Portal:Current events/2023 September 6

September 6, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kivu conflict
- 2021–2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
  - The East African Community announces the extension of a mandate of a regional military force deployed to deal with the low-intensity conflict in the east of the country. Troops were first sent into the region after the resurgence of the M23 rebel group.(Al Jazeera)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twelve Pakistani Taliban gunmen and four soldiers are killed in a shootout at a security outpost in the Kalasha Valleys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (VOA)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
    - At least 15 people are killed and 30 others are injured in a missile strike on a marketplace in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast Kyiv blamed the attack on Russia, who denied involvement in the attack. An investigation by the New York Times found evidence which suggested a Ukrainian 9M38 missile fired by a mobile Buk antiaircraft vehicle was responsible for the strike. (New York Times)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  - The United States announces a $175 million aid package for Ukraine that includes depleted uranium ammunition for the first time, intended for use with Abrams tanks. (CBS News)
  - British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms reports by Russian officials that a Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in Ukraine, marking the first loss of the model on the battlefield. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine with a MI-8 helicopter, receives a $500,000 reward for defecting. (Al Jazeera)
- The Romanian Ministry of National Defence confirms that debris from a Russian drone has been found on Romanian territory in Tulcea County. Romania denied claims that drones launched by Russia exploded on Romanian territory. (AP)
War against the Islamic State
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
  - Sri Lanka's government announces that it will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a Channel 4 report that Sri Lankan intelligence was complicit in the bombings. (AP)
Tajikistan announces that it killed three Jamaat Ansarullah Islamist militants on 29–30 August after the militants crossed the border from Afghanistan to carry out terrorist attacks in Tajikistan. (AFP via Barron's)

Business and economy

The National Bank of Poland announces significant interest cuts, lowering the reference rate from 6.75% to 6%, simultaneously causing the złoty to lose value against the dollar and the euro. (The Seattle Times)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Rio Grande do Sul floods
- An extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil causes flooding in several cities, killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 1,600 people homeless. (AP)
2023 Southeast Europe floods
- At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. (BBC News)

International relations

Climate change in Africa
- The African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, ends with a call for world leaders to implement a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, transport and reforms of global financial systems which leaders say disproportionately disadvantages African nations. (AP)
Russia–Turkey relations
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hold talks in Sochi, Russia, to discuss the revival of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, enabling the passage of grain across the Black Sea. (CNN)

Law and crime

Abortion in Mexico
- The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decriminalizes abortion nationwide in Mexico, ruling that laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights. (AP)
Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
- A U.S. federal court judge rules that Donald Trump is liable for damages in the second defamation case against journalist E. Jean Carroll. (CNN)
Human rights in France
- A schoolgirl in Lyon, France, is reportedly sent home for wearing a traditional Japanese kimono as the nation implements a controversial law banning the display of religious symbols in public schools. (Al Jazeera)
Prison escape of Daniel Khalife
- British former soldier Daniel Khalife, awaiting trial for terror and explosives offenses, escapes from HM Prison Wandsworth in southwest London, United Kingdom, triggering a nationwide manhunt. (BBC)

Science and technology

2023 in archosaur paleontology
- A dinosaur fossil, given the name Fujianvenator, is discovered in Fujian, China. The dinosaur has two legs and two other limbs, possibly wings, thereby giving insight into the evolution of birds. (NOS)
Exploration of the Moon
- JAXA launches the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander from Tanegashima Space Center. The Japanese mission will aim to become the fifth country to perform a soft landing on the Moon. (Reuters)