| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, July 25, 2022 by Hani Richter | Hello Here's what you need to know. The Ukrainian nationalists standing in Russia’s way on the eastern front, two are dead and five wounded in a shooting at Los Angeles park and Myanmar's junta is condemned for the execution of four democracy activists. | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Teren, a member of the Carpathian Sich battalion, walks through a destroyed building at the frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica WORLD Barely a kilometer from Russian positions defending the captured eastern city of Izium, Ukrainian and foreign fighters hunker in a dank basement. Artillery rains down on them most nights, shaking loose the plaster and filling the air with dust. At the sharp end of efforts to stop the Russian army's progress in eastern Ukraine are the Carpathian Sich battalion, a unit of Ukrainians and foreign nationals.
Myanmar's military junta has executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out 'terror acts,' it said, sparking widespread condemnation of the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.
China's population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official.
The number of Australians admitted to hospitals with COVID hit a record of about 5,450 on Monday, official data showed, as the spread of highly contagious new Omicron sub-variants strains the healthcare system nationwide.
Roads emptied and people were ordered to stay indoors in parts of Taiwan, including its capital Taipei, for an air-raid exercise as the island steps up preparations in the event of a Chinese attack. |  Emergency personnel carry a stretcher following a shooting at Peck Park, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 24, 2022 in this screen grab taken from a handout video. Cat Le Day/Handout via REUTERS U.S. Two people were shot dead and five others wounded by gunfire at Los Angeles park after a shooting broke out at an informal car show in the community of San Pedro, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Firefighters deployed air tankers, bulldozers and hand crews to battle a fast-moving wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park that suddenly and unpredictably grew into one of the largest fires of the year, forcing thousands of evacuations.
The panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol plans to push its investigation further in the coming weeks, interviewing additional members of Donald Trump's cabinet and his campaign, as well as U.S. Secret Service members, the committee's vice chair said.
A man accused of trying this week to stab Republican U.S. Representative and New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin was arrested on Saturday on a federal charge of assaulting a member of Congress using a dangerous weapon, authorities said.
The far-right media personality known as 'Baked Alaska' pleaded guilty in federal court to a single misdemeanor charge stemming from his role in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. | | | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Colorful characters flock to Comic-Con Fans of television, film, video games and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson donned their most extravagant costumes for San Diego's Comic-Con on Saturday (July 23). | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
