Current events: 2024-08-01

Wikipedia Current Events · Aug 1, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Siege of Gaza City
    - At least fifteen Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured in an Israeli strike on a school in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. (Reuters)
- Israel claims to have verified that it killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in an attack on al-Mawasi on July 13. However, Hamas denies the allegations. (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

Intel announces plans to lay off 15% of its workforce in order to reduce its operating costs. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Gaemi
  - South Korea reports that as many as 1,500 people may have been killed by floods in North Korea caused by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi. (Terra Daily) (Al Jazeera)
2024 India-Bangladesh floods
- At least 12 people are killed and more than 250 people are declared missing after heavy downpours and flooding in northern India, with rainfall amounts of up to {{conv|183|mm|in}} reported in some areas. (Reuters)
2024 Wayanad landslides
- The death toll from the landslides caused by torrential rains in Kerala, India, increases to 296 people, with at least 200 others still missing. (Onomanorama)

Health and environment

International relations

2024 Russian prisoner exchange, Germany–Russia relations, Russia–United States relations
- Russia and several Western nations, including Germany and the United States, conduct a major prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey, with ten prisoners being transferred to Russia, thirteen to Germany, and three to the United States. Journalist Evan Gershkovich, former marine Paul Whelan, and Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza are among those freed. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
China–India relations
- China and India conduct a 30th round of talks in New Delhi, India, to resolve their ongoing border disputes, agreeing to speed up negotiations over the disputes and to maintain peace and tranquility in border regions. (South China Morning Post)
Moldova–Russia relations
- The Moldovan government expels a Russian diplomat from the country over alleged espionage. (The Moscow Times)

Law and crime

2024 Southport stabbing
- 2024 Southport riot
  - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the nation following civil unrest in Southport, Hartlepool, and Whitehall, accusing the "far-right" of being behind the violence. Starmer also warns social media platforms to crackdown on misinformation. (The Guardian)
2009 Guinean protests
- A criminal court in Guinea sentences former president and military leader Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity while suppressing an opposition rally in Conakry in 2009. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

End Bad Governance protests
- Eleven people are killed, and a journalist is arrested during nationwide protests in Nigeria amid a cost-of-living crisis, which protestors blame on President Bola Tinubu's new reforms. (Al Jazeera)

Sports