VOA60: July 20, 2022

In Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe thanks security forces after parliament elects him president of the crisis-struck nation.

Iraqi Kurdish officials say Turkish missile strikes killed eight people and injured more than 20 in northern Iraq.

In Britain, London officials report at least 60 properties have burned as the city's Mayor Sadiq Khan says firefighters experienced their busiest day since World War II.

And in Taiwan, European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer meets with President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei and calls for "respectful dialogue" between Taiwan and China.
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