## [2026-07-17](/feed/2026/07/17/index.md)

##### 2026 Labour Party leadership election
### [Andy Burnham is elected as the new leader of the British Labour Party. He will formally succeed Keir Starmer as Prime minister on Monday. ](/feed/2026/07/17/andy-burnham-is-elected-as-the-new-leader-of-the-british-labour-party-he-will-formally-succeed-keir-starmer-as-prime-mi.md)
##### Denmark
### [A civilian dies and a police officer and the suspected gunman are wounded in a shooting in Nørresundby, North Jutland, Denmark, after officers responding to a reported fire are met with gunfire. ](/feed/2026/07/17/a-civilian-dies-and-a-police-officer-and-the-suspected-gunman-are-wounded-in-a-shooting-in-norresundby-north-jutland-d.md)
##### 2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
### [Michigan surpasses 5,000 cases of cyclosporiasis. ](/feed/2026/07/17/michigan-surpasses-5000-cases-of-cyclosporiasis.md)
##### 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
### [The death tolls from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh reaches 780 after one children is reported to have died from the disease by the Directorate General of Health Services. ](/feed/2026/07/17/the-death-tolls-from-the-measles-outbreak-in-bangladesh-reaches-780-after-one-children-is-reported-to-have-died-from-the.md)
##### Drammen
### [A large fire breaks out among terraced houses in Krokstadelva, Drammen, Norway, spreading rapidly between multiple housing blocks and prompting mass evacuations; the municipality declares a crisis and calls in fire crews from eight neighboring municipalities. ](/feed/2026/07/17/a-large-fire-breaks-out-among-terraced-houses-in-krokstadelva-drammen-norway-spreading-rapidly-between-multiple-housi.md)
##### Landslide
### [Eight people are killed, ten others are rescued and 34 are reported missing when a landslide buries multiple houses and residential buildings in Pengshui, Chongqing, China. ](/feed/2026/07/17/eight-people-are-killed-ten-others-are-rescued-and-34-are-reported-missing-when-a-landslide-buries-multiple-houses-and.md)
##### 2026 Chiapas earthquake
### [A strong w.3 earthquake strikes near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico. Tsunami warnings were issued and damage is unknown. ](/feed/2026/07/17/a-strong-w3-earthquake-strikes-near-the-coast-of-chiapas-mexico-tsunami-warnings-were-issued-and-damage-is-unknown.md)
##### Gaza war
### [The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas commander Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan, who served as a “right-hand man” of former Al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif, in a airstrike in the Khan Yunis city of the southern Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/07/17/the-israel-defense-forces-and-shin-bet-confirm-that-they-have-killed-hamas-commander-anas-mahmoud-ahmad-hamdan-who-serv.md)
### [Around eight Palestinians are reported to be killed in an airstrike on a funeral in central Gaza. ](/feed/2026/07/17/around-eight-palestinians-are-reported-to-be-killed-in-an-airstrike-on-a-funeral-in-central-gaza.md)
##### 2026 Iran war
### [Iranian state media reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have targeted a US special operations command center in Al-Tanf in response to the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr. ](/feed/2026/07/17/iranian-state-media-reports-that-iran-s-islamic-revolutionary-guards-corps-have-targeted-a-us-special-operations-command.md)
### [The Iranian Army says that it has launched a drone strike at the Al-Sakhir Air Base in Bahrain, where US military helicopters and P-8 reconnaissance aircraft are stored, as part of its 11th phase of a “Saegheh” operation. ](/feed/2026/07/17/the-iranian-army-says-that-it-has-launched-a-drone-strike-at-the-al-sakhir-air-base-in-bahrain-where-us-military-helico.md)
### [Iranian drone strikes near Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan Region kill eight Kurdish rebels and injure several more. ](/feed/2026/07/17/iranian-drone-strikes-near-erbil-in-iraq-s-kurdistan-region-kill-eight-kurdish-rebels-and-injure-several-more.md)
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