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**[[Iran]] and [[Sweden]] complete a [[prisoner swap]] mediated by [[Oman]], with former Iranian official [[Hamid Nouri]] being exchanged for former Swedish diplomat [[Johan Floderus]] and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/iran-sweden-exchange-prisoners-in-omani-mediated-deal (Al Jazeera)]

*[[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea]]

**[[China]] issues new regulations allowing theirits [[China Coast Guard|national coastguard]] to detain foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed territorial waters and adjacent waters. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/china-seeks-detention-of-foreigners-in-disputed-south-china-sea (Al Jazeera)]

'''Politics and elections'''

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*[[Honduran gang crackdown]]

**[[Honduran President]] [[Xiomara Castro]] announces new measures to reduce gang activity in [[Honduras]], including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as [[terrorists]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/honduras-to-build-20000-inmate-megaprison-as-part-of-gang-crackdown (Al Jazeera)]

*Thousands of women march in [[SaoSão Paulo]], [[Brazil]], in protest of a bill that would equate [[late termination of pregnancy|late abortions]] after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-women-march-against-bill-tightening-abortion-ban-2024-06-15/ (Reuters)]

'''Law and Crimecrime'''

*[[2024 Rochester Hills shooting]]

**Nine people are injured, including two young children, in a shooting at a [[splash pad]] in [[Rochester Hills, Michigan]], [[United States]]. [https://www.npr.org/2024/06/16/g-s1-4675/a-shooting-at-splash-pad-in-detroit-suburb-injures-9-including-2-children (NPR)]

*Two people are killed and sixfourteen are injured after a shooting at a [[Juneteenth]] celebration at a park in [[Round Rock, Texas]], [[United States]]. [https://apnews.com/article/fatal-shooting-round-rock-texas-57e80aea7d5e89fd9aec5f1c30cfc755 (AP)]

'''Sports'''

*[[2024 Categoría Primera A season]]

**In Colombian [[association football]], [[Atlético Bucaramanga]] win their first [[Categoría Primera A|Category-A]] professional league tournament in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] against [[Independiente Santa Fe]]. [https://www.vavel.com/en-us/live/2024/06/16/1185189-independiente-santa-fe-atletico-bucaramanga.html (Vavel)]

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