Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017 The deadline for the Government formation in Northern Ireland has expired following the refusal of the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin to enter a power sharing agreement with each other, with both parties blaming each other for the impasse.
Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2017 Official results of yesterday's election are released today. An exit poll showed the centre-right GERB winning the most votes.
2016–17 Australian region cyclone season More than 25,000 people are evacuated from the city of Mackay, Queensland, ahead of Cyclone Debbie which is expected to make landfall in northern Queensland tomorrow. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology warns that Cyclone Debbie will be the worst storm to hit Queensland since Cyclone Yasi in 2011.
Avalanche An avalanche on Mount Nasu in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, kills at least eight schoolchildren while the students were on a mountaineering excursion. There are three students and three teachers missing.
Big Maple Leaf The Big Maple Leaf, a solid gold 1 million dollar Canadian coin weighing 100 kg, is stolen from the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany.