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LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival yesterday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Moscow declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Russian government will be able to compel businesses to supply the military with goods and make their employees work overtime under two laws to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine that were approved in an initial vote in parliament today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A former top Foreign Office official accused Boris Johnson’s office today of lying over whether the British leader knew about earlier complaints of sexual misconduct made against a minister who resigned over his behaviour last week.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.,  (Reuters) – Police announced they had captured a suspect in a shooting yesterday that killed six people and wounded more than 36 when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to “break” Moscow’s will to pursue a nearly five-month war, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin hailed his military’s victory in the grueling battle of Luhansk.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her, the U.S.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.,  (Reuters) – Six people were killed and at least two dozen injured when a rooftop gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park today, turning a civic display of patriotism into a scene of panicked mayhem.

  DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzania said today it had signed an agreement with a Turkish firm, Yapi Merkezi, to build a $900 million modern railway line as part of the country’s efforts to upgrade transportation links and boost trade with its neighbours.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her, the U.S.

YIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn from the bombed-out city of Lysychansk, prompting Russia to claim full control of the eastern Luhansk region, a key Kremlin war goal, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to regain the lost territory.

(Reuters) – The congressional panel investigating last year’s attack on the U.S.

ALMATY,  (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said yesterday there were casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers after rare protests in the Central Asian country, and an exiled opposition politician said at least five people had been killed.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen yesterday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter.

KYIV/KONSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia said today its forces and their allies had taken control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, after capturing the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychansk, although Ukraine has yet to comment after reporting heavy fighting there.

(Reuters) – Police killed Jayland Walker, a Black man in Ohio, by shooting him dozens of times as he ran from officers following a traffic stop, a lawyer for his family said, citing a review of police body-worn camera footage due to be made public on Sunday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s top security officer has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce laws barring picketing outside the Maryland homes of high court justices, saying protests and “threatening activity” have increased.

(Reuters) – The top courts in Texas and Ohio on Friday allowed the Republican-led states to enforce restrictions and bans on abortions after the U.S.

KABUL, (Reuters) – A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended yesterday by asking foreign governments to formally recognise their administration, but made no signals of changes on international demands such as the opening of girls’ high schools.