China condemned Hong Kong protests and called for its government to restore order after hundreds of thousands of demonstrators (WSJ) gathered on the anniversary of the territory’s handover from the United Kingdom to China, spurred by a now-suspended bill that would have permitted extraditions to the mainland.
 
Protesters who broke into the Legislative Council smashed glass, graffitied walls and portraits, and hung a colonial-era flag on the speaker’s pedestal (Reuters), prompting a Chinese state newspaper to advocate “zero tolerance” (Reuters) and China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office to call the events a “blatant challenge” (SCMP) to the system that grants Hong Kong political autonomy. Opposition lawmakers said Hong Kong’s government was partly to blame for protesters’ dissatisfaction, and British and U.S. officials spoke in support of the right to peaceful protest. At a 4:00 a.m. press conference, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said (SCMP) she would pursue those who committed illegal acts but also listen to the public’s concerns.

Japan has halted South Korea’s preferential trade status (WSJ) for materials used in smartphone screens and semiconductors following a rift over World War II–era history. Starting Thursday, Japan will require export permits that can take up to three months to secure. South Korea said it will pursue a legal response to the controls as a violation of global trade rules.
 
CFR’s Sheila A. Smith explains why Seoul and Tokyo are no longer on the same side.

Beginning in August, the Torkham border crossing will remain open (VOA) twenty-four hours a day, up from twelve hours currently, Pakistan announced. Landlocked Afghanistan largely relies on Pakistan for its international trade. The opening follows Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Islamabad.
 
Sri Lanka: The top prosecutor recommended that Sri Lanka’s police chief and a top defense official be charged with crimes against humanity (AFP) for their failure to prevent April’s Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 258 people. They are alleged to have failed to act on advance warnings of the suicide attacks.

Lebanese troops destroyed at least twenty concrete houses (Al Jazeera) in three camps in a bid to block Syrian refugees from permanent settlement. Syrian refugees in Lebanon faced a July 1 deadline to dismantle any structure more durable than plastic or wood.
 
Syria: Israeli air strikes on sites used by Iranian forces and their allies killed at least four civilians, Syrian state media reported yesterday (NYT). Among the targets were the Damascus headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah ammunition warehouses.
 
CFR’s Global Conflict Trackers explains the players in Syria’s civil war and their backers.

An attack on a Fulani village (Al Jazeera) on Sunday killed at least twenty-three people and left another three hundred missing, a local official said, as armed militias have stoked tensions between Fulani herders and nearby Dogon farmers. Raids on Dogon villages in June killed over forty people.
 
Uganda: Three Ugandan civil society groups have filed suit against the Ugandan and Rwandan governments over the February closure of two border crossings (VOA) after a political spat. The countries' exports have dropped an estimated $400 million and $100 million, respectively.

Patrols along Italy and Slovenia’s shared border aim to reduce illegal entries after Slovenian police reported that they had detained 1,700 more unauthorized migrants (Reuters) in the first six months of 2019 than a year prior. Italy may also fine (Reuters) a German group whose boat, carrying migrants rescued at sea, docked at Lampedusa over the weekend.

Two intelligence officials have been charged with homicide (Reuters) in the death of naval officer Rafael Acosta, who was arrested last month on allegations of plotting a coup, the top prosecutor said. Acosta’s wife and rights groups said he was tortured in detention, and UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called for a full investigation.
 
Uruguay: The country’s political parties selected their candidates (Reuters) yesterday in a primary that experts said could predict a strong showing for the conservative opposition in October’s presidential election.

A Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s report from May found that an El Paso detention center had just four showers for 756 people, more than half of whom were held outside, and that people were held in cells more than five times over their capacity, NBC News reports. On Friday, the acting secretary of homeland security said that reports of poor conditions in El Paso were unsubstantiated.

A global manufacturing index calculated by JP Morgan and IHS Markit reached its lowest point since 2012 (FT) in June. Analysts said the slowdown was related to the global effects of U.S.-China trade tensions.
 
CFR’s Internationalist blog explains why researchers recently gave world leaders a C+ for their management of the global economy.