2024-04-06 — Hefoki

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv kills eight civilians and injures ten others. At least nine high-rise buildings and a petrol station are badly damaged. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/6/at-least-six-killed-in-russian-strikes-on-ukraines-kharkiv
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-dead-new-russian-strike-kharkiv-injures-seven-regional-governor-2024-04-06/
Armed conflicts and attacks

Eight children are killed and two more injured by a roadside bomb in Daraa Governorate, Syria. (AP)
- https://apnews.com/article/syria-explosion-daraa-children-golan-heights-jordan-23467bb093e910e30540007164b4e583
Armed conflicts and attacks

The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel forces. (BBC News)
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68750528
Disasters and accidents

Around 2,500 houses are flooded and at least four people are killed after the Orsk dam in Orenburg, Russia, bursts due to maintenance errors following heavy rainfall. Around 47,000 people in Russia and Kazakhstan are evacuated. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls it one of the "worst natural disasters in the past 80 years". (The Independent) (Het Laatse Nieuws) (Tass)
International relations

Nicaragua suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador. (Al Arabiya)
- https://english.alarabiya.net/News/2024/04/06/nicaragua-cuts-ties-with-ecuador-after-raid-on-mexican-embassy
Sports

In association football, Athletic Bilbao win their first major trophy in 40 years after defeating Mallorca in the Copa del Rey final. (The Guardian)
- https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/07/athletic-club-beat-mallorca-in-copa-del-rey-final-to-end-40-year-trophy-drought