The Israel Defense Forces order a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city.
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July 1, 2024 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russia says that it has captured the villages of Novopokrovske in Donetsk Oblast and Stepova Novoselivka in Kharkiv Oblast.
Anti-Turkish riots occur in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Kayseri, Turkey, yesterday.
Four people are killed and over 20 are injured as Turkish soldiers open fire against protestors in Afrin, Syria.
Disasters and accidents
A car driving the wrong way in central Seoul, South Korea, strikes pedestrians waiting at a traffic light, killing nine people and injuring four others.
An Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experiences severe turbulence while flying from Madrid, Spain, to Montevideo, Uruguay, injuring 30 people and forcing the flight to divert to Natal, Brazil.
Hurricane Beryl intensifies to a category 5 hurricane, becoming the earliest on record in the basin, and kills at least one person on the Windward Islands.
At least 89 migrants are killed after their boat, which carried 170 migrants, capsized off the coast of Ndiago, Mauritania.
International relations
Bolivia summons its ambassador to Argentina after Argentine President Javier Milei called the recent coup attempt "fraudulent" and implied that it was staged.
Law and crime
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that presidents have presumed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken in exercising constitutional powers while serving as president, and have no immunity for "unofficial acts".
A court in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan sentences a Christian man to death for blasphemy against Muslims on social media after anti-Christian mobs burned down dozens of homes and churches in Jaranwala, Punjab, in August.
Mexican authorities discover the bodies of nineteen men who were shot dead in and near a dump truck abandoned in La Concordia, Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border.
A mass shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, kills three people and injures two others. An adult suspect has been arrested.
A Nepali court sentences Ram Bahadur Bomjon a man who thousands believed was a reincarnation of the Buddha to 10 years in jail for child sexual abuse.
Ukrainian officials uncover a plan to storm parliament and seize control from the current government on Constitution Day, and arrest four individuals implicated in the plot.
Politics and elections
The Australian Government increases the visa fee for international students from A$710 (US$473) to A$1,600 (US$1,068) in an attempt to reduce record levels of migration that have increased pressure on the Australian housing market.
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