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August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine announces it has completed the development of Crimean Tatar language and literature classes for the fifth and sixth grades. (The New Voice of Ukraine)

Disasters and accidents

Politics and elections

2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Former Catalan government president Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona, Spain, after seven years of "self-exile", defying an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. Catalan regional police subsequently institute tight controls on traffic in and out of the city, as part of an attempt to arrest Puigdemont. (The New York Times) (Cadena SER)
- Two Mossos d'Esquadra officers are arrested for allegedly collaborating on Puigdemont's escape, following his public appearance in Barcelona. (Antena 3)
2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
  - Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead the country's interim government. (Reuters)
2024 Catalan regional election
- Socialists' Party candidate Salvador Illa is elected as the new Catalan government president by the Parliament of Catalonia, becoming the first non-separatist president in more than 10 years. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

Internet censorship in Russia
- YouTube is reportedly blocked and slowed down across Russia following the website's blocking of several channels that expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Sports