Portal:Current events/2023 August 6

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Darfur campaign
    • Siege of Zalingei
      • The Rapid Support Forces claim the state of Central Darfur, Sudan, after capturing the capital of Zalingei from the Sudanese Armed Forces. (Radio Dabanga)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
    • An Armed Forces of Ukraine missile damages a bridge connecting the Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast and Crimea over the Chonhar Strait. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli soldiers open fire against a vehicle in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, killing three people. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• The American film Barbie becomes the first film by a solo female director (Greta Gerwig) to surpass $1 billion in the worldwide box office. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Hazara Express derailment
  • At least 34 people are killed and at least 100 others are injured when ten carriages of a Hazara Express train derail near the Sarhari railway station in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. (AFP via VOA)
• 2023 European heat waves, 2023 Iberian wildfires
  • The ongoing forest fires in Spain and Portugal have burned about 6,200 hectares. (NOS)
• A minibus plunges into a ravine near Demnate, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco, killing 24 people. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Welsh singer and convicted sex offender Ian Watkins is stabbed and seriously injured in the Wakefield Prison. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• The Supreme Court of the Maldives bars former president Abdulla Yameen from running for office while he serves an 11-year prison sentence. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Government censorship of Telegram
  • Iraq blocks the Telegram app over concerns about its leakage of official state data and personal information. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2023 Netball World Cup
  • Australia wins a record 12th Netball World Cup title after defeating England 61–45 in the gold medal match in Cape Town, South Africa. (The Guardian)
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • The United States, two-time defending champions, are eliminated from the tournament after losing to Sweden in a penalty shoot-out in the round of 16, marking their earliest exit from the FIFA Women's World Cup. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)