Current events: 2023-08-06

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Darfur campaign
    • Siege of Zalingei
      • The Rapid Support Forces allege to capture the entire state of Central Darfur, Sudan after capturing the capital of Zalingei, the last bastion of fighting with the Sudanese Armed Forces. (Radio Dabanga)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
    • Ukraine strikes bridges over the Chonhar and Henichesk Straits, connecting the Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast and Crimea, causing damage to the road surface. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• American film Barbie surpasses $1 billion in the worldwide box office, marking the first time a film by a solo female director did so. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Hazara Express derailment
  • At least 30 people are killed and 100 injured when ten carriages of the Hazara Express derail near Sarhari railway station in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. (BBC News)
• A minibus and 24 people plunge into a ravine near Demnate, Morocco. (BBC News)
• In Spain and Portugal, forest fires have burned about 6200 hectares. (NOS)

Law and crime

• Welsh singer and convicted sex offender Ian Watkins is stabbed and injured in Wakefield Prison. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• The Supreme Court of the Maldives bars former president Abdulla Yameen from running for office while he serves an 11-year prison sentence. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Government censorship of Telegram Messenger
  • Iraq blocks the Telegram app because of its data leakage. (Reuters)

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