Portal:Current events/2007 June 26

June 26, 2007 (Tuesday)

Bolivia reclaims two oil refineries from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras. (BBC)
The militant group Army of Islam, holding BBC Middle East correspondent Alan Johnston captive, renews its threat to kill him. (CNN)
The Central Intelligence Agency releases the "family jewels," secret documents detailing illegal activities—including a plot to hire members of the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro—and domestic spying. (Reuters)
On the eve of Gordon Brown's assuming office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Conservative Member of Parliament Quentin Davies defects to the Labour Party. (Financial Times)
An International Atomic Energy Agency team heads to North Korea to see if Pyongyang's nuclear reactor has been shut down. (Reuters)
Tony Blair and Arnold Schwarzenegger hold talks at 10 Downing Street on Blair's last day as Prime Minister; the environment and climate change are the primary issue. (Guardian UK) (Guardian UK)
In the United Kingdom, hundreds of people are evacuated from villages in South Yorkshire, and a section of the M1 motorway is closed amid fears of an imminent collapse of the dam at the Ulley reservoir following heavy rainfall and widespread flooding across the UK. (BBC)