kremlin
denounces the transfer as "illegal" under
international law
and pledges legal retaliation.
(AP)
(Reuters)
Finland–Russia relations
Finland
reports that a
Russian Navy
Baltic Sea fleet
vessel trespassed on Finnish territorial waters in the eastern
Gulf of Finland
.
(Reuters)
Italy–Syria relations
Italy
appoints an ambassador to
Syria
after 12 years, becoming the first
G7
country to do so.
(Reuters)
Philippines–United States relations
,
ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign
A former top
United States
official states that the
Department of Defense
covertly admits to conducting a mass
disinformation
campaign targeting the
Philippines
using
social media bots
and fake accounts to discredit the safety of
Chinese
CoronaVac
vaccinations
during the
COVID-19 pandemic
, following public denial of involvement in June.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
2024 France railway arson attacks
Arson
attacks on
TGV
infrastructure disrupt rail services in
France
.
(
The Guardian
)
International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
The
United Kingdom
drops its challenge to the
International Criminal Court
's issuance of arrest warrants against
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
and
Defense Minister
Yoav Gallant
.
(Reuters)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
U.S. President
Joe Biden
adds
Lebanon
to the
Deferred Enforced Departure
list, temporarily protecting Lebanese citizens residing in the
United States
from deportation for 18 months, in response to growing tensions between
Israel
and
Hezbollah
in southern Lebanon.
(
Detroit Free Press
)
Former
BBC
news presenter
Huw Edwards
is charged with making
child pornography
.
(
The Guardian
)
Sports
2024 Summer Olympics
The
opening ceremonies
of the 2024
Summer Olympics
take place on the banks of the
River Seine
and the
Jardins du Trocadéro
in
Paris
,
France
.
(NBC News)
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