Portal:Current events/2017 June 30

June 30, 2017 (Friday)

Armed attacks and conflicts

Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
- ISIL officials, were detained during the sweep. (Reuters) (AP via ABC News)

China–India relations, Bhutan–China relations
- China informs India that it must withdraw its troops for any dialogue to occur as tensions rise between China and India and Bhutan over the disputed territory of Doklam. (Financial Express)

Law and crime

Recognition of same-sex unions in Germany
- The Bundestag votes to introduce same-sex marriage in Germany. With 393 votes in favor and 226 against, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, the law is expected to enter into force before the end of the year. (The Guardian)
2017 Bronx Lebanon Hospital attack
- A doctor thought to be formerly employed with the
  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center kills one and wounds five others at the facility in New York City. (NBC New York) (New York Daily News)

Politics of France
- France's
  National Front leader Marine Le Pen is under investigation for alleged misuse of European Union funding. (Euronews) (AP via CBS News)

Colony collapse disorder
- A study funded by Bayer and Syngenta confirms that neonicotinoid insecticides kill queen and worker bees. (NPR)
Global warming
- A temperature of 53.7°C (128.7°F) is recorded during the 2017
  Khuzestan Province, breaking Iran's previous record and becoming one of the highest temperatures ever recorded on Earth. (The Washington Post)

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order re-establishing the National Space Council, which was disbanded in 1993. (The Washington Post)

Sports