26 July 2013 Current Affairs
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d’état:
- Mass rival demonstrations are held across Egypt three weeks after Mohamed Morsi was deposed as president in a military coup. At least eight people die and hundreds are injured in violence during the rallies. (Reuters) (BBC) (The Times of Israel), (Al-Jazeera)
- At least 39 people are killed in a marketplace bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan. (BBC)
- Business and economy
- A general strike is called in Tunisia following the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi on July 25. (AP via Fox News)
- Disasters and accidents
- Landslides caused by heavy rain kill at least nine people and trap eight others south of Dingxi, China. (AP via Fox News)
- A state of emergency is declared in Ireland as torrential rain floods a hospital in the north-west and shuts roads and other transport links in the east. (RTÉ)
- Qatar Airways grounds one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners following a “minor” technical issue, as pressure mounts on Boeing over possible new electrical problems with the newly-released jet. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
- Police in Spain formally detain the driver of a high-speed train that derailed and crashed in Santiago de Compostela, killing 78, on July 24. The driver is accused of reckless driving. (BBC)
- Ariel Castro, a 53-year-old man charged with the kidnappings of three women from Cleveland, Ohio, between 2002 and 2004, will be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors. (BBC)
- Swiss bank UBS AG pays $885m in a settlement with American regulators over allegations that the bank misrepresented mortgage-backed bonds during the pre-2007 housing bubble, paving the way for billions more to be paid by other banks. (Reuters)
- Sports
- Large-scale athletic events are held in London on the anniversary of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Daily Telegraph
