Portal:Current events/2023 August 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The United Nations Middle East envoy says the conflict has killed over 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis this year, surpassing the previous year. (AP)
  • A Palestinian man opens fire on Israeli settlers driving in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, killing a woman and injuring a man. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • Ukraine claims that saboteurs coordinated by military intelligence destroyed a Tupolev Tu-22M heavy bomber at the Soltsy-2 airbase in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. (AP)
    • Two people are injured by falling debris from a Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow and flights are disrupted at the city's airports. Russia says they shot down one drone and jammed another. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • Germany's central bank announces the country's economy will be stagnant in the third quarter, due to high energy prices and rising borrowing costs. (AP)
• Somalia orders its telecommunication companies to block 1xBet, Telegram and TikTok, saying that militant groups like al-Shabaab use these apps to spread inappropriate content and misinformation to the public. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
  • A tropical storm warning is issued for the southern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti due to Tropical Storm Franklin. (ABC News)
• 2023 Hawaii wildfires
  • Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen says that 850 people are still missing after the wildfires in Lahaina and other areas of Maui, Hawaii, United States. (NBC News)
• Cyprus police rescue 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water off the island's southeastern coast. (AP)
• Greek patrol boats rescue nearly 80 migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea who were trying to cross from Turkey in inflatable dinghies in two separate incidents. (AP)
• Twelve people are killed and 19 others are injured when a bus crashes into a roadside ditch in Yozgat, Turkey. (AP)
• Eleven people are killed in an explosion at a coal mine in Yan'an, Shanxi, China. (AP)
• One person is killed and two others are injured in a high-rise building explosion in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (AKIPress)

Law and crime

• Corruption in the United Kingdom
  • London police say they will take no further action in an investigation into allegations that associates of King Charles III's charity offered to help a Saudi Arabian billionaire secure a knighthood and British citizenship in return for donations of up to £1.5 million. (AP)
• Countess of Chester Hospital baby murders
  • Lucy Letby is sentenced to a whole-life order following her conviction on seven counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2023 World Athletics Championships
  • Sha'Carri Richardson wins gold in the 100 m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, beating Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in a new championships record time of 10.65 seconds. (BBC Sport)