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jmetaB035f6b2570831e904127314aa9f0253a1b46c42a98fbc39ca211bad82a0300d1ed@c68dc37064cc06fa105a5d01c8d4bdddb4b215fad1e4b7a38759dada50418c91rss.itemmetarss.netM¥C<item><title>Current events: 2024-09-01</title><link>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_1</link><description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Armed conflicts and attacks&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict"&gt;Israeli–Palestinian conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip"&gt;Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least five &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian" title="Palestinian"&gt;Palestinians&lt;/a&gt;, including a child, are killed and several others are injured in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"&gt;Israeli&lt;/a&gt; strikes on the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalia_refugee_camp" title="Jabalia refugee camp"&gt;Jabalia refugee camp&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja%27iyya" title="Shuja'iyya"&gt;Shuja'iyya&lt;/a&gt; neighborhood of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City"&gt;Gaza City&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-kills-5-palestinians-including-child-in-attacks-on-gaza-strip/3318340"&gt;(Anadolu Agency)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240902-israel-army-bombs-palestinians-buying-bread-near-shelter-centre-in-gaza-killing-5-injuring-several/"&gt;(Middle East Monitor)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Tarqumiyah_shooting" title="2024 Tarqumiyah shooting"&gt;2024 Tarqumiyah shooting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Police" title="Israel Police"&gt;Israeli police officers&lt;/a&gt; are killed in a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-by_shooting" title="Drive-by shooting"&gt;drive-by shooting&lt;/a&gt; on a road near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarqumiyah" title="Tarqumiyah"&gt;Tarqumiyah&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank"&gt;West Bank&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-817201"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Jerusalem Post&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine"&gt;Russian invasion of Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine"&gt;Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Armed Forces of Ukraine"&gt;Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; launches more than a hundred &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle"&gt;drones&lt;/a&gt; against targets in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"&gt;Russia&lt;/a&gt;, including the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konakovo_Power_Station" title="Konakovo Power Station"&gt;Konakovo Power Station&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konakovo" title="Konakovo"&gt;Konakovo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tver_Oblast" title="Tver Oblast"&gt;Tver Oblast&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Refinery" title="Moscow Refinery"&gt;Moscow Refinery&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow"&gt;Moscow&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-launches-drones-moscow-other-regions-russian-officials-say-2024-08-31/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine_campaign" title="Eastern Ukraine campaign"&gt;Eastern Ukraine campaign&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Russia reports that its forces have taken control of the settlements of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptyche%2C_Donetsk_Oblast" title="Ptyche, Donetsk Oblast"&gt;Ptyche&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyimka" title="Vyimka"&gt;Vyimka&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast"&gt;Donetsk Oblast&lt;/a&gt;, Ukraine. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-has-captured-two-more-settlements-east-ukraine-2024-09-01/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" title="Kharkiv strikes (2022–present)"&gt;Kharkiv strikes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least 47 people are injured when &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces"&gt;Russian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" title="Missile"&gt;missiles&lt;/a&gt; hit a shopping mall and events complex in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv"&gt;Kharkiv&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"&gt;Ukraine&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-launches-mass-drone-attack-russia-loses-more-ground-east-2024-09-01/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement" title="2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement"&gt;2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The office of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations"&gt;United Nations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights" title="Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights"&gt;High Commissioner for Human Rights&lt;/a&gt; announces that it will deploy a fact-finding team to investigate &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights"&gt;human rights&lt;/a&gt; abuses and violations committed by &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Hasina_ministry" title="Fifth Hasina ministry"&gt;government&lt;/a&gt; forces during the quota reform movement, after being requested to do so by the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunus_interim_government" title="Yunus interim government"&gt;interim government&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus" title="Muhammad Yunus"&gt;Muhammad Yunus&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/30/bangladesh-yunus-hasina-turk-protests-human-rights/c0c5ecc8-66bc-11ef-a399-4245aabdb0ed_story.html"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The New York Times&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" title="Boko Haram insurgency"&gt;Boko Haram insurgency&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least 37 people are killed after suspected &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram"&gt;Boko Haram&lt;/a&gt; militants open fire on a market and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson" title="Arson"&gt;set fire&lt;/a&gt; to homes and businesses in Mafa village in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobe_State" title="Yobe State"&gt;Yobe State&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"&gt;Nigeria&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/suspected-boko-haram-militants-kill-least-37-nigeria-attack-2024-09-03/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disasters and accidents&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kamchatka_Mil_Mi-8_crash" title="2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash"&gt;2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-8T" title="Mil Mi-8T"&gt;Mil Mi-8T&lt;/a&gt; helicopter which went missing yesterday over the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamchatka_Peninsula" title="Kamchatka Peninsula"&gt;Kamchatka Peninsula&lt;/a&gt; in Russia is found &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_crash" title="Plane crash"&gt;crashed&lt;/a&gt;, with all 22 people on board dead. &lt;a href="https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6932047?from=top_main_1"&gt;(Kommersant)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dg86n9e01o"&gt;(BBC News)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Health and environment&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Brazil_wildfires" title="2024 Brazil wildfires"&gt;2024 Brazil wildfires&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The number of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire"&gt;wildfires&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest" title="Amazon rainforest"&gt;Amazon rainforest&lt;/a&gt; reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoing &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_South_American_drought" title="2023–2024 South American drought"&gt;drought&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" title="South America"&gt;South America&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-amazon-rainforest-fires-august-reach-14-year-high-2024-09-01/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_station" title="Weather station"&gt;weather station&lt;/a&gt; near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm_International_Airport" title="Qeshm International Airport"&gt;Qeshm International Airport&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayrestan" title="Dayrestan"&gt;Dayrestan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;, records the highest unverified &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_index" title="Heat index"&gt;heat index&lt;/a&gt; on Earth of {{conv|82.2|C}} and the highest &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point"&gt;dew point&lt;/a&gt; of {{conv|36.1|C}}. &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatologist" title="Climatologist"&gt;Climatologists&lt;/a&gt; will investigate to confirm the readings' accuracy. &lt;a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/iran-village-records-earths-highest-ever-heat-index-at-82-2c-what-does-this-mean/articleshow/112969326.cms?from=mdr"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Economic Times&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/iran-village-records-earths-highest-heat-index-at-82-2-c/articleshow/112944955.cms"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Times of India&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Law and crime&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eleven people are killed and more than 40 others are injured when a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_crash" title="Truck crash"&gt;truck crashes&lt;/a&gt; into a bar in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azua%2C_Dominican_Republic" title="Azua, Dominican Republic"&gt;Azua&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"&gt;Dominican Republic&lt;/a&gt;. The driver subsequently flees the scene. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-crash-azua-killed-d671cda2b3c5b57ee6e185114516d2df"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Two people are killed and four more injured during a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack" title="Vehicle-ramming attack"&gt;vehicle-ramming attack&lt;/a&gt; outside a restaurant in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis"&gt;Minneapolis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota"&gt;Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;. The perpetrator's motive is unknown. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-fatal-restaurant-patio-crash-43f7244ee16546db176b4a95f2c20ae9"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Politics and elections&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2024_Israel_ceasefire_protests" title="September 2024 Israel ceasefire protests"&gt;September 2024 Israel ceasefire protests&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hundreds of thousands of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis" title="Israelis"&gt;Israelis&lt;/a&gt;, including approximately 300,000 in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv"&gt;Tel Aviv&lt;/a&gt;, protest in cities across the country following the recovery of the bodies of six &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_hostage_crisis" title="Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis"&gt;hostages&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip"&gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt;, with the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histadrut" title="Histadrut"&gt;national trade union center&lt;/a&gt; calling for a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike" title="General strike"&gt;general strike&lt;/a&gt; on Monday and for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel"&gt;Prime Minister&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu"&gt;Benjamin Netanyahu&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign" title="Resign"&gt;resign&lt;/a&gt; after failing to negotiate a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_ceasefire_proposal" title="Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal"&gt;ceasefire&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The New York Times&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hostages-war-gaza-news-09-01-24/index.html"&gt;(CNN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least 29 people are arrested in Tel Aviv on accusations of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism" title="Vandalism"&gt;vandalism&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorderly_conduct" title="Disorderly conduct"&gt;disorderly conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and attacking police officers. &lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hostages-war-gaza-news-09-01-24#h_f4c16c49d9170ad26bace26bb44fa7db"&gt;(CNN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Saxony_state_election" title="2024 Saxony state election"&gt;2024 Saxony state election&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Thuringian_state_election" title="2024 Thuringian state election"&gt;2024 Thuringian state election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Parliamentary elections in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"&gt;German&lt;/a&gt; states of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony"&gt;Saxony&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia"&gt;Thuringia&lt;/a&gt; show large gains for the right-wing &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism" title="Populism"&gt;populist&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany"&gt;Alternative for Germany&lt;/a&gt; party and the left-wing populist &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCndnis_Sahra_Wagenknecht" title="Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht"&gt;Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht&lt;/a&gt; party as well as losses for the left-wing and liberal parties of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz_cabinet" title="Scholz cabinet"&gt;the governing coalition&lt;/a&gt; and for the socialist &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_%28Germany%29" title="The Left (Germany)"&gt;The Left&lt;/a&gt; party. In Thuringia, a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_Germany_%281945%E2%80%93present%29" title="Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present)"&gt;far-right&lt;/a&gt; party comes in first place in a state election for the first time since &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II"&gt;World War II&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-elections-who-won-who-lost-results-by-the-numbers/a-70105893"&gt;(DW)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate></item>