Current events: 2026-09-05

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war, United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russia and Ukraine agree to halt strikes on Kyiv and Moscow, respectively, during United States-mediated peace talks, as U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow before traveling to Kyiv. (AFP via Dawn)
  • Kyiv strikes
    • A Russian missile strike kills two people and damages multiple residential buildings in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. (UA News)
  • Russian occupation of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
    • A Russian airstrike on Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills four people and injures five others, including one critically, according to Dnipropetrovsk governor Oleksandr Hanza. (SANA)
• 2026 Iran war
  • The United States Central Command says its forces have destroyed three Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including one in the Gulf of Oman, after alleged Iranian missile attacks on U.S. naval vessels. (AFP via France 24) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Saudel
    • One person is killed and 11 others are reported missing after a mudslide buries a village and damages 12 homes in Suichuan County, Jiangxi, China. (AP)
• A Greek F-4 Phantom crashes during an air show at Tanagra Air Base near Athens, Greece, killing both pilots. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• Tens of thousands of people rally in Zagreb, Croatia, demanding the removal of about 37,000 tonnes of illegally dumped hazardous waste from Gospić and a ban on waste imports amid concerns over soil and groundwater contamination. (AP)

Law and crime

• United Kingdom anti-immigration protests
  • Hundreds of masked protesters block the Port of Dover in Kent, England, and chant "stop the boats", causing massive disruption to traffic and train services. (BBC News)
• Philippine vice president Sara Duterte posts ₱360,000 (US$5,740) bail on three counts of grave threats, prompting a regional trial court to lift her arrest warrant. The charges concern alleged threats against president Bongbong Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez. (AP)

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