Russia says that Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow, striking a building in the International Business Center. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin says that air defences shot down a drone with debris falling over the Expocentre.
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August 18, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The World Health Organization says that 29 million Afghan people require urgent aid, emphasising the importance of increased investment in healthcare services in Afghanistan.
Disasters and accidents
The National Hurricane Center issues the first ever tropical storm watch for the West Coast of the United States in Southern California as Hurricane Hilary approaches from Mexico.
Premier of British Columbia David Eby declares a province-wide state of emergency in response to the ongoing wildfires.
The Greek Coast Guard rescues 90 migrants from a stranded sailboat near the Aegean Sea island of Amorgos.
The community of Medical Lake, Washington, U.S., is evacuated due to the Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington.
The city of Kelowna, British Columbia, declares a state of emergency and evacuations, as wildfires engulf parts of the city and surrounding area. Lake Okanagan Resort and several residential buildings are destroyed.
Law and crime
The Moscow City Court dissolves the Sakharov Center, a human rights organization, for holding unauthorized conferences and exhibitions.
Lucy Letby is convicted of seven counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following the deaths of multiple babies in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital in Chester, England. Letby is acquitted on two other counts of attempted murder.
The UN Human Rights Office reports that at least 2,439 people have been killed by gang violence in Haiti this year.
Former Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz is charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government.
Politics and elections
Gabon's main opposition parties field former education minister Albert Ondo Ossa as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election, challenging the incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba who seeks a third term.
Swedish police detain a woman who sprayed an anti-Islam activist with a fire extinguisher as he staged a Quran-burning protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm.
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