11 July 2026

Parliament has taken up a bill that would require Lithuania’s army chief to guard and defend the Seimas, government buildings and the presidential residence during wartime. Backers say the current legal framework does not clearly assign responsibility for keeping those three institutions operating and protecting their grounds once defence shifts under military command.

In Skopje, a Lithuanian athlete won gold at the European U20 wrestling championships. It is Lithuania’s strongest women’s result at that level since Danutė Domikaitytė’s silver in 2013, and the country sent nine wrestlers to this year’s event. Another Lithuanian entrant, Aidas Šarūnas, was due to compete today in the 86 kg class.

Vilnius has presented Launagiai, a new southern district planned to house about 13,000 to 15,000 residents over the next decade. Developer Darnu Group says it will invest at least 1 billion euros in the 71-hectare site between Eišiškių Road and P. Joniko Street, with about 5,500 homes, roughly 302,000 square metres of housing and 80,700 square metres of commercial and public space, and aims to start the first phase in 2026.

Doctors in Lithuania warned today that persistent loud snoring in children, especially with breathing pauses, choking sounds, morning headaches or daytime sleepiness, can signal obstructive sleep apnoea. Parents are being urged to contact a family doctor when snoring is recurrent rather than tied only to a cold or blocked nose. Algis Ramanauskas is still challenging a warning from Lithuania’s media watchdog in the Regional Administrative Court over a video posted last year, after prosecutors dropped a separate criminal probe and public broadcaster LRT had already cut ties with him. A Vilnius woman, Jolanta, also said she lost 30 kilograms in less than a year after changing her diet, walking more and cutting heavily processed food.

New data showed a heat wave killed thousands of people. Near Lithuania’s border, authorities found 27 illegal migrants hidden in a truck.

Kyiv was hit overnight by a Russian missile and drone attack that wounded 11 people, including a child. Ukraine said Russia launched 12 missiles, including six ballistic missiles, and 121 drones, while explosive ordnance teams worked at a residential site in the capital.

In the Donetsk region, Russian attacks killed at least seven residents over the past day. In Shabelkivka in the Kramatorsk community, an airstrike killed two civilians, wounded 10 more and destroyed a house. Regional officials said Donetsk region was struck 43 times in a single day and again urged people to evacuate frontline areas.

Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree creating a special command within Ukraine's armed forces for long-range strikes against Russia. He said Ukrainian strikes that day reached several Russian regions and occupied parts of Ukraine. A day earlier, Ukraine hit energy facilities in Stavropol, Tver, Ufa and the Rostov region, which Zelensky called long-range sanctions against Russia.

Vladimir Putin has sharpened his public threats against the Baltic states in recent weeks, while the Kremlin continues to use its expanded list of “unfriendly countries” as a tool for restrictions and political pressure. The EU renewed its Russia sanctions in June until July 31, 2027. At NATO's meeting in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave Gitanas Nauseda a revolver engraved with his name and a box of ammunition, and Keir Starmer said every NATO leader received the same gift. At the World Cup in the United States, Spain beat Belgium 2-1 in the quarter-finals, with Mikel Merino scoring the winner in the 88th minute. Spain will face France in the semi-final after reaching the World Cup last four for the first time since 2010.

Twelve people were injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv. Germany opened an investigation into suspected sabotage on its rail network after major disruption to train services.

Kyiv was hit overnight by a Russian strike that injured at least 10 people, including a child. Ukraine said Russia launched 10 missiles, including six ballistic missiles, and 121 drones. The attack followed an earlier barrage on the capital just days ago that killed at least 12 people.

Donald Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. military would strike Iran if Tehran carried out or tried to carry out an assassination of the American president. He later wrote that Iran would face 1,000 missiles, with more to follow, if such a threat was acted on. The warnings came as Washington and Tehran were still using intermediaries to keep talks alive on ending the war and reaching a nuclear deal, while U.S. officials said the window for an agreement was limited.

In Venezuela, at least 3,685 people have been killed and 16,740 injured since the twin earthquakes in late June. Coastal districts near Caracas were flattened in places, foreign rescue teams are winding down, and the UN says more than 1,000 aftershocks have been recorded.

In N'Djamena, ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan said investigators had made a breakthrough in the Darfur case. She said witness interviews in eastern Chad had produced evidence linking atrocities to Sudan's senior military leadership.

Typhoon Bavi reached China, prompting the evacuation of nearly 2 million people from affected areas. Iran said it would stop adhering to its deal with the US if violations continue.