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Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Omdurman
    • At least 22 people are killed by anairstrike inOmdurman,Sudan.(Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Donbas
    • Russian forces shellLyman inDonetsk Oblast,Ukraine, killing eight people and injuring 13 others, according togovernorPavlo Kyrylenko.(BBC News)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • Fourinsurgents and two officers are killed at apolice station inZahedan,Sistan and Baluchestan province,Iran.(Iran International)

Arts and culture

• Farewell Yellow Brick Road
  • English musicianElton John, the fourthbest-selling music artist of all time, performs his final concert at theTele2 Arena inStockholm,Sweden, aftertouring for more than 50 years.(Global News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Murrieta plane crash
  • Aplane crashes inMurrieta,California,United States, killing all six people aboard.(Forbes)
• One person is killed and seven others are missing due to alandslide that buried a highway inYichang,Hubei,China.(Reuters)
• Pemex, the Mexican oil company, estimates that Friday's fire on anoffshore drilling platform has led to the loss of 700,000 barrels of oil production thus far.(Reuters)

Health and environment

• Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
  • Theheads of government of theAmazon basin countriesconvene inLeticia,Amazonas,Colombia, to strategizeconserving theAmazon rainforest.(AFP viaThe Business Standard)

Law and crime

• Shah Cheragh attack
  • Iran executes two men for their involvement in amass shooting atShah Cheragh inShiraz,Fars province.(CNN)
• LGBT rights in Georgia
  • Organizers cancel apride festival inTbilisi,Georgia, due to violent interventions byfar-right groups which led to clashes withlaw enforcement.(CNN)
• Four people are killed and five are injured in a series of shootings inChicago,Illinois, United States.(WLS-TV)
• Acorrespondent for theMexican newspaperLa Jornada isfound dead inTepic,Nayarit, a day after being reported missing.(AFP viaPhilippine Daily Inquirer)

Politics and elections

• June 2023 Greek legislative election
  • TheNew Democracy party, led byPrime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis, secures avote of confidence inParliament to begin its second four-year term.(AP)