Portal:Current events/2022 September 8
September 8, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Seven people are killed and 12 others are injured by airstrikes in Idlib Governorate, Syria. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 California wildfires
- Record-breaking high temperatures continue to fan barely contained wildfires in California as a hurricane developing offshore threatens to produce winds fanning the flames further. (CNN)
- Nine people are killed and two others are injured by a massive lightning strike in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. (Xinhua)
International relations
- International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Poland–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
- Poland and the Baltic states announce a ban on Russian tourists entering their countries from September 19. (EER)
- Poland–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
Law and crime
- Former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President of the United States Steve Bannon surrenders to police to face state charges in New York for allegedly defrauding donors to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump on his last day in office for the Federal charges. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Death of Elizabeth II, Operation London Bridge
- Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle, in Scotland. (BBC News)
- The parliament of Solomon Islands votes to delay the next general election amid objections by opposition parties, who accuse Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of a "power grab". (Reuters)