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New York Times Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ports. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/world/europe/russian-attacks-byelection-britain.html

Britain’s By-elections: So Far, a Win and a Defeat for the Tories

New York Times The governing Conservative Party lost in one electoral district but avoided defeat in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson’s former seat. A third contest was still to be decided. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/uk-elections-sunak-conservatives.html

As Russia Steps Up Attacks on Grain Ports, U.S. Warns of Possible Ruse

New York Times A White House official said Moscow might stage an attack on a commercial ship and blame Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-ports-mines.html

Ukraine Starts Using U.S.-Made Cluster Munitions, Officials Say

New York Times The weapons are being used in the southeast, the officials say. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-cluster-munitions.html

Reports of a Lioness Near Berlin Prompt a Sprawling Search

New York Times People were encouraged to stay home after the police received calls and a video of a wild cat believed to be a lioness in a town along the German capital’s southwest boundary. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/lioness-berlin-germany.html

What Russia’s Grain Deal Actions Mean for Ukraine

New York Times Moscow withdrew from a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain across the Black Sea despite a wartime blockade, and warned that ships sailing around Ukrainian ports would be seen as military targets. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-grain-deal-black-sea.html

Europe Embraces the Siesta to Deal With the Intense Heat Wave

New York Times The siesta, a sacred afternoon break in Spain, was once mocked as lazy. But now, countries like Germany, which were among the siesta haters, are taking another look. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/heat-wave-siesta-spain-germany.html

Roald Dahl Museum Calls Author’s Racism ‘Undeniable and Indelible’

New York Times A museum in England devoted to the best-selling children’s author, who died in 1990, condemned his antisemitic views. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/books/roald-dahl-museum-anti-semitism-racism.html

For Europe’s Older Population, Heat Is the New Covid

New York Times Scorching temperatures have threatened the health of the elderly and pushed them inside, while governments are trying to take extraordinary steps to protect them. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/heat-elderly.html

Wagner Fighters Are Training Troops on the Border With Poland, Belarus Says

New York Times The Belarusian defense ministry said the country’s special operations units had been jointly training with Wagner for a week at a military range near the city of Brest. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/europe/belarus-wagner-fighters-poland-border.html