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Revision as of 05:24, 27 June 2023
June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26) (Monday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces recapture the village of Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast, according to Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar. (Reuters) (Al Arabiya)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces a AU$110 million military aid package to Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Rapid Support Forces take control of the main police base in Khartoum, seizing a large amount of military equipment and ammunition, including 160 pickup trucks, 75 armoured personnel carriers, and 27 tanks. (The Guardian)
- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North attacks the town of Kurmuk in Blue Nile, Sudan, prompting hundreds of civilians to flee across the border to Ethiopia. (Reuters)
- Battle of Khartoum
Arts and culture
- Television in the United States
- Jesse Watters is named the new host of Fox News's 8 p.m. hour, replacing former anchor Tucker Carlson. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Turkish economic crisis
- The Turkish lira falls to a record low against the United States dollar, while the central bank stops using its reserves to support the lira. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes
- Twenty-one people are injured in a stampede during the disbursement of funds for the Benazir Income Support Programme in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (Pakistan Today)
- Ten people are killed by lightning strikes in Punjab, Pakistan. (AP)
- Seven people die from drinking bootleg alcohol in Tehran, Iran. (Iranwire)
- One person is killed, six others are injured, and an unknown number of people are trapped when a 13-story apartment building collapses in Alexandria, Egypt. (Ahram Online)
Health and environment
- The Sri Lankan Department of Wildlife Conservation cancels plans to export about 100,000 endangered toque macaque Old World monkeys to China after several environmentalists initiated legal action in the Court of Appeal against the export. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
International relations
- Germany–Lithuania relations
- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announces that Germany will permanently station 4,000 troops in Lithuania in order to help secure NATO's eastern flank. (DW)
Law and crime
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Russian media, including the state-owned TASS, report that the Federal Security Service's investigation into Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin for mutiny and treason is continuing. (Reuters)
- U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the short-lived rebellion that unfolded this weekend against Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that the United States and its allies were in no way involved. (The Independent)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election
- Olivia Chow is elected to become the 66th Mayor of Toronto, defeating Ana Bailão. She succeeds outgoing Mayor of Toronto John Tory, who resigned earlier in the year following his admission of an affair between him and a staffer. (CBC News)