Weekly News Roundup – Week 28

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Monday 8th July

A children’s hospital was hit as Russian strikes killed dozens in Ukraine. (BBC News)

Uganda provided support to M23 rebels in the Congo, a UN report says. (Reuters)

Storm Beryl kills three and knocks out power for 2.7 million people as it makes landfall in Texas. (Reuters)

The US announces a second $2 billion military aid loan deal for Poland. (Reuters)

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge after two fatal crashes. (BBC News)

Tuesday 9th July

At least 50 people have been killed in Israeli attacks as Gaza City’s fighting rages. (Al Jazeera)

An Israeli air strike kills 29 people at the Gaza camp for the displaced. (BBC News)

UN experts say Israel is carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

The world’s largest wetland is plagued with large wildfires. (The Guardian)

NATO leaders gather for the 75th-anniversary summit. (Al Jazeera)

A man suspected of killing the family of a BBC radio commentator has been found after killing three women with a crossbow. (AP)

Wednesday 10th July

The Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City. (AP)

US to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel. (Reuters)

NATO allies call China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. (AP)

Thursday 11th July

The US and Germany foiled a Russian plot to assassinate the CEO of Rheinmetall, which has been supporting Ukraine. (CNN)

11 people have died, and almost 1.3 million homes and businesses across Texas are without power. (CNN)

A survey finds Europe facing a “wave of antisemitism.” . (BBC News)

Erdogan says Biden is U.S. complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes. (Reuters)

Friday 12th July

Rescuers say they found dozens of bodies after Israelis scaled back Gaza City’s fight with Hamas. (Reuters)

At least 22 people were killed after a school building collapsed in Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)

A search for dozens of people in Nepal is suspended after a landslide sweeps buses into a river in Nepal. (Reuters)

Finland passes a law to block migrants crossing from Russia. (CNN)

Saturday 13th July

An Israeli strike targets the Hamas military commander and kills at least 90 people in southern Gaza. (AP)

At least twenty people have now reportedly died from an Israeli shelling in a prayer hall in a refugee camp. (Al Jazeera)

Trump was injured but “fine” after an attempted assassination attempt at a rally, with the shooter and one attendee confirmed dead. (AP)

Sunday 14th July

At least 17 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight, officials say. (Reuters)

Russia claims control of Urozhaine village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. (Reuters)

A car bomb targets a busy café in Somalia’s capital, killing at least nine. (Al Jazeera)

China and Russia started joint naval drills days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler. (AP)

The FBI has identified Thomas Mattew Crooks as the person involved in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. (Reuters)

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