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July 18, 2022 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Russia's Gazprom says that it "cannot guarantee" gas supplies to Europe due to "extraordinary circumstances" as it declares force majeure on gas supplies dating from June 14.
Disasters and accidents
The United Kingdom issues a "red extreme heat warning" as temperatures are predicted to reach a record 41 °C (106 °F) in parts of England. Wales reports a record temperature of 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) near the town of Hawarden, Flintshire, and the island of Jersey reports a record temperature of 37.9 °C (100.2 °F).
The Royal Air Force suspends all flights to and from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire after the runway suffers damage due to the extreme heat.
Thirty-one people are injured and several homes are destroyed after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It is an aftershock of the June 22 quake.
Health and environment
Residents in nine of Shanghai's districts will be required to undergo COVID-19 testing until July 21 as part of an effort to reduce the community spread of COVID-19.
The Rhode Island Department of Health announces that the state has administered monkeypox vaccines to people who have had close contact with monkeypox patients.
Wild European bison are reintroduced to the United Kingdom for the first time in over a thousand years after three are released into a pine forest in Kent, England.
Law and crime
Four people are injured during a mass shooting at a nightclub in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain. The perpetrator is stabbed and hospitalized.
Politics and elections
Tom Tugendhat is eliminated from the leadership race in the third round of voting.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine's prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova and the top security official of the Security Service of Ukraine, Ivan Bakanov. More than 60 officials from the agencies are alleged to be working with Russia. Additionally, 651 cases of alleged treason and collaboration are initiated against prosecutorial and law enforcement officials.
A motion of confidence in the Johnson government is passed by 347 votes to 238.
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