Portal:Current events/2009 June 23
June 23, 2009 (Tuesday)
- United Kingdom Commons speaker John Bercow breaks with tradition by abandoning the traditional court dress worn by his predecessor Michael Martin. (The Times)
- Boeing delays the first test flight of its lightweight jet, the 787, because of stress found where the wings attach to the sides of the plane. (The New York Times)
- The French National Assembly announces the beginning of an inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burqa. (CNN)
- Ukraine sets 17 January 2010 as the date for the next presidential election said to be crucial for its future direction. (RTÉ) (The Moscow Times)
- 2009 Iranian election protests:
- The Guardian Council rules out a re-run of the presidential election saying that there was no sign of serious electoral fraud in the June 12 vote. (Al Jazeera)
- Iran accuses U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of meddling in its affairs after he urged the Islamic state to stop its crackdown on opposition protesters. (Reuters)
- Four international footballers – Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Ka'abi and Vahid Hashemian – are "retired" from the sport after their gesture in a football match against South Korea in Seoul. (The Guardian)
- The United Kingdom orders the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats after Tehran orders two UK diplomats to leave Iran. (BBC)
- Attacks on Romanians in Northern Ireland
- One hundred Romanians flee Northern Ireland and return to Romania. (BBC)
- President of Ireland Mary McAleese tells Strasbourg that the racist attacks in Belfast are "distressing and sickening". (RTÉ)
- In the New York State Senate legislative deadlock, Senate Democrats lock themselves into the Senate chamber due to a refusal to accept Pedro Espada as Senate President. (The New York Times)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo at the start of a four-day trip to Africa. (BBC)
- The government of Antigua and Barbuda dismisses its chief financial regulator, Leroy King, following claims of a collaboration with Allen Stanford. (RTÉ) (The New York Times)