Current events: 2024-08-07

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
    • The Israel Defense Forces confirms the death of Bilha Yinon, the last person missing in Israel following the October 7 attack by Hamas. (Newsweek)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Six Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid on the Maghazi refugee camp and in Khan Younis in Gaza. (Saba News Agency) (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that the Ukrainian advance into the Kursk Oblast has been stopped. (BBC)
    • Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov declares a state of emergency in the region. (DW)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Egypt and the United Kingdom issue NOTAM alerts and orders their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspaces. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least two people are killed when a hotel collapses in Kröv, Germany. (DW) (Reuters)
• Five people are killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP)

Health and environment

• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
  • The Government of Brazil reports that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest has dropped to its lowest levels since 2016. (AP)
• Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
  • The water temperature around the Great Barrier Reef reaches a 400-year record high, leading to more mass bleaching events. (DW)

Law and crime

• 2023 Thai general election
  • The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, which won the most seats and votes in last year’s election, but was blocked from forming a government. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
• End Bad Governance protests
  • Nigeria arrests seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week. (Reuters)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
  • Turkey submits a bid to South Africa's side in the International Court of Justice case against Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• German police arrest a doctor for allegedly killing four elderly patients. (DW)
• Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty in a Russian court to a charge of treason. (CNN)
• Norwegian police arrest the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit on suspicion of assaulting a woman. (Al Arabiya)
• Two Islamic State affiliated men are arrested in Ternitz, Austria for allegedly planning to commit terrorism in Vienna, including at a Taylor Swift concert. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
  • Missouri Democratic congresswoman Cori Bush loses her primary election to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, becoming the second member of The Squad to lose a primary. (BBC)
• Comorian president Azali Assoumani grants extensive powers to his son and alleged successor Nour El Fath, allowing him to intervene throughout multiple stages of government decision-making. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine. (DW)

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