Portal:Current events/2024 July 8

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 47 people are killed and 189 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)