Portal:Current events/2024 July 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • At least seven Palestinians are killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin, West Bank, that targeted a building several militants barricaded themselves in. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The European Union imposes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles ranging up to 37.6%, prompting the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to investigate European pork and brandy imports as targets of potential retaliatory tariffs. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Hurricane Beryl
  • Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico after killing eleven people in Caribbean nations. (AP)
• A tornado sweeps through Shandong, China, killing one person and injuring 79 others. (AP)
• At least ten people are killed and 42 others are injured when a bus crashes into a bridge in São Paulo state, Brazil. (Reuters)
• On the Italian island of Sicily, the Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli volcanoes erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Hungary–Russia relations, Russia–European Union relations
    • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets with Russian President Vladmir Putin in Moscow after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on July 2nd, prompting "nearly unanimous" condemnation among European Union member states. (Politico)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung
  • A district court in Busan, South Korea, sentences the perpetrator in the stabbing of National Assembly member and former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to 15 years in prison. (Al Jazeera)
• Greece passes a law and begin allowing a six-day work week for industries that operate on a 24-hour basis. Workers have the option of working an additional 8 hours for 40% additional pay. (CBS) (NPR)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United Kingdom general election
  • Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, ending 14 years of Conservative government. (Sky News) (BBC News)
  • Keir Starmer formally becomes Prime Minister after accepting an invitation from King Charles III to form a majority government. (Mirror) (BBC News)
• 2024 Iranian presidential election
  • A second round run-off is held between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and ultra conservative Saeed Jalili to become the 9th President of Iran. (Reuters)