Portal:Current events/2024 June 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukraine's military says that its missile strikes near Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske in Russian-occupied Crimea damaged three Russian air defense systems. (Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have recaptured the village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast. (Fakti) (Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States lifts a ban on sending U.S. weaponry to Ukraine's Azov Brigade. (The Washington Post)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of El Fasher
    • The last remaining operational hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, closes down after being stormed and looted by the Rapid Support Forces, according to Médecins Sans Frontières. (The Guardian)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, when gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina State, Nigeria. (Al Arabiya)
• Somali civil war
  • At least 55 people are killed and 155 others are injured in fighting between the Dir and Marehan clans in central Somalia. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Brazil wildfires
  • It is reported that wildfires have burned around 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres) of tropical wetland in Brazil's Pantanal so far this year, a 935% increase in the number of fires that occurred in the same period last year. (BBC News)
• 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash
  • An aircraft carrying Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others is reported missing while flying from Lilongwe to Mzuzu. (BBC News)
• Forty-nine migrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia, are killed and 140 are missing after their boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
• Three people are killed in floods and landslides in Hà Giang province, Vietnam. (France 24)

Law and crime

• Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Poland announces a "no-go zone" in the Białowieża Forest in order to prevent migrants from crossing the border from Belarus. In response, concerns are raised about the potential impact on tourism during the summer. (Reuters)
• Doe v. Chiquita Brands International, Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia
  • After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments of Colombia. (EarthRights International)
• Four American instructors from Cornell College in Iowa, United States, and one Chinese passerby are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City, China. The perpetrator is arrested a day later. (CNA) (NPR)
• A Spanish court sentences three men to eight months in prison for racist chants directed towards Brazilian football player Vinícius Júnior. (NPR)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war protests
    • The United States Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, is vandalized by a pro-Palestinian activist. (NBC News)
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735
    • The United Nations Security Council votes 14–0, with Russia abstaining, to back the ceasefire proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden. (Reuters)
• 2024 Belgian federal election
  • 2024 Belgian government formation
    • Following resignation of De Croo, government formation talks begin.(Al Jazeera)
  • The New Flemish Alliance win the highest percent of votes in the federal election, followed by Vlaams Belang and the Reformist Movement. (VRT)
  • Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo resigns after his party Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats loses to centre-right and conservative parties. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Armenian protests
  • Several large protests are held in Yerevan, Armenia, calling for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign due to Armenia ceding territory to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
  • No party attains a majority in the Bulgarian National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats. (Euronews)

Science and technology

• Apple holds its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, United States, unveiling its Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, MacOS Sequoia, and more. (Reuters)