Armed conflicts and attacks

At least seven people are killed and 53 others are injured when Russian drones and missiles hit buildings in Lviv, Ukraine. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-air-attacks-kyiv-western-city-lviv-ukraines-military-says-2024-09-04/

Armed conflicts and attacks

A civilian is killed and seven others are injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (MSN)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombards-north-south-gaza
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-after-shelling-from-lebanon-struck-hezbollah-launch-sites-idf/ar-AA1pSTxp

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are rescued and at least 21 others remain missing after a boat carrying Syrian migrants from Libya capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa in the Pelagie Islands of Italy. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/4/at-least-21-people-missing-after-boat-capsizes-off-italian-island

Health and environment

Twenty percent of the Brasília National Forest in Brazil is destroyed by a wildfire that investigators suspect was started deliberately. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/wildfire-destroys-20-brasilia-forest-arson-suspected-2024-09-04/

Law and crime

Four people are killed and nine people are wounded in a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States. (CNN)

• https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html

Law and crime

SpaceX removes its employees from Brazil amid ongoing legal issues between CEO Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court over Musk's social media company X. (The Wall Street Journal)

• https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/spacex-brazil-elon-musk-supreme-court-2acb87e3?reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

Law and crime

The second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes, with the report noting "systematic dishonesty" of manufacturers and the failures of the government leading up to the fire. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgedv58e7ygo

Law and crime

The Internet Archive loses its court appeal in a copyright lawsuit over its digital library of ebooks and documents that major publication companies have worked to shut down over claims of lost revenue. (Jurist) (The New York Times)

• https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/us-federal-appeals-court-confirms-internet-archive-infringes-us-publisher-copyright-protections/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/technology/internet-archive-appeals-court-ruling.html

Law and crime

Dismissed mayor of Bamban, Philippines, Alice Guo is arrested by the Directorate General of Immigration in Tangerang, Indonesia, after fleeing from the Philippines amid an ongoing Senate inquiry. (The Guardian) (Rappler)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/04/alice-guo-philippine-fugitive-mayor-arrest-indonesia-alleged-china-ties-ntwnfb
• https://www.rappler.com/philippines/alice-guo-arrested-jakarta-indonesia/

Law and crime

Jonathan Meijer files a lawsuit against Netflix for allegedly portraying him negatively for his serial sperm donation in its documentary series The Man with 1,000 Kids. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-serial-sperm-donor-sues-sensationalist-netflix/a-70134557

Politics and elections

In Canada, New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh announces that he has terminated the confidence and supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government in 2022. (CBC News)

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-ndp-ending-agreement-1.7312910