Friday, 07 August 2026
Violence in Thailand dominates the day’s world news, with a school shooting near Bangkok unfolding into one of the country’s deadliest recent attacks and exposing a broader family tragedy behind it. Elsewhere, diplomacy and the rule of law drive the agenda, from a court-ordered pause to a major White House project to Zelenskyy’s delicate visit to Serbia.
A teenager kills his grandparents and then opens fire at a secondary school near Bangkok, leaving multiple people dead and others injured before dying by suicide, police say. The attack unfolds in two stages, first at the family home and then at the school, and authorities are working to establish a motive.
At Debsirin Nonthaburi School north of Bangkok, a student gunman kills several people and wounds many others before later dying by suicide, authorities say. The shooter remains inside the school for a time as police respond and evacuations begin, and casualty figures vary across official updates as investigators piece together the sequence.
A federal appeals court orders the Trump administration to halt construction of a planned $400 million White House ballroom on the site of the demolished East Wing. The ruling pauses above-ground work while the court considers questions over whether the project was properly authorized and how far presidential authority extends.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes his first official visit to Serbia, meeting President Aleksandar Vucic in a diplomatically sensitive trip shaped by the war in Ukraine. The visit is notable because Serbia has maintained historically close ties with Russia even as it pursues closer integration with the European Union.
Counter-terror police investigating the death of former British politician Ann Widdecombe reopen an inquiry into an attempted burglary reported more than a year earlier. The revived probe centers on an incident at a Greater London address and now forms part of the wider effort to establish the circumstances surrounding her death.
Recap for Friday, 07 August 2026
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