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Overnight News Digest June 22, 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-06-22
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame,and jck,. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man (RIP), wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, JeremyBloom, FarWestGirl, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos since 2007, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.
BBC
How China made electric vehicles mainstream
"I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor," says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of Guangzhou in the south of China. Standing nearby, Sun Jingguo agrees. "The cost of driving a petrol car is too expensive. I save money driving an electric vehicle," he says. China's BYD now leads the global EV market, after overtaking US rival Tesla earlier this year. BYD's sales have been helped by a vast domestic market of more than 1.4 billion people and it is now looking to sell more cars overseas. So too are a raft of other Chinese start-ups that make affordable EVs for the mass market. This combination of long-term planning and government funding also allowed China to dominate critical supply chains in battery production. It has helped build the world's largest public charging network with stations concentrated in big cities, which put drivers just minutes away from the nearest charger.
BBC
Assaulting referees in Italy could lead to prison time
Those who commit acts of violence against match officials in Italy could now be sentenced to time in prison. The Italian government modified its penal code on Friday to give match officials the same legal protection as police officers and other public officials. The law change, which followed a rise in cases of assault against referees, means perpetrators could face much tougher penalties for pushing, hitting or threatening match officials. "Sport is loyalty and sharing. Those who do not accept it are warned: from tomorrow violent behaviour and aggression against referees will be punished without delay, even with prison," said junior justice minister Andrea Ostellari.
The Guardian
‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely
A 68-year-old Mexican-born man has become the first Ice detainee in at least a decade to die while being transported from a local jail to a federal detention center, and experts have warned there will likely be more such deaths amid the current administration’s “mass deportation” push across the US. Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado’s exact cause of death remains under investigation, according to Ice, but the Guardian’s reporting reveals a confusing and at times contradictory series of events surrounding the incident. The death occurred as private companies with little to no oversight are increasingly tasked with transporting more immigration detainees across the US, in pursuit of the Trump administration’s recently-announced target of arresting 3,000 people a day. He was arrested in Statenville, Georgia on 9 April due to a parole violation – and died on 5 May in the back of a van about half-way between the Lowndes county jail and Stewart detention center.
USA Today
Extreme heat expected to continue during the week, weather experts warn
As millions of Americans return to work June 23 for the first full week of summer, they will face scorching temperatures that could reach as high as 100 degrees, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic region, weather experts said. “The toughest days are going to be Monday through Wednesday to get through,’’ said Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service. A heat wave is expected to continue across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast putting more than 150 million Americans under heat advisories, heat warnings or extreme heat watches, according to the National Weather Service. A heat warning is more extreme with temperature possibly reaching as high as 110 degrees, but all the conditions can be dangerous, said Hurley. “It’s a concerning issue just because of the fact that we’re not really getting much relief, if any, at night," he said. “We’re not cooling off so it’s going to feel pretty extreme. USA Today 2 dead, 16 injured after shootings at Juneteenth celebrations in South Carolina, Oklahoma Two people were killed and at least 16 others were injured after gun violence erupted in South Carolina and Oklahoma during Juneteenth celebrations, authorities said. Police in Anderson County, South Carolina, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are investigating two separate shootings that occurred on the night of June 21 as hundreds of people gathered for Juneteenth events. Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War. One woman was killed and nine others were wounded during a shooting near a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Anderson County, the county sheriff's office said in a statement on social media. A large crowd had gathered in the area for the county’s sixth annual Juneteenth celebration. Reuters Iran weighs retaliation against U.S. for strikes on nuclear sites ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, June 23 (Reuters) - Iran and Israel traded air and missile strikes as the world braced on Monday for Tehran's response to the U.S. attack on its nuclear sites and U.S. President Donald Trump raised the idea of regime change in the Islamic republic. Iran vowed to defend itself on Sunday, a day after the U.S. joined Israel in the biggest Western military action against the country since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, despite calls for restraint and a return to diplomacy from around the world. Trump earlier called on Iran to forgo any retaliation and said the government "must now make peace" or "future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier."
AP News
Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria during Divine Liturgy
DWEIL’A, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 others, state media reported. The attack took place in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Damascus inside the Mar Elias Church, according to state media SANA, citing the Health Ministry for the toll of dead and wounded. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were at least 19 peopled killed and dozens wounded, but did not give exact numbers. Some local media reported that children were among the casualties. The attack on the church was the first of its kind in Syria in years, and comes as Damascus under its de facto Islamist rule is trying to win the support of minorities. As President Ahmad al-Sharaa struggles to exert authority across the country, there have been concerns about the presence of sleeper cells of extremist groups in the war-torn country.
Washington Post
On Dobbs anniversary, Senate Democrats aim to restart abortion conversation
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