Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction North Korea claims that it tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike.
International recognition of the State of Palestine Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine.
Douglas DC-4 A Douglas DC-4 crashes into the Tanana River in Alaska, United States, shortly after takeoff from Fairbanks, killing two people on board.
English Channel migrant crossings Five migrants drown while attempting to cross the English Channel and 49 others are rescued.
2024 Lumut mid-air collision Two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing all ten people on board.
United States The United States Federal Trade Commission votes to ban nearly all employment agreements that prevent workers from joining competing businesses.
Israel–Hamas war United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk calls for an international investigation on Israel after hundreds of bodies are discovered in mass graves near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza.