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Two earthquakes measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, killing at least 5,546 people, injuring 16,740, and displacing nearly 23,100 into temporary camps as of July 24. Hospitals face surgical backlogs and medicine shortages, WFP has secured only one-third of its $80 million funding target, and OCHA is seeking an additional $299 million to reach 1.3 million people over six months. Recovery efforts remain constrained by unresolved shelter, water, food and healthcare needs across multiple states.

A 2-1 First Circuit panel on July 25 refused to stay a federal injunction blocking key provisions of Executive Order 14399 in 23 states and the District of Columbia through the November 2026 federal elections. The injunction voids two sections of the order as beyond presidential authority, preventing agencies in those jurisdictions from building citizenship-based voter rolls, pursuing related prosecutions, or changing USPS ballot-transmission rules. The Justice Department has signaled a possible Supreme Court emergency application but has not announced a filing deadline or committed to one.

A wildfire in the Gironde department of southwestern France had burned 42,000 hectares and prompted evacuation orders for approximately 220,000 people by Sunday morning, July 26, 2026, with the fire still uncontained. The blaze forced closures of rail lines and a 60-kilometre stretch of the A63 motorway, destroyed 153 homes in Le Porge, and injured 42 firefighters. Bordeaux itself was not under an evacuation order, and the 220,000 figure applies to Gironde alone, not to France as a whole.