Portal:Current events/2024 June 29

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • M23 rebels take control of Kayna, Luofu, Kanyabayonga, and surrounding areas after heavy fighting with FARDC. Almost the entire population of Kanyabayonga, including refugees it had taken in from Rutshuru, flee the rebel advance. The town is considered a pathway to the cities of Butembo and Beni. (Radio Okapi) (VOA)
• 2024 Borno State bombings
  • Thirty people are killed in Borno State, Nigeria, by bomb blasts at a hospital, wedding and funeral. (CNN)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Five large bombs planted by ISIL are discovered in the walls of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • At least twelve people, including four children, are killed by Russian attacks in Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • The Rapid Support Forces launch an assault and capture the town of Singa, the probable capital of Sennar State, Sudan. (VOA)

Disasters and accidents

• Landslides in Nepal kill nine people, including three children. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed in a fire at a dormitory building in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
• Five Indian soldiers are killed in Ladakh, India, after their tank sinks in abruptly increased water levels in the Shyok River during a military exercise. (AP)
• Five people are killed and 38 others are injured after an explosion at an fireworks warehouse in Zamboanga City, Philippines. (AFP via The Daily Star)

Health and environment

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Beryl intensifies into Hurricane Beryl, becoming the first hurricane in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters)

International relations

• Haiti–United States relations, Haitian crisis
  • The Biden administration extends Temporary Protected Status to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering them deportation relief and work permits. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Violent incidents in reaction to the Israel–Hamas war
  • A man attacks a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, with a crossbow before being shot and killed. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls the incident a terrorist attack against Serbia. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French protests against the far-right
  • Several hundred people march in Paris, France, to honour Nahel Merzouk and protest against police brutality and far-right parties. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Iranian presidential election
  • Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian advance to the Iranian presidential run-off, amid record-low voter attendance. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Mauritanian presidential election
  • Mauritanians vote between incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and six other candidates for President; Ghazouani wins re-election on the first ballot. (Reuters)
• Over 100,000 German protesters and 1,000 police officers clash at an Alternative for Germany event in Essen, Germany. Police use pepper spray and batons on protesters. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)