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Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Russia claims to the UN that prohibited biological activities are taking place in Ukraine

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport to cooperate in promoting Slovenian companies’ cooperation with CERN in Geneva, which operates the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and is the site of the world’s largest particle accelerator.

Six people, who tried to desecrate a Turkish flag during demonstrations against Türkiye in the northern Syrian province of Jarabulus, have been detained, İhlas News Agency has reported.

According to the report, "provocateurs" caused an uprising in the city on Aug. 11 and tried to take a Turkish flag down, following statements by Türkiye's top diplomat Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

Türkiye has been the country that has made the most effort to find a solution to the crisis in Syria in line with the legitimate expectations of the people since the beginning of the Syrian conflict and continues to work in this bid, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Large Hadron Collider, in a giant physics lab near Geneva, has been dormant for the last three years

Former Foreign Minister İlter Türkmen passed away on July 6 at the age of 94.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of İlter Türkmen on July 6, 2022," the Foreign Ministry said.

The United Nations said on June 24 it found that Israeli forces fired the shot that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, with Israel swiftly branding the UN's findings unfounded.

Ukraine on June 17 condemned the European Broadcasting Union's decision to strip it of the right to host next year's Eurovision song contest on security grounds after Russia's invasion.

After working for many years in the financial center of Wall Street in New York and the Forex markets in Geneva and London, Gökhan Yüzbaşıoğlu opened a Turkish restaurant, named El Turco, in Miami and has recently been honored by Michelin, the largest authority in the food and beverage industry in the world.

This was announced by the Swiss agency that provides Skyguide air navigation services.
A statement from Skyguide states that the Swiss airspace was closed to traffic until further notice due to security reasons due to a technical malfunction that occurred this morning in this agency.