Politics of Italy Prime Minister designate Giuseppe Conte gives up trying to form a government after President Sergio Mattarella earlier vetoed the nomination of technocrat Paolo Savona as Minister of Finance.
Politics of the State of Palestine Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's discharge from the hospital is delayed.
German federal government An estimated 20,000 people protest against an Alternative for Germany rally attracting 5,000 demonstrators in Berlin; 2,000 police are deployed.
Colombian presidential election, 2018 Voters in Colombia go to the polls in the first round of a presidential election.
Blockade of the Gaza Strip A member of a Palestinian committee tasked with breaking the siege says a ship will set off on Tuesday, carrying a number of injured Gazans and patients aboard. He does not specify the ship's first planned stop.
Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman says that Israel has started building a "unique obstacle" along the Zikim beach, a three-story-high kind of breakwater designed to cut off the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip from access to Israel by the sea. The "impenetrable" structure made of stone and fence is expected to be completed before the end of this year.
Mexican drug war Mexican authorities arrest Rosalinda Garcia, the wife of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, one of the country's most wanted drug lords.
Aircraft fuel system More than 200 departures are delayed and about 50 arrivals and departures are cancelled after lightning hit the aircraft fuel system at London Stansted Airport. Violent thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain overnight caused flooding and property damage; the UK was struck by lightning more than 60,000 times in 24 hours, according to the Met Office.
Politics of the United States Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, aged 93, is hospitalized for observation due to hypotension (low blood pressure) and fatigue at Southern Maine Health Care.