Disasters and accidents

• At least 15 people are killed, including children, and several others are injured in a fire at a commercial building in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. (India Today)

Law and crime

• 2026 Tacloban school shooting
  • Three people are killed and 13 others are injured in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Tacloban, Philippines. Two suspects, including a student, are arrested. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) (DZRH)
• Trial of Jeffrey Donaldson
  • Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is found guilty of all 18 charges, including one count of rape, in relation to two victims who were children at the time of the offense. In a related trial of the facts, the jury found that his wife, Eleanor, had aided and abetted five offenses. (BBC News) (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Labour Party leadership crisis
  • Keir Starmer announces his resignation as British prime minister and leader of the Labour Party in an address to the nation outside 10 Downing Street. He will remain as caretaker prime minister until a new party leader is elected. (AP) (BBC News)
• Mass media in the Czech Republic
  • Employees of the Czech public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio are on a 24-hour warning strike to protest against the abolition of licence fees and tying of the public media budget to the government budget. (AP) (Swissinfo)

Science and technology

• Iran and weapons of mass destruction
  • U.S. Vice President JD Vance says that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of its nuclear program following the first round of post-war peace negotiations at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland. (The Washington Post)

June 22: Windrush Day (United Kingdom)

• 1593 – Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Turkish War.
• 1911 – King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 1941 – World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
• 1979 – Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.
• 2002 – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response, perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger.