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Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea
- Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves at least 40 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
- An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
- A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.
- The Summer Paralympics close in Paris, France.
September 9, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Fourteen people are killed and more than 40 others are wounded in overnight Israeli strikes targeting Iranian research centers in Syria. (AP)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from damages caused by Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to over 35 people, with 24 others still missing. (Reuters) (AP)
September 8, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Pokrovsk offensive
- Russia reportedly takes control of Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast, twelve kilometers (seven miles) from the strategically important Ukrainian logistical hub city Pokrovsk. (Reuters)
- Pokrovsk offensive
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- The Israeli military says that Hezbollah militants were killed in airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Sudanese civil war
- The World Health Organization reports that the death toll from the civil war in Sudan has increased to more than 20,000 people. (AP)
Arts and culture
- 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
- American historical drama television series Shōgun wins a record 14 Emmys at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the most won for any single season. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in the United States during 2024
- Over 11,000 people are evacuated in San Bernardino County, California, United States, as the Line Fire quadruples in size to over 27 sq mi (17,000 acres). (The New York Times) (BBC News)
- Forty-eight people and 50 cattle are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a fuel tanker and a truck in Agaie, Niger State, Nigeria. (AP)
- Fourteen people are killed and another person is injured when a bus crashes on a highway between Aden and Taiz in Yemen. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2024 Allenby Bridge shooting
- Three Israeli border guards are killed in a shooting at the Allenby Bridge on the Israel–Jordan border. (Reuters)
- Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound standoff
- Kingdom of Jesus Christ pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is charged with sex trafficking, is arrested amid a standoff between the police and members of the church at the church's headquarters in Davao City, Philippines. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
- Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees Venezuela to seek political asylum in Spain. The Spanish government says that González left Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane at his own request. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics
- Thai wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana becomes the first female wheelchair fencer, and the second overall, to win gold medals in all three fencing disciplines, épée, foil, and sabre. (Bangkok Post)
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics
- 2024 US Open
- In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Taylor Fritz in the final of the US Open Men's singles tournament to win his first US Open title ever and his second Grand Slam title overall. Sinner is also the first Italian man to ever win the US Open. (CNN)
September 7, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian artillery targets the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing three civilians and injuring three others. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 2023–2024 Manipur violence
- Ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki tribes kills five people in Manipur, India. The Government of Manipur orders all schools in the state to remain closed in response to the violence. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Three Lebanese paramedics are killed and two others are wounded in an Israeli airstrike while they were firefighting in Faroun with two Amal militants killed in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah launches over 100 missiles and shelling at several Israeli military sites in Israel in retaliation. (VOA) (Middle East Eye)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured by Typhoon Yagi in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam, as it makes landfall in Hanoi. (BBC News)
- Thirteen people are killed and 44 more injured after a collision between a tank truck and a bus between Bouaké and Korhogo, in Ivory Coast. (AP)
International relations
- 2024 Venezuelan political crisis, Argentina–Venezuela relations
- Venezuelan security forces surround the Argentine embassy in Caracas after several opposition members take refuge inside the embassy. Electricity is reportedly cut to the embassy, with Vente Venezuela describing the situation as a siege. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Interstate 75 Kentucky shooting
- Several people are injured in a mass shooting near Interstate 75 in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States. (CNN)
- Five inmates escape from a high-security prison near Lisbon, Portugal. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- French anti-Barnier government protests
- Nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron's appointment of Michel Barnier as the new French Prime Minister break out in 130 cities and towns across France, with left-wing coalition New Popular Front claiming that Macron stole the election. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- The Boeing Crew Flight Test capsule returns to Earth uncrewed, landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, United States, after being docked for three months at the International Space Station. (CNN)
Sports
- 2024 US Open
- In tennis, Aryna Sabalenka defeats Jessica Pegula in the final of the US Open Women's singles tournament to win her first US Open title ever and her second Grand Slam title overall. (Reuters) (WTA)
September 6, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in cities across the Gaza Strip, including in the Nuseirat refugee camp. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- Killing of Aysenur Eygi
- Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American woman, is shot dead by Israeli troops during an anti-Israeli settlement protest in the West Bank. (AP)
- Israeli settlers and soldiers storm the Palestinian village of Qaryut, beating and opening fire against the residents, killing a 13-year-old girl and wounding two men. (Palestine News Network)
- Killing of Aysenur Eygi
- Israel–Hamas war
Arts and culture
- The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces the end of its international adoption program after suspending the program during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Al Jazeera)
- China opens the world's largest indoor skiing resort in Pudong, Shanghai, with a 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft) skiing area and a total campus area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft). (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- Eighteen students are killed and 27 others are injured in a fire at a boarding school in Nyeri, Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
- A Piper PA-46 aircraft crashes into a cornfield after going into a nosedive in Anderson, Indiana, United States, killing all four occupants on board. (FOX59)
Law and crime
- 2024 United Kingdom riots
- Sheffield Crown Court in South Yorkshire, UK, sentences Thomas Birley, a British man who set fire to a hotel that housed asylum seekers in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, to nine years in prison for arson with the intent to endanger life, the longest sentence related to the riots so far. (Al Jazeera)
- Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- New York Supreme Court justice Juan Merchan postpones former U.S. President Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal case until after Election Day on November 5. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
- Polish prosecutors charge three Belarusian citizens for diverting Ryanair Flight 4978 under a fabricated bomb threat to arrest political activist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. (DW)
- Brazilian human rights minister Silvio Almeida is fired from his cabinet position following several accusations of sexual harassment towards women, including another cabinet minister. (Reuters)
September 5, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- Six Palestinian gunmen are killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike in Tubas in the West Bank. Separately, a teenager is killed by Israeli soldiers in Tubas. (Reuters)
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Iraq–Turkey relations
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
- A Turkish drone strike kills three people, including a child, in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, one day after a similar attack on a car in the region killed three people from the same family. (Barron's)
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
Arts and culture
- American rock band Linkin Park emerges from a seven-year hiatus with the announcement of an upcoming studio album, a worldwide concert tour, and introduces Emily Armstrong as the band's new co-vocalist. The band went on hiatus in 2017 following the death of then-lead vocalist Chester Bennington. (Rolling Stone)
Business and economy
- The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority announces an investigation into Ticketmaster over the dynamic pricing of Oasis Live '25 Tour tickets. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo receives its first batch of Bavarian Nordic mpox vaccines donated by the European Union and is expected to receive the second batch of vaccines on September 7. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Nicaragua–United States relations, Protests against Daniel Ortega
- The United States announces that it has secured the release of 135 political prisoners in Nicaragua, who were jailed by the government of President Daniel Ortega. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrests the father of Colt Gray, the perpetrator of yesterday's mass school shooting in Barrow County, Georgia, United States, on charges of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for allowing his son to possess a gun. (AP)
- Domestic violence in Kenya
- Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei dies at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, after sustaining burns from a gasoline attack by her former partner almost a month after participating in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics. (BBC News)
- Weiss special counsel investigation
- Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax evasion shortly before his trial was expected to begin in California, United States. (NBC News)
- 2024 Munich shooting
- An Austrian man is killed in a shootout with police in Munich, Germany, near the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and the Israeli Consulate. A terrorist motive is suspected. (TIME)
- A 15-year-old Hindu boy is killed by a Muslim mob inside a police station in Khulna, Bangladesh, after allegedly insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad on Facebook. (The Hindustan Times)
- The European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and seven other countries sign the first international treaty on the use of artificial intelligence systems. (DW) (Council of Europe)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Niuean constitutional referendum
- Voters in Niue approve a bill to change the title of the Premier of Niue to prime minister, effective immediately, while rejecting a proposal to increase the term of the Niue Assembly from three to four years. (Radio New Zealand)
- Reform of the House of Lords
- House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
- In the United Kingdom, the ruling Labour Party drafts a bill that would remove the right of all hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords. (BBC News)
- House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
- Michel Barnier is appointed Prime Minister of France, succeeding caretaker Gabriel Attal, who announced his resignation in the aftermath of the legislative elections in July. (The Washington Post)
Sports
- 2024–25 UEFA Nations League
- San Marino, the lowest-ranked FIFA-affiliated national team, defeats Liechtenstein 1–0 in Serravalle, San Marino, to win the team's first competitive victory in their 36-year history. (ESPN)
September 4, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A civilian is killed and seven others are injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (MSN)
Arts and culture
- Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro announces that Venezuela will celebrate an early Christmas on 1 October. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
- Seven people are rescued and at least 21 others remain missing after a boat carrying Syrian migrants from Libya capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa in the Pelagie Islands of Italy. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2024 Brazil wildfires
- Twenty percent of the Brasília National Forest in Brazil is destroyed by a wildfire that investigators suspect was started deliberately. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
- Four people are killed and nine people are wounded in a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States. (CNN)
- Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
- SpaceX removes its employees from Brazil amid ongoing legal issues between CEO Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court over Musk's social media company X. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Grenfell Tower fire
- The second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes, with the report noting "systematic dishonesty" of manufacturers and the failures of the government leading up to the fire. (BBC News)
- Hachette v. Internet Archive
- The Internet Archive loses its court appeal in a copyright lawsuit over its digital library of ebooks and documents that major publication companies have worked to shut down over claims of lost revenue. (Jurist) (The New York Times)
- Dismissed mayor of Bamban, Philippines, Alice Guo is arrested by the Directorate General of Immigration in Tangerang, Indonesia, after fleeing from the Philippines amid an ongoing Senate inquiry. (The Guardian) (Rappler)
- Jonathan Meijer files a lawsuit against Netflix for allegedly portraying him negatively for his serial sperm donation in its documentary series The Man with 1,000 Kids. (DW)
Politics and elections
- Election of the VIII Māori monarch
- The New Zealand Māori Council selects Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō as the new Queen following the death of her father King Tūheitia in August. (DW)
- Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns from office amid a cabinet reshuffle. (Left Bank) (The Washington Post)
- In Canada, New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh announces that he has terminated the confidence and supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government in 2022. (CBC News)
Science and technology
- A small 1.5-metre (4.9 ft) asteroid, 2024 RW1, is predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the island of Luzon in the Philippines at approximately 16:40 UTC (00:40 local time), the ninth asteroid to be successfully discovered before impacting Earth. (New Scientist)
September 3, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
- The Islamic State claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing outside a Taliban building in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed six people. (Al Arabiya)
- 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Tarmuwa massacre
- At least 102 people are killed during a mass shooting at a market and against homes in Tarmuwa, Yobe State, Nigeria, by over 50 Boko Haram militants. (AP)
- Tarmuwa massacre
- A clash between the isolated indigenous Mashco-Piro community and Peruvian loggers attempting to clear a forest path near their territory results in the deaths of two loggers, with two more missing. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- English Channel migrant crossings
- During a people smuggling operation, at least 12 migrants drown when their boat breaks apart and capsizes in the English Channel. (Sky News)
Health and environment
- 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
- The World Health Organization announces that its polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip has surpassed its intended target of 156,500 projected vaccinations within two days. (BBC News)
International relations
- Iraq–Switzerland relations
- Switzerland reopens its embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, after closing it during the Gulf War in 1991. (BNO News)
Law and crime
- 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is subpoenaed by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs after refusing to testify on the government's actions regarding the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the concurrent deaths of thirteen service members. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hamas war
- The United States Department of Justice charges Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and five other militants with conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism, conspiracy to murder Americans, and five other counts each. (DW)
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- Former head of the Central bank of Lebanon Riad Salameh is arrested for financial crimes such as accruing more than $110m via financial crimes involving Optimum Invest, a Lebanese firm that offers income brokerage services. Al Jazeera
- Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
- Isabel Perelló is elected as President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary in Spain, becoming the first woman to hold the position. (El Periódico) (El País) (El Diario)
- Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is "seriously injured" after being shot in the leg in a shootout with the Uganda People's Defence Force near Kampala. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Five Ukrainian ministers resign from their positions, including Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, resulting in vacancy of over one-third of the cabinet. (Reuters)
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