12 HOUR NEWS RECAP
1. Taylor Swift said she was in complete shock after 3 children were killed and 8 were injured during a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance class for kids in Southport yesterday.
2. At least 7 people were killed in protests over Venezuela’s presidential elections after Maduro was declared the winner despite exit polls showing he’d lost.
3. Trump said the Olympic opening ceremony was a disgrace and promised that if he were President, the one in the U.S. would be nothing like it.
4. At least 70 people have died in a landslide in Kerala, India. Rescue workers are struggling to reach the site in the rural district of Wayanad because bridges have collapsed and roads have been swept away by torrential rain.
5. The Russian Defense Ministry announced it had begun exercises involving the Baltic, Northern, and Pacific Fleets and the Caspian Flotilla.
6. After failing to disrupt flights from Gatwick Airport yesterday, Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed orange paint on departure boards at Heathrow Airport today.
7. 200 Palestinians, mostly children, are leaving Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing and heading to Ramon Airport. From there, they will travel to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment.
8. Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille’s security team had to lay down cover fire as he left a hospital in Port-au-Prince. Armed gangs still control 80% of the city since an uprising began several months ago.
9. Italian PM Meloni met with President Xi during her first official visit to China in the hopes of negotiating a better deal for Italian businesses operating in the country.
10. Delta Air Lines is seeking up to $500 million in damages from Microsoft and CrowdStrike after they caused a global IT outage that led to thousands of flight cancelations.
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