Saturday, September 5, 2026

Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Russia and Ukraine agree to halt strikes on Kyiv and Moscow, respectively, during United States-mediated peace talks, as U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow before traveling to Kyiv.

Kyiv strikes

A Russian missile strike kills two people and damages multiple residential buildings in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Russian occupation of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

A Russian airstrike on Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills four people and injures five others, including one critically, according to Dnipropetrovsk governor Oleksandr Hanza.

2026 Iran war

The United States Central Command says its forces have destroyed three Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including one in the Gulf of Oman, after alleged Iranian missile attacks on U.S. naval vessels.

Mexican drug war

Two federal agents are killed in a shootout with an armed group in Omealca, Veracruz, Mexico.

World

The 128 parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons agree on a non-binding text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems, potentially enabling negotiations on international rules governing their use.

Peruvian security crisis

Peru declares a 60-day state of emergency in five supermax prisons, authorizing police and military forces to control the facilities and surrounding airspace and communications to disrupt criminal organizations operating from prisons.

United Kingdom anti-immigration protests

Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters block the Port of Dover in Kent, England, and chant "stop the boats", causing massive disruption to traffic and train services.

Justice

Philippine vice president Sara Duterte posts ₱360,000 (US$5,740) bail on three counts of grave threats, prompting a regional trial court to lift her arrest warrant. The charges concern alleged threats against president Bongbong Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez.

Justice

In Egypt, twelve people are sentenced to death for drugs trafficking, including television presenter Sarah Khalifa.

Typhoon Saudel

One person is killed and eleven others are reported missing after a mudslide buries a village and damages 12 homes in Suichuan County, Jiangxi, China.

2026 Indonesia wildfires

Indonesia's disaster agency and air force conduct aerial firefighting operations to contain wildfires near the planned capital Nusantara in East Kalimantan, following a request from the Nusantara Capital City Authority.

Cape Verde bus crash

Twenty-five people are killed and several others are injured after a bus carrying mostly secondary school students plunges down a slope in Fogo island, Cape Verde.

Disasters

Ten people are killed and 64 others are injured after an accidental fireworks explosion during a religious celebration in a parish in Temascalcingo, Mexico.

Disasters

Ten people are killed and six others are injured after a tank truck suffers a brake failure and explodes on the Hamedan–Sanandaj highway, Iran.

Disasters

A Greek F-4 Phantom jet crashes during an air show at Tanagra Air Base near Athens, Greece, killing both pilots.

Disasters

A five-story hostel building collapses in New Delhi, India, killing seven people. At least 12 people are rescued from the rubble.

2026 Ebola epidemic

Uganda's health ministry bans mourners from the Democratic Republic of the Congo from attending the burial ceremony of the late Tooro Kingdom king Rukidi IV amidst the Ebola outbreak.

Health

Tens of thousands of people rally in Zagreb, Croatia, demanding the removal of about 37,000 tonnes of illegally dumped hazardous waste from Gospić and a ban on waste imports amid concerns over soil and groundwater contamination.

Health

The National Food Agency of Indonesia reports that nearly 2,000 people, mostly students, have fallen ill across the country this week in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to president Prabowo Subianto's new Free Nutritious Meals program.

2026 Italian Grand Prix

In Formula One, Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll becomes the first driver to be knocked out in Q1 100 times after doing so at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix.

2026 Italian Grand Prix

At the same Grand Prix, Alpine driver Pierre Gasly achieves his maiden pole position after qualifying first, the first French driver to do so since Jean Alesi in 1997.

2026 Memorial Van Damme

In track and field, Swiss athlete Audrey Werro wins the women's 800 metres at the Diamond League's Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium, with a meeting record of 1:54.75.

2026 China GT Championship

Dutch Loek Hartog rescues fellow driver Ollie Millroy from a burning car following an accident at the Shanghai International Circuit.

2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

In women's basketball, the Mali women's national basketball team upsets Spain 82-73, making it Mali's second ever victory in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup after its 2010 victory against Senegal.

2026 MLS season

In association football, Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew wins their 400th game in franchise history.

Sport

In women's boxing, Katie Taylor retires as the undisputed super lightweight champion after defeating previously unbeaten Flora Pili by unanimous decision before a crowd of 83,000 at Croke Park in Dublin.