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jmetaB0284823f9aa988061e7d7ebcb01e09e252091a288cbec7972680ffc37cba0ede68@c68dc37064cc06fa105a5d01c8d4bdddb4b215fad1e4b7a38759dada50418c91rss.itemmetarss.netM|+<item><title>Current events: 2024-06-15</title><link>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_15</link><description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Armed conflicts and attacks&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine"&gt;Russian invasion of Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine_campaign" title="Eastern Ukraine campaign"&gt;Eastern Ukraine campaign&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three people are killed and five others are injured in a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"&gt;Russian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_munition" title="Cluster munition"&gt;cluster munition&lt;/a&gt; strike on the village of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulakly" title="Ulakly"&gt;Ulakly&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast"&gt;Donetsk Oblast&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://kyivindependent.com/russian-cluster-munition-strike-ulakly/"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Kyiv Independent&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War"&gt;Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; announces a $1.5 billion aid package to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"&gt;Ukraine&lt;/a&gt;, focused primarily on &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Ukraine" title="Energy in Ukraine"&gt;the country's energy industry&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_assistance" title="Humanitarian assistance"&gt;humanitarian assistance&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/humanitarian-aid-ukraine-united-states-energy/"&gt;(Politico)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2024_Ukraine_peace_summit" title="June 2024 Ukraine peace summit"&gt;June 2024 Ukraine peace summit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;World leaders meet at the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCrgenstock_Resort" title="Bürgenstock Resort"&gt;Bürgenstock Resort&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"&gt;Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; to advance the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine"&gt;Ukrainian peace process&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/15/world-leaders-to-gather-in-swiss-resort-in-attempt-to-forge-ukraine-peace-plan"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Guardian&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah_offensive" title="Rafah offensive"&gt;Rafah offensive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device"&gt;IED&lt;/a&gt; kills eight &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Defence_Forces" title="Israeli Defence Forces"&gt;IDF&lt;/a&gt; personnel in a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namer" title="Namer"&gt;Namer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier"&gt;armoured personnel carrier&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah"&gt;Rafah&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/eight-soldiers-killed-in-rafah-explosion-idf-announces/"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Times of Israel&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-06-15-2024-d8726708ab503c29b6e652aa81f361e4"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disasters and accidents&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Two people are killed in a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_crash" title="Plane crash"&gt;plane crash&lt;/a&gt; near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chino%2C_California" title="Chino, California"&gt;Chino&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California"&gt;California&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-15/federal-authorities-investigating-plane-crash-near-chino-airport"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"&gt;Dutch&lt;/a&gt; tourist is found dead and three other tourists are missing on different &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"&gt;Greek&lt;/a&gt; islands. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/greece-samos-dead-tourist-a1d72bdb4d753fc64137db9196cb38ee"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;International relations&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Sweden_relations" title="Iran–Sweden relations"&gt;Iran–Sweden relations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt; complete a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_swap" title="Prisoner swap"&gt;prisoner swap&lt;/a&gt; mediated by &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" title="Oman"&gt;Oman&lt;/a&gt;, with former Iranian official &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Nouri" title="Hamid Nouri"&gt;Hamid Nouri&lt;/a&gt; being exchanged for former Swedish diplomat &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Floderus" title="Johan Floderus"&gt;Johan Floderus&lt;/a&gt; and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/iran-sweden-exchange-prisoners-in-omani-mediated-deal"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea" title="Territorial disputes in the South China Sea"&gt;Territorial disputes in the South China Sea&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt; issues new regulations allowing their &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Coast_Guard" title="China Coast Guard"&gt;national coastguard&lt;/a&gt; to detain foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed territorial waters and adjacent waters. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/china-seeks-detention-of-foreigners-in-disputed-south-china-sea"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Politics and elections&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election" title="2024 French legislative election"&gt;2024 French legislative election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Over 600,000 people march in cities across &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"&gt;France&lt;/a&gt; to protest against the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right" title="Far-right"&gt;far-right&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rally" title="National Rally"&gt;National Rally&lt;/a&gt; party. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-march-across-france-against-far-right-2024-06-15/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran_gang_crackdown" title="Honduran gang crackdown"&gt;Honduran gang crackdown&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran_President" title="Honduran President"&gt;Honduran President&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiomara_Castro" title="Xiomara Castro"&gt;Xiomara Castro&lt;/a&gt; announces new measures to reduce gang activity in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras"&gt;Honduras&lt;/a&gt;, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorists" title="Terrorists"&gt;terrorists&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/honduras-to-build-20000-inmate-megaprison-as-part-of-gang-crackdown"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thousands of women march in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo"&gt;São Paulo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt;, in protest of a bill that would equate &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_termination_of_pregnancy" title="Late termination of pregnancy"&gt;late abortions&lt;/a&gt; after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-women-march-against-bill-tightening-abortion-ban-2024-06-15/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Law and Crime&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Rochester_Hills_shooting" title="2024 Rochester Hills shooting"&gt;2024 Rochester Hills shooting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nine people are injured, including two young children, in a shooting at a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_pad" title="Splash pad"&gt;splash pad&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Hills%2C_Michigan" title="Rochester Hills, Michigan"&gt;Rochester Hills, Michigan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/16/g-s1-4675/a-shooting-at-splash-pad-in-detroit-suburb-injures-9-including-2-children"&gt;(NPR)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Two people are killed and six are injured after a shooting at a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth" title="Juneteenth"&gt;Juneteenth&lt;/a&gt; celebration at a park in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Rock%2C_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas"&gt;Round Rock, Texas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/fatal-shooting-round-rock-texas-57e80aea7d5e89fd9aec5f1c30cfc755"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate></item>