Main news of June 24

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Argentina has ordered its ambassador in Paraguay to immediately return home in protest against the impeachment of Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo, while Brazil and Uruguay have recalled their envoys for consultations

*A manned Chinese submersible set a new record for the country’s deepest ever sea dive at over 7,000 meters (some 23,000 feet)

* Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi has won Egypt's presidential elections, the first since its uprising, Chairman of the Higher Presidential Elections Commission Farouk Sultan said

 

RUSSIA

* The Russian ship MV Alaed carried overhauled disassembled helicopters to Syria and not new gunships as was claimed by western media, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said