Portal:Current events/2023 July 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • Russia says that it destroyed three Ukrainian drones over Moscow, which injured one person, prompting officials to close the Vnukovo International Airport to traffic. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 Khar bombing
    • At least 56 people are killed and nearly 200 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) Reuters
• Sinai insurgency
  • At least four officers are killed and at least 21 others are injured in a mass shooting at a police facility in Arish, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. (AP via Al Arabiya)
• Five people are killed and seven others are injured in clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon. (AP via ABC News)

Arts and culture

• Spanish government researchers identify 357 missing foreign fighters from the Spanish Civil War, specifically from the International Brigades, with most of the fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A 20-meter-long inflatable attraction in the amusement park "Wonderland Waterpark" in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, blows away, killing a 35-year-old man and severely injuring his 3-year-old daughter. (NOS)
• Ten people are killed and 76 others are injured by severe storms in parts of central Russia. (BBC News)
• Three people are killed and 37 others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)

International relations

• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • West African regional bloc ECOWAS announces a no-fly zone over Niger. (Channels TV)
  • ECOWAS threatens to "take all measures necessary", including the use of force, to reinstate the government of Niger if ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated within a week. (AFP via France 24)
  • The military junta regime warns against any foreign intervention in the country, saying that "we want to once more remind ECOWAS, or any other adventurer, of our firm determination to defend our homeland". (Reuters)
  • Chadian president Mahamat Déby visits Niamey in order to meet with Nigerien government officials to address the crisis. (AFP via The Peninsula)
• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian officials announce that a peace summit, aimed at addressing the invasion, will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in early August with representatives from 30 countries expected to attend. (AP)

Law and crime

• One person is killed and eight others are critically injured in a mass shooting in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. (CNN)
• Five people are injured, two critically, in a mass shooting at a shopping center in Lansing, Michigan, United States. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Central African constitutional referendum
  • Citizens of the Central African Republic vote in a referendum that could remove the presidential term limit. (Reuters)
• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • Thousands of pro-Tchiani demonstrators protest outside the French embassy in Niamey, setting fire to the door and defacing a plaque. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
• Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Anti-war activists protest in Belgrade, Serbia, after two prominent anti-war and anti-Putin activists experienced problems trying to enter the country. (AP)

Sports

• 2023 UCI Women's World Tour
  • 2023 Tour de France Femmes
    • Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering of SD Worx wins the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes with a dominant stage win over fellow Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team on the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. (CNN)
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina becomes the first football player to compete in a senior-level international tournament while wearing a hijab, following the overturning of a FIFA ban on head coverings in 2014. (AP)