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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel assassinates Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's Redwan Force, during an airstrike against a vehicle in Majdel Selm, Lebanon. Another person is also killed in the airstrike. (Reuters)
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Disasters and accidents
Twenty-five people are killed and six others are injured in a crash involving a truck and a tourist minibus on a highway near São José do Jacuípe, Bahia, Brazil. (ABC News) (G1)
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Law and crime
A two-year-long investigation conducted by the BBC accuses Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture. (BBC News)
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Politics and elections
Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. (BBC News)
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Science and technology
According to De Volkskrant, a Dutch engineer recruited by the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands released the malicious computer worm Stuxnet in an Iranian nuclear complex in 2007, disrupting the Iranian nuclear program for years. (NOS) (The Times)
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Science and technology
Peregrine Mission One, the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program, is launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States. It later suffers from a fuel leak, making it unable to complete its objective. (The Guardian)