User:RossO/sandbox/Current events monthly intro

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • 2024 Northern Aleppo clashes
    • Anti-Turkish riots occur in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Kayseri, Turkey, yesterday. (SOHR) (Middle East Monitor)
    • Four people are killed and over 20 are injured as Turkish soldiers open fire against protestors in Afrin, Syria. (Syriahr)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Khan Yunis
    • The Israel Defense Forces order a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city. (AP)
• Russian Invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia says that it has captured the villages of Novopokrovske in Donetsk Oblast and Stepova Novoselivka in Kharkiv Oblast. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the island of Carriacou, Grenada, as a category 4 hurricane. (CNN)
  • Hurricane Beryl intensifies to a category 5 hurricane, becoming the earliest on record in the basin, and kills at least one person on the Windward Islands. (CNN)
• 2024 Seoul car crash
  • A car driving the wrong way in central Seoul, South Korea, strikes pedestrians waiting at a traffic light, killing nine people and injuring four others. (AP)
• Air Europa Flight 045
  • An Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experiences severe turbulence while flying from Madrid, Spain, to Montevideo, Uruguay, injuring 30 people and forcing the flight to divert to Natal, Brazil. (BBC News)
• At least 89 migrants are killed after their boat, which carried 170 migrants, capsized off the coast of Ndiago, Mauritania. (CNN)

International relations

• Argentina–Bolivia relations, 2024 Bolivian coup attempt
  • Bolivia summons its ambassador to Argentina after Argentine President Javier Milei called the recent coup attempt "fraudulent" and implied that it was staged. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Blasphemy in Pakistan; Jaranwala church arsons
  • A court in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan sentences a Christian man to death for blasphemy against Muslims on social media after anti-Christian mobs burned down dozens of homes and churches in Jaranwala, Punjab, in August. (AP)
• Trump v. United States (2024)
  • In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that presidents have presumed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken in exercising constitutional powers while serving as president, and have no immunity for "unofficial acts". (CNN)
• Mexican drug war
  • Mexican authorities discover the bodies of nineteen men who were shot dead in and near a dump truck abandoned in La Concordia, Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border. (AP)
• Ukrainian officials uncover a plan to storm parliament and seize control from the current government on Constitution Day, and arrest four individuals implicated in the plot. (DW)
• A mass shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, kills three people and injures two others. An adult suspect has been arrested. (GVA)
• A Nepali court sentences Ram Bahadur Bomjon a man who thousands believed was a reincarnation of the Buddha to 10 years in jail for child sexual abuse. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• The Australian Government increases the visa fee for international students from A$710 (US$473) to A$1,600 (US$1,068) in an attempt to reduce record levels of migration that have increased pressure on the Australian housing market. (Reuters)
• Sam Mostyn is sworn in as the 28th Governor-General of Australia. (ABC News Australia)
• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils his cabinet made up of seven parties. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Accusations of United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
    • A dozen resigned United States government officials release a joint statement denouncing President Joe Biden's administration for its "undeniable complicity" in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating U.S. laws to continue sending Israel weapons. (Reuters)
  • Siege of Khan Yunis
    • An Israeli airstrike kills at least nine people in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation of parts of the city. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Two people are killed and nine others are injured when Russian artillery and drones hit Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) (Ukrinform)
• Kazakh dissident Aydos Sadykov has died two weeks after being shot outside his home in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • One person is killed in a landslide caused by Tropical Storm Chris in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Expreso Mexico)
• 2024 Uttar Pradesh stampede
  • 123 people are killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India. (India Today) (Hindustan Times)
• Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal
  • Seventy-six more deaths and at least 500 hospitalizations in Japan are linked to use of red yeast rice supplements distributed by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, causing kidney disease and other severe conditions. (Asahi TV)
• Floods in northern Myanmar trap thousands of people in their homes and cause power outages and disruptions to telephone services. (Barron's)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Hungary–Ukraine relations, 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán
    • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Kyiv, Ukraine, for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, proposing a ceasefire plan which is rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Kyiv Independent)
• Panama–United States relations
  • Panama and the United States sign a deal to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the southern United States border through the Darién Gap, with the United States covering the costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally. (DW)

Law and crime

• Islamic terrorism in Europe
  • Terrorism in the United Kingdom
    • St James's University Hospital nursing assistant Mohammad Farooq is convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of crimes relating to plotting lone wolf attacks on RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire and his Leeds workplace. (BBC News)
• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
  • Former New York City Mayor and lawyer Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in the U.S. state of New York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. (AP)
• Australia issues statements to several social media and search engine websites ordering the websites to draft and enforce guidelines to prevent minors from seeing inappropriate material before October 3 or face national restrictions. (Reuters)
• The United States Department of Homeland Security deports 116 Chinese migrants back to China to deter illegal migration across the Mexico–United States border, representing the nation's first "large charter flight" deportation in the past five years. (AP)
• Serial killer Lucy Letby is convicted of an attempted murder in a retrial at Manchester Crown Court in Manchester, England. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
  • In the Netherlands, the Schoof cabinet is installed with Dick Schoof taking office as the new prime minister. (Rijksoverheid) (BBC News)
• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Protestors march in Tbilisi surrounding the Parliament Building in protest of the Georgian Dream party, the law on foreign agents, and in support of Georgia joining the EU. (Al Jazeera)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • Protests against the controversially rejected Kenyan finance bill and President William Ruto continue in major cities in the country, with the National Commission on Human Rights reporting at least 39 people killed and 361 injured in the protests. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• The fifth busy beaver number is confirmed to be 47,176,870. (Quanta)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Battle of Chasiv Yar
      • Russian forces take control of the Novy district of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (CBS News)
    • One person is killed and at least 14 others are injured in Russian guided bomb and missile attacks across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Russian strikes against infrastructure
    • Dnipro strikes
      • At least five people are killed and 53 others are injured when Russian drones and missiles hits civilian infrastructure in Dnipro, Ukraine. (BBC News)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • NATO nations agree to grant Ukraine €40 billion (US$43 billion) in military aid in 2025. (Reuters)
  • Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
    • Three kamikaze drones attack an electrical substation for the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, injuring eight workers, causing forest fires near the plant's switchyard, and leaving Enerhodar without power or water. (Reuters) (RFE/RL)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • The Israeli government approves the seizure of 12.7 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi) of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land seizure in the West Bank in more than three decades. (AP)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah, in Tyre, Lebanon. Nasser is one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah members to die in the conflict. (Al Arabiya)
  • Hezbollah launches a barrage of at least 100 Katyusha rockets, towards northern Israel, targeting Israeli military positions, in retaliation for the killing of Nasser. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Five people, including former senator Hidayat Ullah, are killed when their vehicle en route to an election rally strikes a roadside bomb in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Scientists announce the discovery of the world's oldest cave painting, depicting three people gathered around a large red pig, estimated to be at least 51,200 years old, in Leang Karampurang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Beryl
    • The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in the eastern Caribbean increases to nine, with deaths reported in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. (Reuters)
  • Four police officers are killed in floods caused by Tropical Storm Chris in Tepetlán, Mexico. (El Imparcial)
• 2024 India-Bangladesh floods
  • At least sixteen people are killed and more than 300,000 others are displaced by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. (The Independent)

• Three people are killed and three others are missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande, Portugal. (Al Arabiya)
• At least 26,000 people are forced to evacuate amidst dozens of large wildfires in Northern California, United States. (NPR)

Health and environment

• Temperatures in Moscow, Russia, reach 32.7 °C (90.9 °F), the highest on this day since 1917. (The Moscow Times) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• An Israeli soldier is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack at a mall in Karmiel, Israel. (Reuters)
• Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrest eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria. (France 24)
• The Supreme Court of Japan rules that the country's forced sterilization law, which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, was unconstitutional. (France 24)
• Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage, setting the legal age of marriage to 18 years. Offenders could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine of around US$4,000, with witnesses to child marriages also facing possible jail or fines. (CBS News)
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fines General Motors $145.8 million for excess emissions found in 5.9 million GM vehicles. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Pro-Palestinian protesters climb the roof of the Australian Parliament building in Canberra, Australia. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic terrorism
  • Eighteen leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah announce the disbanding of the group, after 31 years of operation. The group committed several massacres in Indonesia, including the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah launches at least 200 rockets and a swarm of drones at Israeli territory and threatens to expand its targeting range, in retaliation for the killing of Mohammed Nasser, a top Hezbollah commander. (Reuters)
• Israeli occupation of the West Bank
  • Israel approves the construction of 5,295 settler homes in dozens of settlements in the West Bank, which are internationally recognized as violating international law. (AP)
• Ituri conflict
  • Six Chinese gold miners and two Congolese soldiers are killed during an attack against a gold mine in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two other workers are kidnapped. CODECO claims responsibility for the attack. (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • The Islamic State kills eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in Syria's Badiya desert. (Al Arabiya)

Business and economy

• Hudson's Bay Company, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, completes a merger and purchases luxury department stores Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman for $2.65 billion. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• Hurricane Beryl
  • Hurricane Beryl causes a six- to nine-feet high storm surge and fierce winds along Jamaica's southern coast, killing at least one person before tracking towards the Cayman Islands. (CNN)
• Twenty-five people drown in southeast Sudan while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces. (Khaleej Times)
• Three people are killed and seven others are injured when a pickup truck is driven into a crowd celebrating Independence Day in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• Eleven people die and another 153 people are diagnosed with West Nile fever in an ongoing outbreak in Israel. (Anadolu Agency)

International relations

• Germany–Turkey relations
  • Germany summons Turkey's ambassador to Germany in a tit-for-tat move over footballer Merih Demiral's wolf salute gesture while celebrating a goal at a UEFA Euro 2024 match in Leipzig, Germany, on Tuesday. (CNN)
• The Shanghai Cooperation Organization officially grants membership to Belarus. (Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

• Violent incidents in reaction to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Antisemitism during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Greek anti-terrorism police arrest seven people over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens. (Reuters)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Fourth of July shootings
    • Thirty-three people are killed in mass shootings at Fourth of July celebrations, with 11 people killed and 55 others injured in Chicago, Illinois, two people killed and three others injured in Huntington Beach, California, one person killed and six others injured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one person killed and five others injured in Boston, Massachusetts. (AP)
• 2022 Oslo shooting
  • Oslo District Court finds Iranian-born Norwegian Zaniar Matapour guilty of a shooting during pride celebrations in the Norwegian capital in 2022 and sentences Matapour to 30 years in prison. (CBC News)
• M23 movement
  • The Butembo military court in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sentences 25 FARDC soldiers to death for allegedly fleeing fighting against M23 rebels. (Al Jazeera)
• Belarus frees ten political prisoners including former opposition leader Ryhor Kastusioŭ. (Reuters)
• The Peruvian Congress votes 15–12 to pass a law introducing a statute of limitations on prosecuting crimes against humanity committed before July 2002. (ABC News)
• French film director Benoît Jacquot is charged with the rapes of actresses Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco between 1998 and 2000, and "rape, sexual assault and violence" committed between 2013 and 2018. (AP) (Le Monde)
• Tunisian opposition leader and founder of the Republican People's Union party Lotfi Mraïhi is arrested on suspicion of money laundering. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United Kingdom general election
  • Voters elect all 650 members of the United Kingdom House of Commons. Keir Starmer's Labour Party is projected to win a landslide victory according to exit polls. (NPR) (The Washington Post)
  • Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected to the House of Commons as an independent MP. (The Guardian)
  • Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration and Eurosceptic Reform UK party, is elected for the first time to a parliamentary seat representing Clacton. (Reuters)
  • Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses her seat of South West Norfolk, becoming the first former prime minister to lose their seat in over a century since Arthur Balfour in the 1906 general election. (The Independent)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • At least seven Palestinians are killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the West Bank that targeted a building that several militants had barricaded themselves in. (Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • A review article published in the medical journal The Lancet estimates the total death toll of Palestinians in Gaza to be at least 186,000 compared to the currently reported number of 38,000, around 8% of Gaza's pre-war population. This is attributed to the lack of reporting for indirect deaths, as well as the lack of operating hospitals and officials to report those deaths. (The Lancet) (NPR)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Sennar offensive
    • The Rapid Support Forces captures Dinder, Sudan again, after it was briefly recaptured by the SAF on 4 July. The town was first captured by the RSF on 2 July. (Sudan Tribune)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • M23 rebels and the FARDC agree to a two-week humanitarian truce proposed by the United States. The positions of the two groups are separated by about 1 kilometre in Matembe. Access to many areas remains difficult for humanitarians. (Radio Okapi)

Business and economy

• The European Union imposes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles of up to 37.6%, prompting the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to investigate possible retaliatory tariffs on European pork and brandy imports. (Reuters)
• The Cabinet of Germany agrees on a 2025 budget plan, averting collapse of the current cabinet following party disagreements and pressure from The Greens to forego its "debt brake" to increase emergency borrowing for Ukraine aid. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Hurricane Beryl
  • Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico after killing twelve people in the Caribbean. (AP)
• At least 89 people are killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania. (Al Arabiya)
• Ten people are killed and 42 others are injured when a bus crashes into a bridge in São Paulo state, Brazil. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed and 83 others are injured by a tornado in the province of Shandong, China. (AP)
• The Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli volcanoes on the Italian island of Sicily erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport. (Al Jazeera)
• A dam failure in Buru Regency, Indonesia, causes massive flooding. (CNN Indonesia)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–Hungary relations, 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán
    • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, prompting condemnation among European Union member states. (Politico)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung
  • A district court in Busan, South Korea, sentences the perpetrator in the stabbing of National Assembly member and former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to 15 years in prison. (Al Jazeera)
• Greece passes a law to allow a six-day work week for industries that operate on a 24-hour basis. Workers have the option of working an additional eight hours for 40% additional pay. (CBS News) (NPR)
• Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is found guilty of schism for denying the legitimacy of Pope Francis and rejecting the Second Vatican Council, and is subsequently excommunicated by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United Kingdom general election
  • Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, ending 14 years of Conservative government. (Sky News) (BBC News)
  • Keir Starmer formally becomes Prime Minister after accepting an invitation from King Charles III to form a majority government. (Mirror) (BBC News)
  • Rachel Reeves is appointed as the UK's first ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Starmer ministry. (ITV News)
• 2024 Iranian presidential election
  • A second round run-off is held between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and ultra conservative Saeed Jalili to become the 9th President of Iran. (Reuters)
  • Masoud Pezeshkian wins the Iranian presidential run-off. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 16 Palestinians are killed by an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 North America heat waves
  • Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, investigates over 160 suspected heat-related deaths related to ongoing heat waves in Arizona, California, and Oregon. (AP)
• 2024 Sulawesi landslide
  • An illegal gold mine collapses amid heavy rains in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing 11 people and leaving 19 more missing. (Al Arabiya)
• Fourteen people are killed and another person is critically injured when an oil truck collides with a minibus in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)

International relations

• Alliance of Sahel States
  • Nigerien military junta president Abdourahamane Tchiani, Burkinabè President Ibrahim Traoré, and Malian President Assimi Goïta sign a reciprocal defence pact and mutually reject ECOWAS, accusing it of being influenced by foreign interests. (Al Jazeera)
• Germany–Hungary relations, 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán
  • Hungary suddenly cancels a meeting between Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on 8 July in Budapest, after she planned to discuss Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's uncoordinated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (Politico)

Law and crime

• Kentucky birthday party shooting
  • Four people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting in Florence, Kentucky, United States. The perpetrator later commits suicide. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially cancels the Rwanda asylum plan, proposed by former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 27 Palestinians. In Gaza City, four are killed in a strike on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced people and six others are killed in a strike on a house. Two people are killed in the Sabra neighbourhood, and six others are killed in a strike on a residential building in Az-Zawayda. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Beryl
    • 120 counties in the U.S. state of Texas are under a disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast. (The Guardian)
• At least 14 people are killed and others are missing in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Nepal. (Al Jazeera)
• Thirteen people are injured when an elephant chases a crowd attending a Hindu religious festival in Kataragama, Sri Lanka. (Al Arabiya)
• The Iranian naval frigate IRIS Sahand capsizes during repairs in the port of Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Reuters)
• At least ten people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Treinta y Tres, Uruguay. (Reuters)

International relations

• Niger–United States relations
  • The U.S. military withdraws entirely from Niger's Air Base 201 in Niamey. (Reuters)
• Syrian–Turkish normalization
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan states his intention to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for talks in Turkey with the intention of restoring relations between the two countries. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2024 North America heat waves
  • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, reaches 120 °F (49 °C), the city's highest temperature of all time, and surpassing the previous record of 117 °F (47 °C) set in July 2021. (KTNV-TV) (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • French citizens vote in the second round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. (Le Monde)
  • Exit polls predict a hung parliament, with the left-wing New Popular Front alliance winning the most seats, followed by President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble coalition in second place, and the far-right National Rally in third place. (BBC News)
  • Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announces that he will resign on July 8. (Reuters)
• Confederation of Sahel States, ECOWAS
  • ECOWAS states that it risks disintegrating from military and economic insecurity if Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso continue their exit to form their own confederation, following sanctions and severed diplomatic ties after each state's military coup. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel
  • Israeli protesters march and block highways across Israel, calling for a ceasefire, the return of all hostages, and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down. (AP)

Science and technology

• Four volunteer NASA crew members finish the first 378-day Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog mission to simulate living on Mars at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, United States. (AP)

Sports

• Yaroslava Mahuchikh breaks the world record in women's high jump, which had stood for 37 years. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against infrastructure
    • 8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes
      • Russia launches a massive missile attack striking residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in cities across Ukraine, including the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv. At least 41 people are killed and 170 others are injured as a result of the strikes. (BBC News)
  • Poland–Ukraine relations
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sign a security agreement in Warsaw, Poland, allowing Poland to shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian airspace. (Ukrinform)
• M23 offensive
  • A United Nations report formally accuses the Ugandan military of providing support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims. The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebels. (Reuters) (France 24)

Business and economy

• Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers begin a three-day strike in South Korea over demands for better pay and more annual leave. (Reuters)
• Paramount Global agrees to merge with Skydance Media in a $28 billion deal. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Beryl
    • Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC News) (Reuters)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
    • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China, to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping following an unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. (The Hill)
• Brazil–Palestine relations, Palestine–Uruguay relations
  • Brazil adopts a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority and ratifies an agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc. Uruguay also backs the deal with Palestine. (Reuters)
• India–Russia relations
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Moscow, Russia, for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
• Japan–Philippines relations
  • Japan and the Philippines sign a Reciprocal Access Agreement which allows the deployment of Japanese forces to the Philippines for military exercises. It will come into force after both countries' legislatures ratify it. (AP)
• Poland–United States relations
  • The United States announces a second $2 billion loan to Poland to support modernization of its military. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Boeing 737 MAX groundings
  • Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to avoid going on trial in the United States on charges related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • President of France Emmanuel Macron rejects the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is requested to stay on temporarily to ensure the stability of the country. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 9 July 2024 Gaza attacks
      • At least 50 Palestinians are killed and dozens of others are injured in Israeli attacks on Tel al-Hawa, Sabra, and Shuja'iyya, Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
    • Al-Awda School massacre
      • At least 29 Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack targeting the entrance of a UNRWA-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians, becoming Israel's fourth attack on Gaza schools in the past four days. (BBC News)
    • United Nations human rights experts accuse Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that resulted in child malnutrition and death in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Syria, killing two Israelis. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • U.S. military officials announce that the Gaza floating pier will be permanently removed after being reinstalled for several more days, due to weather and aid distribution problems. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian forces reportedly capture the village of Yasnobrodivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Brazil wildfires
  • Wildfires burn 760,000 hectares (1.8 million acres) of the Brazilian Pantanal, destroying over 4% of Brazil's largest wetland. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Sulawesi landslide
  • The death toll from the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Bone Bolango, Indonesia, amid heavy rains, increases to 23 people. Thirty-five others are still missing and 23 more were rescued. (AP)

International relations

• Ethiopia–Sudan relations, Sudanese peace process
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets in Port Sudan with Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and armed forces commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to seek an end to the Sudanese Civil War. (Sudan Tribune)
• Georgia–European Union relations, Accession of Georgia to the European Union
  • The European Union pauses the accession of Georgia to the organization and freezes €30 million (US$32.5 million) in aid to the Georgian Ministry of Defense after the Georgian parliament passed a law requiring media and nonprofit groups to be deemed as foreign agents if they receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign sources. (AP)
• Ukraine–NATO relations
  • NATO announces that it will establish a senior representative to Kyiv to coordinate with Ukrainian officials and strengthen Ukraine's ties to NATO. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, Iran–United States relations
  • United States Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines accuses the Iranian government of using social media to covertly encourage and finance pro-Palestinian campus protests, in order to deepen American political divisions and increase distrust in democratic institutions. (AP)
• Killings of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt
  • Three women are killed during a crossbow attack at a house in Bushey, United Kingdom. A 26-year-old man is wanted. (AP)
• A court in Moscow, Russia, issues an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is currently residing outside of Russia. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Washington summit
  • The 75th NATO summit begins in Washington, D.C., United States. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• UEFA Euro 2024
  • In association football, Spanish player Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest goalscorer at a UEFA European Championship tournament after scoring in Spain's 2–1 semi-final win against France at 16 years and 362 days old. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas War
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • The Israel Defense Forces orders a complete evacuation of all Palestinians from Gaza City to areas south of the city in advance of a new offensive on Hamas targets. (AP)
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • U.S. President Joe Biden's administration resumes shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel following a suspension in May 2024 due to worries of harm to Palestinian civilians. The initial suspension provoked public criticism from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Four security officials and three Pakistani Taliban insurgents are killed in a shootout in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Two Ukrainians are killed by Russian drone and missile attacks on a port in southern Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, which damaged port infrastructure, an energy facility, and a civilian ship. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirteen people, including 12 children, are killed in a school bus crash in Merafong, Gauteng, South Africa. (AP)
• A plane fighting the Horse Gulch fire crashes into Hauser Lake in Montana, United States, killing the pilot onboard. (KWYB)

International relations

• 2024 Washington summit, Foreign relations of China, China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • NATO Washington Summit Declaration
    • All 32 NATO member states approve an official statement classifying China as a “decisive enabler” of Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to its "no-limits" economic and political partnership with Russia. (AP)
• Russia–Saudi Arabia relations, International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Bloomberg reports that Saudi Arabia warned the G7 earlier this year that it would sell off Eurobonds and French bonds if the G7 proceeded with the seizure of US$280 billion in Russian frozen assets to give to Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iraq
  • A criminal court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences the widow of Islamic State caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death over her ties to the Islamic State and for detaining Yazidi women in her house. (Al Arabiya)
• Killings of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt
  • The suspect wanted for the crossbow attack in Bushey, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, is arrested in Enfield, London. (USA Today)
• Two Australian tourists and a Filipino woman are killed during a mass stabbing at a hotel in Manila, Philippines. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Eleven people are killed when their pickup truck, on its way home from a funeral, collides with a passenger bus in Abulug, Cagayan, Philippines. (The Straits Times)
• 4,500 people are displaced by storms in Cape Town, South Africa. (AP)

International relations

• Cross-strait relations
  • Taiwan reports that 66 Chinese military aircraft operated around Taiwanese airspace in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day number in 2024 so far. (DW)