Armed conflicts and attacks

Two Ukrainians are killed by Russian drone and missile attacks on a port in southern Odesa Oblast, damaging port infrastructure, an energy facility, and a civilian ship. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-ukraines-odesa-region-kills-two-damages-port-ukraine-says-2024-07-10/

International relations

Several European Union nations including Poland, Germany, and the Baltic states threaten to boycott meetings hosted by the newly instated Hungarian EU presidency following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's unauthorized meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin under the EU's flag. (Barron's)

• https://www.barrons.com/news/fuming-eu-partners-to-show-hungary-pm-yellow-card-68ecfc99

Politics and elections

The New Popular Front releases a statement demanding French President Emmanuel Macron to immediately allow them to form a government with no parliamentary majority, calling delays "a coup against democracy" and retention of French PM Gabriel Attal an attempt to "erase the election results". (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/france-parliament-prime-minister-talks-9a9629abe9ff177ea4745945f6e882b3