Portal:Current events/2023 September 8

September 8, 2023 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Mali War
- September 2023 Mali attacks
  - Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin carry out a suicide attack at a Malian military base in Gao Region. An airport employee contacted by AFP reported an attack carried out using two car bombs, accompanied by a shooting. (Africanews)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
  - Russia's security services detain a man for allegedly plotting to blow up a railway in Crimea and collecting information on the deployment of Russian defense ministry facilities and units. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Russian elections
  - Russia says that its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones that were attempting to attack a polling station in Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast, while voting was occurring. (Al Jazeera)
- Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
  - Four people are killed and 72 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (CNN International) (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign, Southern Ukraine campaign
  - Russia says that it has repelled numerous attacks along the front line in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia and inflicted hundreds of losses on Ukrainian forces. (Reuters)
- Ukraine accuses Elon Musk of allowing Russian forces to attack Ukrainian cities after it was revealed that Starlink satellite communications interfered with a drone operation by disabling a communications network near the coast of the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula as Ukrainian drones were approaching Russian warships, resulting in a loss of connectivity. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Petroleum industry in Russia
- Russia's Lukoil begins shipping crude oil from Murmansk to Madre de Deus, Brazil. (Reuters)
- It is reported that Spain has become more reliant on Russian natural gas, with Russia's market share of total imports increasing to 28 percent in July and surpassing Algeria as Spain's second largest gas supplier. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake
- At least 2,012 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Chichaoua Province, Morocco. Authorities declare three days of national mourning in the wake of the earthquake. (Al Jazeera)
2023 Pacific typhoon season
- 2023 Hong Kong rainstorm and floods
  - Flooding occurs in Guangdong and Fujian provinces in southern China after Typhoon Haikui makes landfall over the region. Rainfall records are reported in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. (Reuters)
Aftermath of the 2023 Hawaii wildfires
- Officials say that they plan to reopen the western part of Maui, Hawaii, United States, north of Kaanapali, on October 8. (The Maui News)

International relations

Armenia–Russia relations
- The Russian government summons the ambassador of Armenia to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing deterioration of relations between the two nations. (Reuters)
Australia–Philippines relations
- Australia and the Philippines upgrade their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Corruption in Ukraine
- Tens of thousands of Ukrainians sign a petition asking President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to veto asset declaration legislation that critics believe could prevent officials from being held accountable by delaying a requirement to publicly declare their assets. (Reuters)
- Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau freezes more than $80 million in assets belonging to oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky for 48 hours as part of an embezzlement investigation. (Reuters)
One person is killed and five others are injured when a car crashes into pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The driver is arrested at the scene. (ABC News Australia)

Politics and elections

2023 Russian elections
- Russians head to the polls to elect the bodies of local government in the country. (Reuters)
Democratic backsliding in the United States
- Thirteen presidential centers from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama warn of the fragile state of American democracy amidst deep national political polarization. (AP)

Sports

2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- Germany advances to the FIBA Basketball World Cup final for the first time after defeating the United States 113–111 in the semi-final. (Reuters)