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• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • At least fivePalestinians, including a child, are killed and several others are injured inIsraeli strikes on theJabalia refugee camp and theShuja'iyya neighborhood ofGaza City.(Anadolu Agency)(Middle East Monitor)
  • 2024 Tarqumiyah shooting
    • ThreeIsraeli police officers are killed in adrive-by shooting on a road nearTarqumiyah in theWest Bank.(The Jerusalem Post)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Seven civilians injured in IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets inAita al-Shaab andBeit Yahoun,southern Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah launches 20 rockets onUpper Galilee.(Al Jazeera)

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine launches more than a hundreddrones against targets inRussia, including theKonakovo Power Station inKonakovo,Tver Oblast, and theMoscow Refinery inMoscow.(Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia reports that its forces have taken control of the settlements ofPtyche andVyimka inDonetsk Oblast, Ukraine.(Reuters)
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least 47 people are injured whenRussianmissiles hit a shopping mall and events complex inKharkiv,Ukraine.(Reuters)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • The office of theUnited NationsHigh Commissioner for Human Rights announces that it will deploy a fact-finding team to investigatehuman rights abuses and violations committed bygovernment forces during the quota reform movement, after being requested to do so by theinterim government ofMuhammad Yunus.(The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash
  • The wreckage of theRussian Air ForceMil Mi-8T helicopter thatcrashed on August 31 over theRussianKamchatka Peninsula is located.(Kommersant)(BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2024 Brazil wildfires
  • The number ofwildfires in theAmazon rainforest reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoingdrought inSouth America.(Reuters)
• Aweather station nearQeshm International Airport inDayrestan,Iran, records the highest unverifiedheat index on Earth of 82.2 °C (180.0 °F) and the highestdew point of 36.1 °C (97.0 °F).Climatologists will investigate to confirm the readings' accuracy.(The Economic Times)(Times of India)

Law and crime

• Eleven people are killed and more than 40 others are injured when atruck crashes into a bar inAzua,Dominican Republic. The driver subsequently flees the scene.(AP)
• Two people are killed and four more injured during avehicle-ramming attack outside a restaurant inMinneapolis,Minnesota,United States. The perpetrator's motive is unknown.(AP)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war
  • September 2024 Israel ceasefire protests
    • Hundreds of thousands ofIsraelis, including approximately 300,000 inTel Aviv, protest in cities across the country following the recovery of the bodies of sixhostages fromGaza, with thenational trade union center calling for ageneral strike on Monday and forPrime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu toresign after failing to negotiate aceasefire.(The New York Times)(CNN)
    • At least 29 people are arrested in Tel Aviv on accusations ofvandalism,disorderly conduct, and attacking police officers.(CNN)
• 2024 Saxony state election,2024 Thuringian state election
  • Parliamentary elections in theGerman states ofSaxony andThuringia show large gains for the right-wingpopulistAlternative for Germany party and the left-wing populistBündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party as well as losses for the left-wing and liberal parties ofthe governing coalition and for the socialistThe Left party. In Thuringia, afar-right party comes in first place in a state election for the first time sinceWorld War II.(DW)

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• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
    • Asuicide bombing inKabul,Afghanistan, kills 6 people and injures 13.(AP)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two people, including anindependent contractor working forUNIFIL, are killed in anIsraeliairstrike on theTyre-Naqoura road inLebanon with other airstrikes onBint Jabal,Yaroun,Ayta al-Shab,Hanine,Tayr Harfa andBlida andshelling ofKfarchouba andShebaa.(Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah launchesKatyusha rockets onEin Ya'akov,Ga'aton andYehiam,northern Israel.(Al Jazeera)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Houthi militants strike two crudeoil tankers in theRed Sea with multiple missiles anddrones.(Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Wreck of theTitanic
  • An expedition to theshipwreck of theRMSTitanic reveals considerable deterioration of the bow, as well as the rediscovery of a bronzeDiana of Versailles replica last seen during the initial survey of the wreck in 1986.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • At least 14 people are killed inlandslides andfloods caused byTropical Storm Yagi in thePhilippines.(AP)
• A bus veered off Van Rhyns Pass in theWestern Cape and plunged down a mountain, killing 10 and injuring 29.(News 24)
• AChiva bus overturned inHuila Department,Colombia, killing eight and injuring dozens more.(Colombia One)
• An Indian Coast Guard helicopter, carrying out a medical emergency flight, crashed in theArabian Sea nearGujarat, killing 3 of the four occupants.(NEWS18)
• Three people are killed after their bus is struck by a mudslide inKohistan District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.(AP News)
• A fire broke out in the Church of theImmaculate Conception inSaint-Omer,France.(Catholic Online)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Ukraine,Mongolia–Russia relations
  • President of RussiaVladimir Putin arrives inMongolia to discuss aChina–Russiagas pipeline meant to recoup Russian losses fromWestern sanctions, despiteUkraine and theEuropean Union urging Mongolia to arrest Putin under hisInternational Criminal Court warrant.(Reuters)(Euronews)
  • Ukraine's Foreign Ministry states that Mongolia's refusal to arrest Vladimir Putin while on a state visit means that it shares "responsibility for the war crimes" committed by Russia, and vows to work with allies to enforce punitive measures on Mongolia.(Reuters)
• Foreign relations of Turkey
  • Turkey formally applies to join theBRICSgeopolitical bloc, citing the lack of progress in itsaccession to theEuropean Union.(Bloomberg)(Daily Sabah)
• United States–Venezuela relations
  • TheUnited States seizes aDassault Falcon 900jet used byVenezuelan presidentNicolás Maduro on accusations that the purchase of the jet violatedU.S. sanctions against Venezuela, and flies the jet from theDominican Republic toFlorida.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Makala prison jailbreak attempt
  • At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attemptedprison break atMakala Prison [fr] inKinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo.(AP)
• Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
  • TheBrazilianSupreme Court unanimously upholds justiceAlexandre de Moraes' decision to blocksocial media platformX, in the country. De Moraes also set a daily fine ofR$50,000 (US$8,900) for people or companies usingVPNs to access the site.(AP)
• Nth Room case,Gender inequality in South Korea
  • TheSouth KoreanNational Police Agency announces an investigation into the messaging appTelegram for abetting and hostingchat rooms that distributedeepfake pornography, including ofchildren.(DW)
• 2024 CTA shooting
  • Four people are killed in amass shooting targetinghomeless people on aChicago Transit Authoritytrain inForest Park,Illinois,United States.(WBBM-TV)
• One person is fatally shot and at least four other people are injured including one person who was critically injured in amass shooting at theWest Indian Day Parade inBrooklyn, New York, United States.(AP)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
    • Thousands of people gather inManhattan,New York City, United States, to protest against theIsraeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, rally for support ofPalestinians, and call for New York institutions todivest from Israeli businesses.(CBS News)
  • September 2024 Israel ceasefire protests
    • Histadrut,Israel'snational trade union center, begins a one-daygeneral strike to protest against theNetanyahu government's failure tonegotiate aceasefire andhostage deal. The strike is laterordered to end prematurely by aTel Aviv labor court, claiming the strike was illegally political in nature rather than economic.(BBC)(The Guardian)
• Didier Guillaume is sworn in as the newMinister of State of Monaco, the pricipality's head of government, succeedingPierre Dartout.(Royal Palace)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Paralympics
  • Japan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
    • Japan defeats theUnited States in thewheelchair rugby final, winning its first ever gold medal inthe sport.(Olympics)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • September 2024 Poltava strike
      • Russian missile strikes onPoltava,Ukraine, kill at least 55 people and injure more than 328 others.(Reuters)(AP)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
    • TheIslamic State claims responsibility for yesterday'ssuicide bombing outside aTaliban building inKabul,Afghanistan, which killed six people.(Al Arabiya)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Tarmuwa massacre
    • At least 102 people are killed during amass shooting at a market and against homes inTarmuwa,Yobe State,Nigeria, by over 50Boko Haram militants.(AP)
• A clash between the isolatedindigenousMashco-Piro community andPeruvianloggers attempting to clear a forest path near their territory results in the deaths of two loggers, with two more missing.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• English Channel migrant crossings
  • During apeople smuggling operation, at least 12migrants drown when their boat breaks apart andcapsizes in theEnglish Channel.(Sky News)

Health and environment

• 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
  • TheWorld Health Organization announces that itspoliovaccination campaign in theGaza Strip has surpassed its intended target of 156,500 projectedvaccinations within two days.(BBC News)

International relations

• Iraq–Switzerland relations
  • Switzerland reopens its embassy in theIraqi capital ofBaghdad, after closing it during theGulf War in 1991.(BNO News)

Law and crime

• 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
  • United States Secretary of StateAntony Blinken issubpoenaed by theHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs after refusing to testify on the government's actions regarding theU.S. military withdrawal fromAfghanistan in August 2021 and the concurrent deaths of thirteen service members.(Reuters)
• Gaza war
  • TheUnited States Department of Justice chargesHamas leaderYahya Sinwar and five other militants withconspiracy toprovide material support for terrorism, conspiracy to murderAmericans, and five other counts each.(DW)
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
  • Former head of theCentral bank of LebanonRiad Salameh is arrested for financial crimes such as accruing more than $110m via financial crimes involving Optimum Invest, a Lebanese firm that offers income brokerage services.Al Jazeera
• Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
  • Isabel Perelló is elected asPresident of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary inSpain, becoming the first woman to hold the position.(El Periódico)(El País)(El Diario)
• Ugandan opposition leaderBobi Wine is "seriously injured" after being shot in the leg in ashootout with theUganda People's Defence Force nearKampala.(AP)

Politics and elections

• FiveUkrainian ministers resign from their positions, includingDeputy Prime MinisterOlha Stefanishyna, resulting in vacancy of over one-third of thecabinet.(Reuters)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Lviv strikes
    • At least seven people are killed and 53 others are injured whenRussiandrones andmissiles hit buildings inLviv,Ukraine.(Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Acivilian is killed and seven others are injured in Israeli airstrikes andshelling in southernLebanon.(Al Jazeera)(MSN)

Arts and culture

• Venezuelan presidentNicolás Maduro announces thatVenezuela will celebrate an earlyChristmas on 1 October.(NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
  • Seven people are rescued and at least 21 others remain missing after a boat carryingSyrian migrants fromLibya capsizes off the coast ofLampedusa in thePelagie Islands ofItaly.(Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• 2024 Brazil wildfires
  • Twenty percent of theBrasíliaNational Forest inBrazil is destroyed by awildfire that investigators suspect wasstarted deliberately.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
  • Four people are killed and nine people are wounded in amassschool shooting atApalachee High School inWinder,Georgia,United States.(CNN)
• Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
  • SpaceX removes its employees fromBrazil amid ongoing legal issues betweenCEOElon Musk and theBrazilian Supreme Court over Musk'ssocial media companyX.(The Wall Street Journal)
• Grenfell Tower fire
  • Thesecond phase of theGrenfell Tower Inquiry concludes, with the report noting "systematic dishonesty" of manufacturers and the failures of thegovernment leading up to the fire.(BBC News)
• Hachette v. Internet Archive
  • TheInternet Archive loses its court appeal in acopyright lawsuit over itsdigital library ofebooks and documents that majorpublication companies have worked to shut down over claims of lost revenue.(Jurist)(The New York Times)
• Dismissed mayor ofBamban,Philippines,Alice Guo is arrested by theDirectorate General of Immigration inTangerang,Indonesia, after fleeing from the Philippines amid an ongoingSenate inquiry.(The Guardian)(Rappler)
• Jonathan Meijer files a lawsuit againstNetflix for allegedlyportraying him negatively for his serialsperm donation in itsdocumentary seriesThe Man with 1,000 Kids.(DW)

Politics and elections

• Election of the VIII Māori monarch
  • TheNew ZealandMāori Council selectsNgā Wai Hono i te Pō as the newQueen following the death of her father KingTūheitia in August.(DW)
• Ukrainianforeign affairs ministerDmytro Kulebaresigns from office amid acabinet reshuffle.(Left Bank)(The Washington Post)
• InCanada,New Democratic Party leaderJagmeet Singh announces that he has terminated theconfidence and supply agreement his party made withPrime MinisterJustin Trudeau'sLiberal government in 2022.(CBC News)

Science and technology

• A small 1.5-metre (4.9 ft)asteroid,2024 RW₁, is predicted to fall harmlessly as afireball over the island ofLuzon in the Philippines at approximately 16:40UTC (00:40local time), theninth asteroid to be successfully discovered before impacting Earth.(New Scientist)

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• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
    • SixPalestinian gunmen are killed and another is injured in anIsraeliairstrike inTubas in theWest Bank. Separately, a teenager is killed byIsraeli soldiers in Tubas.(Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict,Iraq–Turkey relations
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
    • ATurkishdrone strike kills three people, including a child, inKurdistan Region,Iraq, one day after a similar attack on a car in the region killed three people from the same family.(Barron's)

Arts and culture

• American rock bandLinkin Park emerges from a seven-year hiatus with the announcement of an upcomingstudio album, a worldwide concert tour, and introducesEmily Armstrong as the band's new co-vocalist. The band went on hiatus in 2017 following the death of then-lead vocalistChester Bennington.(Rolling Stone)

Business and economy

• TheUnited Kingdom'sCompetition and Markets Authority announces an investigation intoTicketmaster over thedynamic pricing ofOasis Live '25 Tour tickets.(AP)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • TheDemocratic Republic of the Congo receives its first batch ofBavarian Nordicmpoxvaccines donated by theEuropean Union and is expected to receive the second batch of vaccines on September 7.(Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Nicaragua–United States relations,Protests against Daniel Ortega
  • TheUnited States announces that it has secured the release of 135political prisoners inNicaragua, who were jailed by the government ofPresidentDaniel Ortega.(Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
  • TheGeorgia Bureau of Investigation arrests the father of Colt Gray, the perpetrator of yesterday'smassschool shooting inBarrow County,Georgia, United States, on charges ofsecond-degree murder andinvoluntary manslaughter forallowing his son to possess a gun.(AP)
• Domestic violence in Kenya
  • UgandanmarathonerRebecca Cheptegei dies at a hospital inEldoret,Kenya, after sustaining burns from agasoline attack by her former partner almost a month after participating in thewomen's marathon at the2024 Summer Olympics.(BBC News)
• Weiss special counsel investigation
  • Hunter Biden pleads guilty tofederal tax evasion shortly before his trial was expected to begin inCalifornia, United States.(NBC News)
• 2024 Munich shooting
  • AnAustrian man is killed in a shootout withpolice inMunich,Germany, near theMunich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and theIsraeli Consulate. Aterrorist motive is suspected.(TIME)
• A 15-year-oldHindu boy is killed by aMuslim mob inside apolice station inKhulna,Bangladesh, after allegedly insulting theIslamic prophetMuhammad onFacebook.(The Hindustan Times)
• The European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and seven other countries sign the first internationaltreaty on the use ofartificial intelligence systems.(DW)(Council of Europe)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Niuean constitutional referendum
  • Voters inNiue approve a bill to change the title of thePremier of Niue toprime minister, effective immediately, while rejecting a proposal to increase the term of theNiue Assembly from three to four years.(Radio New Zealand)
• Reform of the House of Lords
  • House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
    • In the United Kingdom, the rulingLabour Party drafts a bill that would remove the right of allhereditary peers to sit in theHouse of Lords.(BBC News)
• Michel Barnier is appointedPrime Minister of France, succeeding caretakerGabriel Attal, who announced his resignation in the aftermath of thelegislative elections in July.(The Washington Post)

Sports

• 2024–25 UEFA Nations League
  • San Marino, the lowest-rankedFIFA-affiliated national team, defeatsLiechtenstein 1–0 inSerravalle,San Marino, to win the team'sfirst competitive victory in their 36-year history.(ESPN)

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• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 27Palestinians are killed byIsraeliairstrikes in cities across theGaza Strip, including in theNuseirat refugee camp.(Reuters)
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • Killing of Aysenur Eygi
      • Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, aTurkish American woman, is shot dead byIsraeli troops during an anti-Israeli settlement protest in theWest Bank.(AP)
    • Israelisettlers andsoldiers storm thePalestinian village ofQaryut, beating and opening fire against the residents, killing a 13-year-old girl and wounding two men.(Palestine News Network)

Arts and culture

• TheChineseMinistry of Foreign Affairs announces the end of itsinternational adoptionprogram after suspending the program during theCOVID-19 pandemic.(Al Jazeera)
• China opens the world's largestindoor skiing resort inPudong,Shanghai, with a 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft)skiing area and a total campus area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft).(DW)

Disasters and accidents

• Eighteen students are killed and 27 others are injured in a fire at aboarding school inNyeri,Kenya.(Al Jazeera)
• APiper PA-46 aircraft crashes into a cornfield after going into a nosedive inAnderson, Indiana,United States, killing all four occupants on board.(FOX59)

Law and crime

• 2024 United Kingdom riots
  • Sheffield Crown Court inSouth Yorkshire,UK,sentences Thomas Birley, aBritish man whoset fire to a hotel that housedasylum seekers inRotherham, South Yorkshire, to nine years in prison for arson with the intent to endanger life, the longest sentence related to the riots so far.(Al Jazeera)
• Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
  • New York Supreme Court justiceJuan Merchan postpones formerU.S. PresidentDonald Trump's sentencing in his criminal case until afterElection Day on November 5.(The New York Times)(Reuters)
• Polish prosecutors charge threeBelarusian citizens for divertingRyanair Flight 4978 under a fabricatedbomb threat to arrest political activistRoman Protasevich and his girlfriendSofia Sapega.(DW)
• Brazilianhuman rights ministerSilvio Almeida is fired from hiscabinet position following several accusations ofsexual harassment towards women, including another cabinet minister.(Reuters)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russianartillery targets the city ofKostiantynivka inDonetsk Oblast,Ukraine, killing threecivilians and injuring three others.(Reuters)
• Insurgency in Manipur
  • 2023–2024 Manipur violence
    • Ethnic violence between theMeitei andKuki tribes kills five people inManipur,India. TheGovernment of Manipur orders all schools in the state to remain closed in response.(Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • ThreeLebaneseparamedics are killed and two others are wounded in anIsraeliairstrike while they werefirefighting in Faroun with twoAmalmilitants killed insouthern Lebanon.Hezbollah launches over 100 missiles and shelling at severalIsraeli military sites inIsrael in retaliation.(VOA)(Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Yagi
    • Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured byTyphoon Yagi inHải Dương andQuảng Ninh province,Vietnam, as it makes landfall inHanoi.(BBC News)
• Thirteen people are killed and 44 others injured after acollision between atank truck and a bus betweenBouaké andKorhogo, inIvory Coast.(AP)

International relations

• 2024 Venezuelan political crisis,Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Venezuelansecurity forces surround theArgentineembassy inCaracas after severalopposition members take refuge inside the embassy. Electricity is reportedly cut to the embassy, withVente Venezuela describing the situation as asiege.(CNN)

Law and crime

• Interstate 75 Kentucky shooting
  • Five people are injured in amass shooting nearInterstate 75 inLaurel County,Kentucky,United States.(CNN)
• Five inmates escape from a high-security prison nearLisbon,Portugal.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Algerian presidential election
  • Algerians vote for thePresident, with incumbent PresidentAbdelmadjid Tebboune expected to win a second term.(Al Jazeera)
• French anti-Barnier government protests
  • Nationwide protests againstEmmanuel Macron's appointment ofMichel Barnier as the newprime minister break out in 130 cities and towns acrossFrance, withleft-wingcoalitionNew Popular Front claiming that Macron stole the election.(Reuters)

Science and technology

• TheBoeingCrew Flight Test capsule returns toEarthuncrewed, landing at theWhite Sands Space Harbor inNew Mexico,United States, after being docked for three months at theInternational Space Station.(CNN)

Sports

• 2024 US Open
  • Intennis,Aryna Sabalenka defeatsJessica Pegula in the final of theUS OpenWomen's singles tournament to win her first US Open title ever and her secondGrand Slam title overall.(Reuters)(WTA)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Pokrovsk offensive
    • Russia formally claims control ofNovohrodivka,Donetsk Oblast, twelve kilometers (seven miles) from the strategically importantUkrainianlogistical hub cityPokrovsk.(Reuters)
• War in Afghanistan
  • Fall of Kabul,2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
    • Republicans in theU.S. House of RepresentativesForeign Affairs Committee release a report criticizingU.S. PresidentJoe Biden for his handling of the withdrawal ofAmerican forces fromAfghanistan.(The Hill)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • TheIsraeli military says that severalHezbollah militants were killed inairstrikes on Hezbollah targets insouthernLebanon.(Al Jazeera)
• Syrian civil war
  • Israel launches several airstrikes in centralSyria, targeting theTartus andHama governorates.(CNN)
• Sudanese civil war
  • TheWorld Health Organization reports that the death toll from thecivil war inSudan has increased to more than 20,000 people.(AP)

Arts and culture

• 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
  • Americanhistorical drama television seriesShōgun wins a record 14Emmys at the 2024Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the most won for any single season.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in the United States during 2024
  • Over 11,000 people areevacuated inSan Bernardino County,California,United States, as theLine Fire quadruples in size to over 27 mi² (17,000 acres).(The New York Times)(BBC News)
• Forty-eight people and 50cattle are killed in anexplosion caused by a collision between afuel tanker and a truck inAgaie,Niger State,Nigeria.(AP)
• Fourteen people are killed and another person is injured when abus crashes on a highway betweenAden andTaiz inYemen.(AP)

Law and crime

• 2024 Allenby Bridge shooting
  • ThreeIsraelicivilians are killed in a shooting at theAllenby Bridge on the Israel–Jordan border.(Reuters)
• Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound standoff
  • Kingdom of Jesus Christ pastorApollo Quiboloy, who is charged withsex trafficking, is arrested amid a standoff between the police and members of the church at the church'sheadquarters inDavao City,Philippines.(Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Pasaquina Bell UH-1 crash
  • Nine people, includingEl Salvador'sNational Civil Police chiefMauricio Arriaza Chicas and a fraud suspect, are killed during a helicopter crash while en route toSan Salvador. The crash is considered to be intentional. All flags on government buildings will be flownhalf-mast for three days.(BBC)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Algerian presidential election
  • IncumbentPresident of AlgeriaAbdelmadjid Tebboune is re-elected for his second term with 95% of the vote.(Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
  • Venezuelan opposition leaderEdmundo González fleesVenezuela to seekpolitical asylum inSpain. TheSpanish government says that González left Venezuela on aSpanish Air Force plane at his own request.(BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Paralympics
  • Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics,Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics
    • Thaiwheelchair fencerSaysunee Jana becomes the first female wheelchair fencer, and the second overall, to win gold medals in all threefencing disciplines,épée,foil, andsabre.(Bangkok Post)
• 2024 US Open
  • Intennis,Jannik Sinner defeatsTaylor Fritz in the final of theUS OpenMen's singles tournament to win his first US Open title ever and his secondGrand Slam title overall. Sinner is also the firstItalian man to ever win the US Open.(CNN)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian troops capture the village ofMemryk inDonetsk Oblast,Ukraine.(Al Jazeera)
  • Russia–NATO relations
    • TheLatvian Defence Ministry confirms that aRussian militaryShahed drone that crashed near the village ofGaigalava,Latvia, last week was carrying explosives and was likely intended to strike Ukraine.(Reuters)
  • Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Ukraine begins the implementation of "dragon drones" that spray moltenthermite on forest cover to reveal and help destroyRussian units and military equipment.(Al Jazeera)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least eight people are killed and dozens are wounded in Israeli strikes across theGaza Strip, bringing the confirmedPalestinian death toll to over 41,000.(Al Jazeera)
• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • At least 25 people are killed and more than 40 others are injured in overnightIsraeliairstrikes targetingIranianresearch centers inSyria, according to theSyrian Observatory for Human Rights.(The Guardian)(Syriahr)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Thirteen people are injured when aroadside bomb targets apolice vehicle escorting apolio vaccination team inWana,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.(Arab News)
• Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
  • TheTurkishMinistry of Defense announces that aTurkish soldier was killed in clashes with theKurdistan Workers' Party inDuhok Governorate,Iraq.(Daily Sabah)
• Sudanese civil war
  • TheRapid Support Forces renewan assault on the city ofSennar,Sennar State,Sudan, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 100 others.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• Draghi report on European competitiveness is published.(Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Brazil wildfires,2023–2024 South American drought
  • Fifty-nine percent ofBrazil's area suffers from significantdrought conditions, the worst national drought recorded. These conditions cause historically lowAmazon basin levels and are contributing to at least 160,000wildfires in 2024 that are causing widespreadair pollution.(AP)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • The death toll fromTyphoon Yagi innorthernVietnam increases to more than 64 people, with 24 others still missing.(Al Jazeera)(AP News)
• Eighteen people are killed and four are missing duringfloods caused by torrential rains in southernMorocco. Fifty-six homes are destroyed and 110 roads damaged.(Arab News)
• At least 16 people are killed and 22 others are injured when a bus and a truck collide inBambey Department,Senegal.(TRT Afrika)
• At least six people are killed when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Senegal over the weekend.(Reuters)

International relations

• Slovakia–Ukraine relations,Far-right politics in Ukraine
  • TheUkrainian Foreign Ministry expresses "disappointment" regarding assertions made bySlovakian Prime MinisterRobert Fico that Kyiv should remove "fascist elements" from theArmed Forces of Ukraine, using rhetoric similar toRussian allegations of currentneo-Nazism in Ukraine'sAzov Brigade.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• Censorship in Nigeria
  • TheNigerianState Security department arrestsJoe Ajaero, the leader of theNigeria Labour Congress, atNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport inAbuja, Nigeria, days after Ajaero criticised theNigerian government for increasing gas prices.(DW)
• Ali Kiba, aTanzanian official from the opposition partyChadema, who went missing last week, is found dead with signs of beatings and acid poured on his face.(ABC News)
• Germany'straffic light coalition government announces border restrictions on all its nationalland borders, including those with otherEU nations, for at least six months in order to combatirregular migration fromasylum seekers.(Reuters)
• The exiledNational Council of Resistance of Iran claim that its offices inStockholm,Sweden, werefirebombed overnight withMolotov cocktails. TheSwedish Police Authority announces that they have opened an investigation into thearson.(Al Arabiya)
• Forty-seven inmates escape from amaximum security prison inMargibi County,Liberia.(Reuters)
• Finnish-Canadiansportswear mogulPeter Nygård is sentenced to 11 years in prison forsexual assault.(CBC News)
• Authorities inGuinea-Bissau say that they have seized more than 2.6 tonnes ofcocaine that was found on a plane arriving fromVenezuela atOsvaldo Vieira International Airport inBissau.(BBC News)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine launchesdrone attacks on multipleOblasts of Russia, includingMoscow, prompting all flights to be suspended atVnukovo International Airport andMoscow Domodedovo Airport.Bryansk GovernorAlexander Bogomaz says that at least 59 Ukrainiandrones have been shot down over the region. Russia also reports that two people were killed in the Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow.(Reuters)(Times of Israel)
  • Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine,International sanctions against Iran
    • U.S. Secretary of StateAntony Blinken says thatRussia has received a shipment ofFath 360tactical ballistic missiles fromIran, and expects their deployment "within weeks". Iran denies the claim, calling it "psychological warfare". In response, theUnited Kingdom,France, andGermany announce new sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles.(BBC News)(The Telegraph)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • TheNetherlands lifts all of its weapons restrictions onmilitary equipment that it provided to Ukraine, allowing theUkrainian military to target Russia with long-range weapons, while also urgingNATO allies to lift their own weapons restrictions.(Kyiv Post)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 40 people are killed and more than 60 others are injured in anIsraeliairstrike on theAl-Mawasirefugee camp inRafah in theGaza Strip. Twenty tents housingdisplaced people are destroyed during the attack.(Al Jazeera)
    • TheIsraeli military says the strike targeted seniorHamas commanders operating in a command center embedded inside a designatedhumanitarian area whom the Israel Defense Forces says were all involved in theOctober 7 attack.(Al Arabiya)(Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • ARedwan Force commander is killed and fourteencivilians are injured in Israeli airstrikes onSaghbine andRachaf insouthernLebanon.(Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from thecapsizing of a migrant boat off the coast ofSenegal over the weekend increases to 26 after the discovery of 17 more bodies.(Reuters)

International relations

• Belarus–European Union border crisis,Germany–Poland relations
  • Prime Minister of PolandDonald Tusk condemnsGermany's newland border restrictions due to Germany's previous lack of support for otherEuropean Union nations impacted byirregular migration.(Reuters)(TVN24)

Law and crime

• TheCourt of Justice of the European Union rules thatApple Inc. must pay €13 billion (US$14.3 billion) to thegovernment of theRepublic of Ireland as compensation for extraordinarily low taxes levied by Ireland against Apple.(Euronews)
• Google is fined €2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) by theCourt of Justice of the European Union for favoring its own shopping search results over those of its competitors.(Politico)
• His Majesty's Prison Service begins releasing thousands of prisoners inEngland andWales early amid a record highprison population and a shortage of prison cells for new inmates.(BBC News)
• ASwissappeals courtconvictsIslamic scholarTariq Ramadan ofrape andsexual coercion,sentencing Ramadan to three years in prison, with two years suspension.(Al Jazeera)(BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Jordanian general election
  • Jordanians go to the polls to elect all 138 members of theHouse of Representatives.(NPR)
• 2024 Mexican judicial reform
  • Protesters opposed to the rulingMorena party's reform package storm theSenate of Mexico and force an interruption of the bill's first reading in the upper house. The session reconvenes later at an alternative venue and passes the bill by an 86–41 vote.(The Guardian)(CNN)
• 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
  • TheHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom votes 348–228 to end theWinter Fuel Payment for 10 million pensioners in England andWales afterPrime MinisterKeir Starmer warned that the scheme was no longer affordable to be applied universally.(Sky News)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Apresidential debate hosted byABC News betweenU.S. vice president andDemocratic nomineeKamala Harris and former president andRepublican nomineeDonald Trump takes place at theNational Constitution Center inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.(CNN)

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• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • September 2024 Al-Jawni School attack
      • Eighteen people, including sixUNRWA staffers, are killed inIsraeliairstrikes on a school in centralGaza.(Reuters)
    • AnIsraeli Air ForceUH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes inRafah during a mission toevacuate an injuredcombat engineer, killing two personnel on board.(Times of Israel)
  • 2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank
    • At least sixPalestinians are killed by anIsraelidrone strike onTubas in theWest Bank.(Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kursk offensive
    • Russian forces reportedly recapture 10 settlements inKursk Oblast.(Anadolu Agency)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • TheUnited Kingdom reportedly approves the use ofStorm Shadowcruise missiles to strike targets insideRussian territory.(The Kyiv Independent)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • OneHezbollah militant is killed and one militant and two civilians are injured in Israeli drone strikes insouthern Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
• Haitian crisis (2018–present)
  • A new wave of shootouts erupts inHaiti over afootball match leaving at least one gang leader dead. Reports admit being unable to determine the total death toll.(AP)

Business and economy

• Hundreds of workers atJomo Kenyatta International Airport inNairobi,Kenya, go onstrike to protest against a planned deal to lease the airport to theIndianconglomerateAdani Group for 30 years.(Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Francine makes landfall inTerrebonne Parish,Louisiana,United States, as aCategory 2hurricane.(National Hurricane Center)
  • TheNational Weather Service issues aflash flood emergency forNew Orleans and municipalities west of it, due to theeye wall ofHurricane Francine stalling over the region.(NBC News)
• 2024 Nigeria floods
  • Due to theAlau Dam collapse by heavyfloods more than 80% of the animals in theSanda Kyarimi Park Zoo inMaiduguri,Borno State,Nigeria have been killed.(Reuters)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • The death toll fromTyphoon Yagi innorthernVietnam increases to 179 people, with 145 others still missing. The majority of the victims were killed by floods andlandslides inLào Cai,Yên Bái, andCao Bằngprovinces.(AP)(Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Malaysianpolice rescue 400 minors suspected of beingsexually abused atIslamic charity homes linked toAl-Arqam.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war protests
  • Victoria Police arrest 39 people and firestun grenades,rubber bullets, andpepper spray atanti-war and pro-Palestinian protestorspicketing outside a militaryweapons expo inMelbourne,Australia.(Al Jazeera)
• Women's rights in Afghanistan
  • An AllAfghan Women's Summit is held inTirana,Albania, where more than 130 Afghan women gathered to protest the crackdown onwomen's rights by theTaliban.(The Guardian)

Science and technology

• Spaceflight
  • Following the launch of the RussianSoyuz MS-26 spacecraft from theBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, there were a record 19 people in outer space: the three astronauts on the MS-26 mission, three more on China'sTiangong space station, four people on the SpaceXPolaris Dawn mission, and nine more on board theInternational Space Station.(CollectSPACE)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russianartilleryshelling kills threeRed Cross workers and injures two others inDonetsk Oblast,Ukraine.(Reuters)
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A spokesperson for theIndian Foreign Ministry say that about 45Indian nationals have been discharged from the Russian military, with efforts currently underway to get a further 50 Indians released.(Reuters)
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • Russian shelling of the settlement ofBorova inKharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, kills threecivilians and injures nine others, including severalemergency service personnel.(Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War,Russia–NATO relations
    • Russian presidentVladimir Putin warns that Ukrainian use ofNATO weapons to strike deep into Russian territory indicates NATO's formal entry into war against Russia, due to the programming of these weapons by NATO personnel representing a "direct confrontation".(The Independent)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukraine accuses Russia of conductingmissile strikes on aSaint Kitts and Nevis-flaggedbulk carrier carrying grain toEgypt in theexclusive economic zone ofRomania in theBlack Sea. No casualties are reported.(Reuters)
• Gaza war
  • 2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank
    • The death toll fromIsrael'smilitary operation in theoccupiedWest Bank increases to 50, with three people killed by adrone strike inTulkarm.(Al Jazeera)
  • United States support for Israel in the Gaza war
    • TheU.S. State Department approves $165 million in weapons sales to Israel to fundtank transporters along with spare parts, tool kits, and technical and logistics support. The parts are expected to be delivered in 2027.(AP)
• Afghan conflict
  • 2024 Afghanistan bus shooting
    • Fourteen people are killed and six more are injured during amass shooting byIslamic State militants against a bus carryingShiaHazara people between theAfghanprovinces ofGhor andDaikundi, after returning from apilgrimage inIraq.(AP)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • Threeborder guards are killed and a civilian is injured byJaish ul-Adl gunmen inMirjaveh,Sistan and Baluchestan province,Iran.(AP)

Business and economy

• 2023–2024 video game industry layoffs
  • Microsoft announces that it willlay off 650Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce.(Variety)

Health and environment

• TheBritish government announces that a ban onjunk foodadverts on television before 9 PM will enter force in October 2025 under plans to tacklechildhood obesity.(Sky News)

International relations

• Jordan–United Kingdom relations
  • TheUnited Kingdom suspendsvisa-exempt status forJordanian nationals traveling to the UK due to an increase inasylum claims made byJordanians.(The Jerusalem Post)
• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine,Brazil–Ukraine relations,China–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian presidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy strongly denounces aBrazilian–Chinese peace initiative, stating that both nations are effectively siding withRussia for allowing theRussian army to takeUkrainian territory as a means to "de-escalate"the war instead of assisting Ukraine in resistingthe invasion.(Kyiv Independent)
• United States–Venezuela relations,2024 Venezuelan political crisis
  • TheUnited States government imposes sanctions on 16 allies ofVenezuelanpresidentNicolás Maduro, accusing them ofvoter suppression andhuman rights abuses.(AP)
• The United States announces it will support the addition of two newpermanent seats on theUnited Nations Security Council forAfrican nations and one non-permanent seat for asmall island developing nation.(AP)

Law and crime

• Blasphemy in Pakistan
  • Apolice officer shoots and kills a man being held in custody on suspicion ofblasphemy at apolice station inQuetta,Balochistan,Pakistan.(Al Arabiya)

Politics and elections

• Papuan prime ministerJames Marape survives avote of no confidence.(RNZ)
• Senegalese presidentBassirou Diomaye Fayedissolves the opposition-ledNational Assembly and calls for asnap election on November 17.(AP)

Science and technology

• Polaris program
  • AmericanbillionaireJared Isaacman becomes the first person to perform a commercialspacewalk as part of thePolaris Dawnprivate spaceflight mission operated bySpaceX.(AP)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russianartillery targets 15 areas inSumy Oblast, Ukraine, killing twocivilians near the village ofYampil and injuring nine others.(Reuters)
  • China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Reuters reports thatRussia has begun production of thousands of Garpiya-A1long-range combat drones used againstUkrainiancivilian andmilitary targets, that incorporate engines, parts, andtechnology fromChina.(Reuters)
  • Humanitarian impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • TheU.S.Central Intelligence Agency reports that due to the ongoing war,Ukraine'sdeath rate is now the highest in the world at 18.6 per thousand people, while itsbirth rate is the lowest at six children born per thousand people.(Kyiv Post)
• War on drugs in Ecuador
  • Ecuadorian security crisis
    • Maria Daniela Icaza, director of theLitoral Penitentiary inGuayaquil, the largest prison inEcuador and the site ofthe country's deadliest prison riot in 2021, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspecteddrug cartel gunmen.(CBS News)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • TwoIndian soldiers arekilled in action in clashes withseparatists inKishtwar,Jammu and Kashmir,India.(NDTV)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Abu Ali Al-Tunisi, anIslamic State commander for whom theU.S. Treasury Department had offered$5 million for information for, is killed during a jointUnited States–Iraq operation inAl Anbar Governorate. Ahmad Hamed Zwein, an Islamic State deputy commander in Iraq, is also killed in the operation.(AP)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • ARedwan Force commander is killed and 17 injured in Israeli drone strikes inAhmadiya andKfar Remen insouthern Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
• President of the ComorosAzali Assoumani is stabbed and injured in an assassination attempt inSalimani,Comoros.^[1]

Business and economy

• 2024 Boeing machinists strike
  • More than 33,000Boeing factory workersgo on strike for the first time since2008 after rejecting alabor contract.(CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • The death toll fromTyphoon Yagi innorthernVietnam increases to 233 people, with more than 820 others injured, and 103 people still missing.(AP)
  • At least ten people are killed byflooding andlandslides caused by Typhoon Yagi inThailand, along with at least 33 people killed inMyanmar.(DW)
• ABulgarian Air ForceL-39 Albatros jetcrashes during rehearsals for anair show at theGraf Ignatievo Air Base nearPlovdiv,Bulgaria, killing both pilots.(AP)
• Two people are presumed dead and at least two others are injured in anexplosion and subsequent fire at agas station inClearwater County,Idaho,United States.(AP)

International relations

• Germany–Kenya relations,Immigration to Germany
  • Germany andKenya agree on a labour migration deal which will see 250,000skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers go work in Germany amid a shortage of skilled labour in theGerman economy. The agreement will also simplify the return ofillegal migrants to Kenya.(BBC News)
• Russia–United Kingdom relations
  • Russia revokes the accreditation of sixBritish diplomats and accuses them ofespionage.(BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
  • A court inKinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo,sentences 37 people todeath for their alleged roles in the attemptedcoup the prior May.(AP)
• Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
  • Seven men receive prison sentences ranging from six to 25 years forsexual offences against girls aged 11 to 16 that occurred in the town ofRotherham,South Yorkshire,Northern England from the late 1980s until 2013.(BBC News)
• Bedfordshire Police arrest an 18-year-old man on suspicion ofmurder after three people are found dead in flat in atower block inLuton,England,United Kingdom.(BBC News)
• Three youngChinese people are killed in a suspectedarson attack on a shop inMilan,Italy.(ANSA)
• China increases the country'sretirement age for the first time since 1978. Beginning in 2025, the retirement age for men will be increased to 63, and the retirement age for women will be increased to either 55 or 58 depending on their occupation.(NPR)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–NATO relations
    • Russian officials say that the approval ofUkrainian use of long-range weapons to strike insideRussia will result in an "uncontrolled escalation" withthe West and the "destruction" ofKyiv.(Reuters)
    • NATOChairRob Bauer backs the use of long-range weapons byUkrainian forces to strike targets insideRussia.(ABC News)
  • Ukrainian conscription crisis
    • Following a meeting in Kyiv,Ukraine, the foreign ministers ofPoland and Ukraine call for endingsocial benefits forUkrainian men in Poland, and for programs in theEuropean Union toreturn them to Ukraine in order to stopdraft evasion.(Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Four injured in an Israeli airstrike onHermel innorthern Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least five people are killed and eight others are injured in a series ofroadside explosions inKahda District,Mogadishu,Somalia. The local government blamesjihadist groupAl-Shabaab due to its frequent targeting ofcivilians.(Garowe Online)(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 South American wildfires
  • 2024 Brazil wildfires
    • The estimated area burned bywildfires inBrazil this year reaches 37.6 million hectares (93 million acres), an area larger than the size ofGermany and more than double the yearly average from 2012–2023.(Financial Times)
• 2024 European floods
  • At least four people are killed and thousands of homes are damaged infloods inRomania and theCzech Republic.(Reuters)
• At least 15 people are killed and around 40 others are injured when atank truck explodes inMiragoâne,Haiti.(Al Jazeera)
• At least three people are killed and 49 others are injured in a train collision inZagazig,Sharqia Governorate,Egypt.(CNN)
• At least forty people drown and 24 more are presumed dead after a wooden boat carrying farmers capsizes nearGummi,Zamfara State,Nigeria.(CNN)(Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tunisian presidential election
  • Tunisian police arrest more than 80 members of the oppositionEnnahda Movement party amid protests againstPresidentKais Saied in the capital cityTunis.(Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
  • Venezuelan interior ministerDiosdado Cabello announces that threeUS citizens, twoSpanish citizens, and aCzech citizen have been arrested and are accused of planning to "generate violence" and "destabilize" Venezuela, with the Spanish citizens also accused of beingSpanish secret service workers.(Reuters)
• 2026 South Sudanese general election
  • Thegovernment of South Sudan andPresidentSalva Kiir postpone the general election originally scheduled for December 2024 to December 2026, citing a need for additional time to complete acensus, registerpolitical parties, and draft a permanentconstitution.(Al Jazeera)

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• Gaza war
  • Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
    • AHouthiballistic missile launched fromYemen reachescentralIsrael for the first time. The missile is fragmented by aninterceptor, with no casualties reported.(Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least 41 people are injured when aRussianguided bomb hits an apartment building inKharkiv,Ukraine.(CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • 2024 Central European floods
    • The death toll from the ongoingfloods inCentral andEastern Europe increases to eight, including six people inRomania, one inPoland, and afirefighter inAustria.(Al Jazeera)(Reuters)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • The death toll fromTyphoon Yagi inMyanmar increases to 74 people, with 89 others still missing and nearly 240,000 people displaced.(AP)
• English Channel migrant crossings
  • At least eightillegal migrants are killed and ten others are hospitalized after a boatcapsizes off the French coast while attempting to cross theEnglish Channel.(Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Georgia–Russia relations,Georgian–Ossetian conflict
  • Georgianoligarch andGeorgian Dream founderBidzina Ivanishvili proposes a national apology toSouth Ossetia after blaming formerPresidentMikheil Saakashvili for starting theRusso-Georgian War at the will ofWestern powers.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Nigeria floods
  • Borno State flooding
    • Over 280prisoners escape from a prison inMaiduguri,Borno State,Nigeria, due to damage to prison walls caused by heavy floods.(Reuters)
• Mining in Papua New Guinea
  • At least 20 people are killed in clashes betweenillegal miners near thePorgera Gold Mine inPorgera,Papua New Guinea.(AP)
• Trump International Golf Club shooting
  • Shots are fired near formerUS PresidentDonald Trump at theTrump International Golf Club inWest Palm Beach,Florida,United States.(AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Brazilian municipal elections
  • 2024 São Paulo mayoral election
    • São Paulo mayoral candidatePablo Marçal is hospitalized after being assaulted by fellow candidateDatena with a metal chair during a televised debate onTV Cultura.(AP)
• 2024 Mexican judicial reform
  • President of MexicoAndrés Manuel López Obrador signs a series ofconstitutional amendments that overhaul thefederal judiciary, allowing voters to elect federal judges.(Reuters)
• King of JordanAbdullah II approves theresignation ofPrime MinisterBisher Khasawneh, and appointschief of staffJafar Hassan as the new prime minister.(Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• Polaris program
  • Thespacecraft of thePolaris Dawnprivate spaceflight mission operated bySpaceX returns toEarth after five days in orbit.(BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 IndyCar Series
  • Inopen-wheel carracing,Chip Ganassi Racing driverÁlex Palou wins theIndyCar Series championship, his third series championship in the last four seasons.(NBC Sports)

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• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 16Palestinians are killed and at least thirteen others are wounded inIsraeliairstrikes across theGaza Strip, including several houses inGaza City andNuseirat refugee camp.(DW)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • One person is killed and four others injured inIsraeli airstrikes onHula insouthern Lebanon.(Yahoo)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • 2024 Central European floods
    • Four people inPoland, three in theCzech Republic, and one inRomania, are killed during massivefloods, bringing the death toll from the ongoing flood inCentral andEastern Europe to 16.(AP)
• 2024 Portugal wildfires
  • Portugal asks theEuropean Union for help to fight largewildfires in thenorthern andcentral regions of the country.(Reuters)

International relations

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kursk offensive
    • TheUkrainianministry of foreign affairs invites theUnited Nations and theRed Cross to joinhumanitarian efforts inKursk Oblast,Russia.(Reuters)
• Ukraine–United States relations,United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian officials publicly distance themselves from theDonald Trump-involved shooting suspect and warn that Russia will use the situation for anti-Ukrainepropaganda, following reports of the suspect protesting for theAzov Brigade and regularly calling for international support and troops for Ukraine.(Reuters)(Reuters 2)

Law and crime

• Immigration to Germany
  • Germany initiates rigorous temporaryborder checks at all of its borders in order to reduceirregular migration, prompting criticism from someEuropean Union member nations stating that the border checks contradict the EU's foundations offree movement and solidarity.(Reuters)
• Trump International Golf Club shooting
  • Ryan Wesley Routh ischarged with two gun-related crimes infederal court after being suspected of attempting toassassinate formerUnited StatesPresidentDonald Trump.(Reuters)
• Twopolice officers are fatally shot inAlibori Department,Benin.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• North Korea announces that it will reviseits constitution on October 7, with changes including the designation ofSouth Korea as a separate country and its primary enemy. This comes after North Korea announced that it would no longer pursue peacefulKorean reunification.(NHK World Japan)

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• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
    • Nine people are killed and over 2,750 others are injured, includingcivilians,Hezbollah members, and theIranian ambassador toLebanon, when theirbooby trappedpagersexplode in Lebanon andSyria. Hezbollah accusesIsrael of perpetrating the attacks.(AP)(The Times of Israel)(Al Jazeera)(The New York Times)
  • Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured inIsraeliairstrikes onBlida insouthern Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russianartillery targets the town ofKomyshuvakha inZaporizhzhia Oblast,Ukraine, killing two people and injuring five others.(Reuters)
  • Doctors Without Borders halts its operations inRussia afterits government removed the organization from its roster ofapproved foreign charities.(Al Jazeera)
• Gaza war
  • A poll by thePalestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the residents ofGaza does not supportHamas'invasion of Israel.(Reuters)
• Ituri conflict
  • CODECO militants kill tencivilians in an overnight attack on aHema village inIturi Province,Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some of the victims werebeheaded, according to local authorities.(Reuters)
• Mali War
  • 2024 Bamako attacks
    • JNIM gunmenopen fire on amilitary camp inBamako,Mali, killing a number ofsoldiers. The perpetrators tried to infiltrate the camp, and also opened fire on theModibo Keita International Airport. At least 15 suspects are arrested.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • 2024 Central European floods
    • Four people are found dead afterfloods inAustria, while another is killed inPoland, bringing the death toll from the ongoing floods inCentral andEastern Europe to 21.(Al Jazeera)(Al Jazeera 2)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • The death toll fromTyphoon Yagi inMyanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing.(Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Portugal wildfires
  • ThreePortuguesefirefighters die while fightingwildfires in the country'scentral andnorthernregions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people.(Reuters)
• At least 25 children are killed inKaduna State,Nigeria, when a bus carryingMuslims celebratingMawlidcrashes.(Al Arabiya)
• Six people are killed in alandslide caused by heavy rains inNaucalpan,Mexico.(AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Afghanistan
  • TheTaliban government reopens theAfghanembassy inMuscat,Oman.(ABC News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee PresidentShahriar Kabir is arrested inDhaka,Bangladesh, oncharges ofcrimes against humanity,mass killing, andmurder for his involvement withSheikh Hasina's government during the quota reform movement.(Dhaka Tribune)
• LGBT rights in Georgia
  • TheParliament of Georgia approves a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would restrictLGBTQ+ rights inthe country.(DW)
• Mazan rapes
  • Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men torape her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2.(BBC News)

Science and technology

• Meta Platforms bans Russianstate media fromFacebook,Instagram andWhatsapp, includingRT andRossiya Segodnya, citing alleged deceptive tactics used by the networks to carry out "influence operations" while evading detection.(CBC News)

Sports

• 2026 Commonwealth Games
  • Glasgow,Scotland, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026Commonwealth Games.(BBC News)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
    • The death toll from yesterday'spagerexplosions inLebanon, targetingHezbollah's communication network, increases to twelve, including fourhealthcare workers and two children, with more than 2,800 others injured.(Al Jazeera)(AP)
    • Walkie-talkies and other electronic devices continue to explode across Lebanon, including at afuneral inBaalbek for three Hezbollah members and a boy who were killed in yesterday's explosions. At least 20 people are killed and more than 450 others are injured.(Al Jazeera)(AP)
    • Several homesolar energy systems explode inBeirut, Lebanon.(ABC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • TheUnited Nations General Assembly votes 124–14 with 43abstentions to demand thatIsrael end its unlawful presence in theoccupied Palestinian territories within the next 12 months.(Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Toropets depot explosions
      • AUkrainiandrone attack on aRussian weapons depot inToropets,Tver Oblast, causesan explosion large enough to be detected as an earthquake by monitoring stations. Local residents are told toevacuate and schools in the region are closed.(The Guardian)
• Mexican drug war
  • MexicanSecretary of DefenseLuis Cresencio Sandoval announces that at least 30 people have been killed since September 9 duringshootouts between rival factions of theSinaloa Cartel inSinaloa, Mexico.Mexican PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador partially blames theUnited States for the surge in violence.(AP)(AP 2)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 South American wildfires
  • 2024 Peru wildfires
    • President of PeruDina Boluarte issues astate of emergency for thedepartments ofAmazonas,San Martín, andUcayali, which have been significantly impacted bywildfires that have killed at least sixteen people.(Reuters)
• 2024 Portugal wildfires
  • Twelve people are arrested on suspicion ofarson resulting in widespread wildfires inNorthern andCentralPortugal that have killed at least seven people.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Shenzhen stabbing
  • A 10-year-oldJapanese student is killed in a stabbing near his school inShenzhen,China.(BBC)
• 2024 Armenian coup attempt allegations
  • TheGovernment of Armenia announces that theNational Security Service (NSS) has thwarted a coup attempt byArmenian Russophiles armed, trained, and financed by theRussian Federation.(Politico)
• AllegedGhost developer and administrator Jay Je Yoon Jung is arrested inSydney,Australia, on five charges related to theencrypted communication network's development and operation.(The Register)

Science and technology

• Instagram introducesteen accounts for users under the age of 18 that will be private by default, limit "sensitive content" and allow parents to view contacts.(DW)
• September 2024 lunar eclipse
  • A partial lunar eclipse is seen in theAmericas,Greenland,Africa,Europe andAsia. It began early on the evening of September 17 and ended on the morning of September 18.(Onet Wiadomości)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
    • The death toll from yesterday'swalkie-talkie explosions inLebanon targetingHezbollah militants increases to 25, with more than 600 others injured. A total of 37 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured in explosions over the last two days.(The Independent)
    • United Statesofficials report thatSecretary of DefenseLloyd Austin was pre-warned byIsrael about the military operation in Lebanon occurring later that day, and claim that they received no prior details about the nature of the attack.(AP)
  • TheIsraeli Air Force strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets insouthern Lebanon, destroyingmultiple rocket launch systems and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israelifighter jets are also reported overBeirut. One Hezbollah militant is killed.(Reuters)(Al Jazeera)
  • TwoIsraeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollahdrone andanti-tank missile attacks on theIsrael–Lebanon border.(The Times of Israel)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • SixPalestinians are killed and 18 others are injured in anIsraeli military raid in the city ofQabatiya in theWest Bank.(Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • TheUnited NationsCommittee on the Rights of the Child accuses Israel of severe violations of theConvention on the Rights of the Child through its military's actions in theGaza Strip.(Reuters)
• Colombian conflict
  • Colombian peace process
    • Colombia suspendspeace negotiations with theNational Liberation Army (ELN)insurgent group after the ELN detonated explosives on amilitary base, killing two soldiers and wounding more than two dozen others.(DW)
• 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • TwoNew Caledonianindependence activists are killed by police during an operation inSaint-Louis over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots.(AP)

Arts and culture

• A previously unknown piece composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Ganz kleine Nachtmusik, is discovered at a library inLeipzig,Germany. The seven miniature movements for astring trio were probably composed in the 1760s, when Mozart was in his early teens.(The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 South American wildfires
  • 2024 Peru wildfires
    • Out of control and deadlywildfires inPeru have reached at least sevenarchaeological sites and have begun to burn near theindigenousShipibo-Conibo community.(Reuters)
• A militaryhelicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashes nearMogadishu,Somalia. The helicopter was en route toBaledogle Airfield. No fatalities are reported.(Anadolu Agency)(Garowe Online)

Law and crime

• One person is killed and another is severely injured in astabbing attack near theErasmusbrug inRotterdam,Netherlands.(AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
  • International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
    • TheEuropean Parliament recognizesVenezuelan exiled presidential candidateEdmundo González asthe country's president.(Politico.eu)
• 2000 Fijian coup d'état
  • Fijian coup leaderGeorge Speight is released from prison after obtaining apardon fromPresidentWiliame Katonivere. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrowIndo-FijianPrime MinisterMahendra Chaudhry.(RNZ)
• Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections
  • TheUnited StatesFederal Bureau of Investigation and two other American agencies announce thatIranianhackers sent unsolicited emails to people associated with theJoe Bidenpresidential campaign that included material that was stolen fromDonald Trump'scampaign.(NBC News)

Sports

• 2024 Major League Baseball season,40–40 club
  • Inbaseball,Los Angeles Dodgersdesignated hitterShohei Ohtani becomes the firstMajor League Baseball player to hit 50home runs and steal 50bases in a single season.(Reuters)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil
    • Israel launchesairstrikes on theHaret Hreik neighborhood ofBeirut,Lebanon, targetingHezbollah operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leaderIbrahim Aqil, and injuring 66 others.(Al Jazeera)
• Mali War
  • 2024 Bamako attacks
    • The death toll from theJNIM's attacks three days ago against amilitary camp inBamako,Mali, andModibo Keita International Airport is confirmed to be at least 77 people killed and around 200 others injured.(Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
    • Russian management at theZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant accuses theArmed Forces of Ukraine of creating threats to the plant's safety by launching adroneto attack a nearbyelectrical substation.(Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • Three children are killed and a fourth child from the same family is injured, when aland mine in a plastic bagexplodes near a park inManbij,Aleppo Governorate,Syria.(SOHR)
  • Kata'ib Hezbollah announce that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, a senior commander in the group, was killed inDamascus, Syria, and blameIsrael for the attack.(Barron's)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Militants kill ninePakistani soldiers in separate attacks inNorth andSouth Waziristan,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.(ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• At least two people are injured in aplane crash inShakopee,Scott County,Minnesota,United States.(FOX59)

International relations

• Afghanistan–Iran relations
  • Iran summons the acting head ofAfghanistan'sembassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country'snational anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public performance of music is banned by theTaliban.(Al Arabiya)
• Ukraine–European Union relations
  • President of the European CommissionUrsula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) forUkraine in military and energy support followingUkrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy's drafting of a new victory plan against Russia.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Taiwan
  • TheConstitutional Court in Taiwan upholds the legality of thedeath penalty in the country, but limits its use to the "most serious crimes".(Time)
• Three people are injured in a stabbing attack at a mosque inChâteauguay,Montreal,Quebec,Canada. The perpetrator is arrested and charged.(CTV News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign
    • TheUnited States Supreme Court rules in favor of aDemocratic Party bid to withhold theGreen Party from theNevada ballot for the 2024 presidential election, which was caused by theNevada Secretary of State mistakenly directing the Green Party to use an incorrectaffidavit form for ballot qualification.(Reuters)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil
    • Hezbollah confirms that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of theRedwan special forces during theGaza war until early 2024, was killed in theIsraeliairstrikes yesterday inBeirut,Lebanon.(TRT World)
    • The death toll from yesterday's airstrikes inBeirut increases to 38 people, including sixteen Hezbollah militants and twenty-two civilians, with 17 others still missing.(Al Jazeera)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 22 people are killed and 30 others are injured in an Israeliairstrike on a school in theZeitoun area ofGaza City.(CTV News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • Twenty-one people are injured when aRussianguided bomb hits an apartment building inKharkiv,Ukraine.(Reuters)
• Nduga hostage crisis
  • Papuan separatists release Philip Mehrtens, aNew Zealander pilot, after holding himhostage for over 19 months.(BBC)
• Mexican drug war
  • Two gunmen and a civilian are killed, and a paramedic is wounded, during aMexican Army operation in the Tres Ríos sector ofCuliacán.(Noreste)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Tabas coal mine explosion
  • At least 51 miners are killed, several are trapped and twenty-one are injured after acoal mineexplodes inTabas,Iran, caused by amethanegas leak.(Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• September 2024 Birmingham shooting
  • Four people are killed and seventeen others are injured following amass shooting inBirmingham,Alabama,United States.(ABC News)(AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French political crisis
  • Newly appointedPrime Minister of FranceMichel Barnier announces acentre-rightcoalition government, and adds tenconservativeRepublican members tohis cabinet.(Reuters)
• 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
  • Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a newpresident between 39 candidates. The main frontrunners areAnura Kumara Dissanayake of thesocialistNational People's Power and currentOpposition LeaderSajith Premadasa of the progressiveUnited People's Power Party.(BBC)
• AlbanianPrime MinisterEdi Rama announces plans to create a 27-acre sovereignenclave for theBektashi Order inTirana modeled after theVatican City, which would be called the "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order".(The New York Times)

Sports

• 2024 Chicago White Sox season,Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records
  • Inprofessional baseball, theChicago White Sox earn their 119th loss of the2024 MLB season, tying theAmerican League loss record set by the2003 Detroit Tigers while now being one loss away from tying the post-1900 MLB loss record of theexpansion1962 New York Mets.(AP)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
    • The death toll from thepagerexplosions acrossLebanon last week increases to 42 people, with more than 3,500 others injured.(The Guardian)
  • Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil
    • The death toll from theIsraeliairstrikes two days ago inDahieh,Beirut, Lebanon, increases to at least 45 militants andcivilians.(Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah launches a barrage ofrockets and Fadi 1 and Wadi 2 missiles at theIsraeli Air ForceRamat David Airbase inHaifa, Israel, in retaliation for theassassination ofIbrahim Aqil with three Israeli civilians injured inKrayot andLower Galilee and one lightly injured by anIron Dome interception.(CTV News)(AP)
  • Two Hezbollah militants and a civilian killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least seven people are killed in anIsraeli airstrike on the Kafr Qasim school on theAl-Shati refugee camp in theGaza Strip.(Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • At least 16 people are injured inRussian airstrikes inZaporizhzhia,Ukraine.(Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Apolice officer is killed and four others are injured in anIED attack on a multinationaldiplomaticconvoy inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.(AP)
• Mexican drug war
  • The death toll from the ongoingshootouts between rival factions of theSinaloa Cartel inSinaloa,Mexico, increases to 70 people with 51 others missing.(Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and eight others are missing infloods andlandslides caused by record rainfall in theNoto Peninsula ofJapan.(Al Jazeera)
• Three people are killed, three others are injured, and a person is missing when a two-storybuilding collapses inNaples,Italy.(CTV News)

Law and crime

• Censorship in Israel
  • Israeli forces carry out araid and order the closure of the offices ofAl Jazeera Arabic inRamallah in theWest Bank.(AP)
• Iran–Israel relations
  • TheIranianIslamic Revolutionary Guards Corp arrests twelve people in six differentprovinces accused of beingforeign operatives for Israel and "planning acts against Iran's security".(Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
  • For the first time inSri Lanka's history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting. In the first round,National People's Power candidateAnura Kumara Dissanayake led with 42.31% of the vote counted, whileopposition leader andUnited People's Power candidateSajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76%. IncumbentPresidentRanil Wickremesinghe came in third place with 17% of the vote. Following the counting of second and third preferences, Dissanayake is declared president-elect by theelection commission.(AP)(BBC News)
• TheUnited Nations adopts the "Pact for the Future", aiming formultilateral cooperative work towards peace and security,global governance,climate change,sustainable development,human rights, and more.(Reuters)

Science and technology

• Researchers from theUniversity of Cape Town and theMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology announce they havereconstructed the oldesthuman genome ever found, belonging to a man and a woman who lived about 10,000 years ago in theMesolithic period. The prior oldest decoded genome was from about 2,000 years ago.(DW)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Over 492 people are killed and 1,645 others are injured when theIsraeli Air Force conducts over 1,400airstrikes inLebanon targetingHezbollah, the deadliest day of conflict since the2006 Lebanon War.(New York Times)(Al Jazeera)(AP)
    • Hezbollah launches dozens ofrockets anddrones atIsrael in retaliation for the airstrikes.(CBS News)
    • TheUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon advises all posted civilian employees to evacuatesouthern Lebanon.(The Jerusalem Post)
    • TheIsraeli military advisesLebanese civilians in southern Lebanon to evacuate north.(AP)
  • TheUnited States deploys additionalmilitary forces to theMiddle East following significantly escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and a potential wider regional conflict, adding to the 40,000 U.S. troops already present in the region.(AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kursk offensive
    • TheRussian Foreign Ministry reports that at least 56Russian civilians were killed and 266 others were injured by theArmed Forces of Ukraine inKursk Oblast,Russia, which theUkrainian Foreign Ministry denies asRussian propaganda.(Reuters)

Business and economy

• Swedishlithium-ion technology developerNorthvolt announces revised company operationalscopes and its intention tolayoff 1,600 workers in the country.(CBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane John makes landfall nearMarquelia,Guerrero,Mexico, as aCategory 3 hurricane.(AP)(NHC)
• Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
  • At least four people are found dead after a small boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast ofSamos,Greece.(AP)
• At least 30decomposing bodies are found in a boat off the coast ofDakar,Senegal.(Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • TheWorld Health Organization announces that nearly 30,000 suspectedmpox cases have been reported inAfrica so far this year, primarily in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, as the death toll from mpox surpasses 800 people.(Reuters)
• Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
  • Climate researchers report that since 1985,deforestation in theAmazon has caused the loss of an area ofrainforest equal to the combined area ofFrance andGermany.(France 24)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • A court inArgentina orders the arrest ofVenezuelan presidentNicolás Maduro andinterior ministerDiosdado Cabello, accusing them ofcrimes against humanity.(Infobae)
  • TheSupreme Court of Venezuela orders the arrest ofArgentinian PresidentJavier Milei after Argentina detains a Venezuelan aircraft.(AP)
• Japan–Russia relations
  • Japanese fighter jets firewarning flares at aRussian aircraft that violated Japanese airspace offRebun Island.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021 Boulder shooting
  • Ahmad Alissa, the gunman responsible for killing ten people at a supermarket inBoulder,Colorado,United States, in 2021, is convicted of ten counts offirst-degree murder and sentenced to tenconsecutive life sentences.(AP)
• 2024 social unrest in Martinique
  • TheGovernment of France sends theCompanies for Republican Securityriot police unit toMartinique, following resistance fromcost of living andsocial inequality protesters againstFrench-issued bans on demonstrations.(AP)
• German police announce that they found 95 kg (209 lb) ofcocaine worth€7 million ($7.8 million) hidden insidebanana crates insupermarkets acrossNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany.(DW)

Sports

• 2024 AFL season
  • 2024 Brownlow Medal
    • InAustralian football,Patrick Cripps wins his secondBrownlow Medal with 45 votes, the most votes since the current voting system was introduced, and also becomes the seventeenth player to win the award more than once.(ABC News Australia)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • The death toll from the ongoingIsraeliairstrikes acrossLebanon increases to 558 people, including 50 children, with 1,835 others injured.(Al Jazeera)
    • TheIsraeli government declares a nationwidestate of emergency until September 30.(Anadolu Agency)
    • Ibrahim Qubaisi,Hezbollah's missiles and rocket force commander, is killed after anairstrike inBeirut, Lebanon. Five other people are also killed in the attack.(The Guardian)
    • TheUnited Kingdom deploys 700troops toCyprus ahead of a plannedevacuation of thousands of British nationals from Lebanon. The UK has advised all of its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately if they can.(Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least three people are killed and 22 others are injured in aRussianguided bomb attack on an apartment building inKharkiv,Ukraine.(Reuters)
• Mexican Drug War
  • The death toll from the ongoing shootouts between rival factions of theSinaloa Cartel increases to at least 77 people, with the finding of two corpses on a highway today.(Infobae)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 South American wildfires
  • 2024 Brazil wildfires
    • Over thirtyenvironmental organizations condemnBrazilian PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva's actions that contradict his calls for further global action againstclimate change, such as requests for drillingoil reserves near theAmazon River and paving theBR-319 roadway through theAmazon that they state contribute to ongoing wildfires.(AP)
• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Helene forms in theGulf of Mexico and is expected to become a major hurricane before making landfall on theU.S.Gulf Coast on September 26.(National Hurricane Center)
• 2024 Pacific hurricane season
  • Three people are killed inflooding caused by remnants ofHurricane John inMexico.(Reuters)
• TheUSNSBig Horn of theUnited States Navyruns aground and is damaged off the coast ofOman while operating in theMiddle East after replenishing theUSSAbraham Lincolncarrier strike group.(AP)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida
  • Ryan Wesley Routh is formally charged for attempting to assassinate formerU.S. President andRepublican Party nomineeDonald Trump atTrump International Golf Club inWest Palm Beach,Florida,United States.(NBC News)
• Human rights in Belarus
  • Belarusian independent news outletReform.news reports thatJörg Dornau, anAlternative for Germany member of theSaxonyparliament, has allegedly usedpolitical prisoners as labor on aBelarusianonionplantation owned by his agricultural firm.(Politico)
• Murder of Felicia Gayle
  • Marcellus Williams is executed by the state ofMissouri shortly after theU.S. Supreme Court denies a request to delay the execution.(CBS News)
• Recognition of same-sex unions in Thailand
  • Thailand passes the marriage equality law allowingsame-sex couples to belegally wed starting in January 2025.(AP)
• Prosecution of S Iswaran
  • Former Transport Minister of SingaporeS Iswaran was indicted in court for five (out of 35 known so far) charges for obtaining valuables as a civil servant and one for obstructing the course of justice; decision for his sentencing was adjourned on 3 October. This is the first time since Singapore's independence where a politician has been convicted for such offence.(CNA)(Straits Times)

Politics and elections

• Argentine PresidentJavier Milei proposes an "agenda of freedom" witheconomic,social, andforeign policies that directly contradict theUnited Nations' "Pact for the Future", which he calls a model to "repress, restrict and curtail" humanity'sfreedom and ineffective at preventing conflicts.(Reuters)
• Newly-electedSri LankanPresidentAnura Kumara Dissanayake dissolves theParliament and calls forsnap elections onNovember 14.(Reuters)(AP)
• Harini Amarasuriya is appointed the newPrime Minister of Sri Lanka.(Reuters)

Science and technology

• Scientists from theUniversity of Waterloo announce that they have positively identified bones found onKing William Island inNunavut,Canada, as those ofJames Fitzjames, captain ofHMS Erebus duringFranklin's lost expedition.(CBC News)
• AMonash University-led study on theOrdovician meteor event provides evidence thatrings may have existed around Earth approximately 446 million years ago.(Forbes)

Sports

• TheLebanese Football Association suspends allfootball matches indefinitely amid Israeli airstrikes on the country.(Al Jazeera)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Hezbollah launches aballistic missile targeting theMossadheadquarters inTel Aviv,Israel, which isintercepted, while Israel conducts an additional 260airstrikes acrossLebanon, killing at least 72 people.(ABC News)(Al Jazeera)
  • TheUnited States, theEuropean Union, and several other countries call for an immediate 21-dayceasefire along theBlue Line on the Israel–Lebanon border, which has been rejected byIsraeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu.(Reuters)
• Sectarian violence in Pakistan,Shia–Sunni relations
  • At least 25 people are killed and dozens are injured in clashes betweenShia andSunniMuslim tribes inKurram District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan, since September 20.(AP)

Business and economy

• Pakistani economic crisis
  • TheInternational Monetary Fund approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan to help itseconomy, with $1 billion being disbursed immediately and the rest in instalments over 37 months.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Argentina wildfires
  • Intense and widespreadwildfires inCórdoba Province,Argentina, destroy 40,000 hectares (400 km²) of forests and farmland, including several farm structures, and also kill large numbers ofcattle.(Reuters)
• Ablimp promotingBrazilsoccer teamSão Paulo FC crashes into houses in the Brazilianmunicipality ofOsasco, injuring the pilot.(Fox News)

International relations

• Brazil–Ukraine relations,China–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Brazil andChina of using their proposed peace plan for ending theRusso-Ukrainian War to increase theirgeopolitical power "atUkraine's expense" by urgingdeveloping nations to agree to the peace plan.(Reuters)
• Georgia–United States relations
  • TheUnited States withdrawsGeorgian Prime MinisterIrakli Kobakhidze's invitation to attend a summit of national leaders hosted byU.S. PresidentJoe Biden during the ongoingUnited Nations General Assembly session, and refuses any further delegator meetings withGeorgia, due to the "anti-democratic actions, disinformation, and negative rhetoric towards the U.S. andthe West" resulting from Georgia's recently-passedforeign agents law.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• Crime in France,Immigration to France
  • Thecenter-rightMacron-appointedBarnier government expresses a willingness to work with thefar-rightNational Rally's proposals to strengthenFrenchimmigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman inParis last week. The suspect, who was arrested inGeneva,Switzerland, is aMoroccanconvictedrapist who was released from prison this month and was meant to bedeported.(Reuters)
• Criminal investigations into the Eric Adams administration
  • New York MayorEric Adams is indicted on federal charges following acorruption investigation, becoming the first mayor ofNew York City, United States, to face criminal charges while in office.(The New York Times)
• Four people are killed and two others are critically injured in ashooting spree inNuoro,Sardinia,Italy. The perpetrator latercommits suicide.(ANSA)
• A manhijacks aLos Angeles Metro Bus inSouth Los Angeles,California, United States, later killing one of the two passengers. The bus is driven at gunpoint for more than 7 miles (11 km) before the man surrenders to police.(AP)
• Six people are injured when a bomb explodes in a courthouse inSanta Maria, California, United States. A suspect is later arrested.(CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election,United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • RepublicanSpeaker of the HouseMike Johnson demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyydismissUkrainian ambassador to the United StatesOksana Markarova after Zelenskyy visited an ammunition factory inPennsylvania with severalDemocratic politicians, which Johnson claims representedforeign electoral intervention.(Reuters)
• Cross-strait relations
  • TheJapaneseNavy sends awarship into theTaiwan Strait for the first time to reportedly "convey a message" toChina, according to Japanese newspaperYomiuri Shimbun.(DW)
• German Green Party leadersOmid Nouripour andRicarda Lang state that they will step down following significant defeats in recent elections including the2024 Brandenburg state election.(The Guardian)
• CanadianPrime MinisterJustin Trudeau survives ano-confidence vote by a vote of 211–119.(BBC News)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Lebanese displacement during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict
      • Over 22,000Lebanese residents have crossed intoSyria in order to escape ongoingIsraeli bombardment and a potential escalation of the conflict.(Barron's)
    • Two people, including Mohammad Hussein Srour, a senior commander inHezbollah, are killed and 15 others are injured in an Israeliairstrike inBeirut, Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
    • At least 92 people are killed and 153 others are injured in airstrikes across Lebanon, bringing the total death toll from the airstrikes to more than 700 people.(Al Jazeera)
  • Israel rejects proposals from theUnited States,Australia, and theEuropean Union to initiate a temporary 21-dayceasefire with Hezbollah.(Reuters)(Reuters 2)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • TheRussian Defense Ministry claims thatRussian forces have taken the city ofUkrainsk inDonetsk Oblast, Ukraine.(The Moscow Times)
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Prior to a meeting withUkrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy,U.S. PresidentJoe Biden announces amilitary aid package of more than $8 billion forUkraine and directsThe Pentagon to allocate all remainingsecurity funds to Ukraine by the end of his presidential term in January 2025.(Reuters)
• Gaza war
  • United States support for Israel in the Gaza war
    • The United States grants Israel a $8.7 billionmilitary aid package, withU.S. Secretary of DefenseLloyd Austin stating that the U.S. will not change its commitment to providing military aid to Israel.(Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • EightPakistani Taliban militants are killed in ashootout withsoldiers inNorth Waziristan District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.(AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • Hurricane Helene makes landfall inFlorida,United States, as aCategory 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 938millibars.(National Hurricane Center)
    • Tropical storm conditions occur across western Florida, with an automated weather station recording sustained winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) with gusts up to 68 mph (109 km/h) nearTampa Bay.(National Hurricane Center)
• 2024 India floods
  • 2024 Jivitputrika tragedy
    • At least 46 people, including 37 children, who were taking part inJivitputrika festivities inBihar,India, drown in rivers and bodies of water swollen by ongoing flooding across India.(Reuters)
  • Up to 275 mm (10.8 in) of rain falls acrossMumbai,India, causing at least four deaths.(Al Arabiya)
• A bus crashes into ariver inWolaita,Ethiopia, killing 28 people and wounding 19 more.(Barron's)
• AUnited States defence official claims that aChinesenuclearattack submarine, the first of the new Zhou-class, likely sank during construction earlier this year.(ABC News)

International relations

• Algeria–Morocco relations
  • Algeria imposesvisa requirements onMoroccans, accusing them of criminal activity in Algeria, including "espionage" and "drug and human trafficking".(Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
  • Norwegianpolice issue an international search request for a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers toHezbollah that exploded last week.(Times of Israel)
• Capital punishment in the United States
  • The U.S. state ofAlabama executes a man viainert gas asphyxiation usingnitrogen in the country's second everexecution by this method.(AP)
• AMallorcanfootball fan is sentenced to one year in prison for yellingracist insults at football playersVinícius Júnior andSamuel Chukwueze.(Al Jazeera)
• Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-servingdeath row inmate, is acquitted inJapan following a retrial.(BBC News)

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • TheRussianMinistry of Defense claims soldiers captured the village ofMarynivka inDonetsk Oblast,Ukraine.(Al Arabiya)
  • Kryvyi Rih strikes
    • At least one person is killed and five others are injured in aRussianmissile strike on apolice department inKryvyi Rih,Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.(Reuters)
  • Nuclear risk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine,Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Belarusian PresidentAlexander Lukashenko warns thatBelarus will use Russian nuclear weapons if the country is attacked byNATO.(Anadolu Agency)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russianloitering munitions hit the city ofIzmail inOdesa Oblast, Ukraine, killing three people and wounding fourteen.(Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Israel carries out severalairstrikes usingbunker buster bombs onBeirut,Lebanon, killing six people, injuring about a hundred and destroying six buildings. These also targetedHezbollah's central headquarters toassassinate its leader,Hassan Nasrallah.(L'Orient le Jour)(Al Jazeera)(Ynet News)
    • A second wave of airstrikes hits three buildings in Beirut.(Al Jazeera)
  • Israel launches anairstrike against aSyrian military post in thecountryside nearDamascus, killing fivesoldiers and injuring another.(Al Arabiya)
• Gaza war
  • An aid worker of aUnited States-based charity is shot and killed in her car byPalestinian gunmen nearKhan Yunis in theGaza Strip.Gazan government officials claim that the gunmen had mistakenly identified the vehicle.(Al Arabiya)
• Haitian crisis
  • TheOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports that at least 3,661 people, including 100 children, have been killed in the first six months of the year by ongoing gang violence inHaiti.(Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • At least 18 people are killed when theRapid Support Forces attack a market inAl-Fashir,Sudan.(Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • At least 17 people are killed and more than 900,000 people are reported to be without power due to high winds andflooding caused by Hurricane Helene inGeorgia,United States. A rareflash flood emergency is also issued for theAtlanta metropolitan area.(CNN)
    • TheWalters Dam inTennessee was reported to have suffered acatastrophic failure due to ongoing heavy rainfall, withCocke County Mayor Rob Mathis ordering the immediate evacuation of parts of the nearby city ofNewport.(WVLT-TV). The reports were later confirmed to have been false.(Knoxville News Sentinel)
    • The Emergency Management department ofRutherford County,North Carolina, issues a warning for the "imminent" failure of theLake Lure Dam due to significant rainfall, and orders immediate evacuations.(USA Today)
• 2024 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane John
    • Tropical Storm John brings over 950 mm (37 inches) of rainfall to southernGuerrero,Mexico, twice eclipsing the amount of rainfall dropped byHurricane Otis on the same area in 2023.(Reuters)
• Fifteen people are killed when an illegalgold mine collapses inSolok Regency,West Sumatra,Indonesia.(Reuters)
• Thirteen people are killed and 23 are injured after an explosion at afuel station nearMakhachkala,Dagestan,Russia.(AP)

International relations

• Iran–United States relations,Iran–Israel relations
  • TheIranian Foreign Ministry accusesIsrael of usingUnited States-produced and gifted 5,000 lbsbunker buster munitions to strikeHezbollah targets in residential areas in and aroundBeirut,Lebanon.(Reuters)
• Iraq–United States relations,Operation Inherent Resolve
  • Iraq and theUnited States agree to end theU.S.-led coalition mission in Iraq by September 2025, with all remainingAmerican troops withdrawing by the end of 2026.(Reuters)

Law and crime

• Iran–United States relations
  • TheUnited States Justice Department charges three members of theIranianIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for hackingRepublican candidateDonald Trump'spresidential campaign and "trying to disrupt the2024 presidential election".(Reuters)
• Hamburg Police seize two tons ofcocaine worth €100 million ($112 million) and arrest twelve suspects inHamburg,Germany, including several foreigners.(DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
  • Shigeru Ishiba defeatsSanae Takaichi in a runoff election to become the nextpresident of the Liberal Democratic Party andprime ministerdesignate.(Kyodo News)

Sports

• 2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss,Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records
  • The 2024Chicago White Sox earn their 121st loss against theDetroit Tigers, breaking theMajor League Baseball record for the most amount of losses in a post-1900 season.(AP)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike
      • Hezbollah announces the death of its leaderHassan Nasrallah in yesterday'sIsraeli airstrikes inBeirut,Lebanon.(Reuters)
      • InterimLebanese Prime MinisterNajib Mikati announces the country will have a national mourning period of three days for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, starting on Monday.(Al Jazeera)
      • Iran confirms thatAbbas Nilforoushan, anIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy commander, was killed in yesterday's airstrikes in Beirut.(Al Arabiya)
    • The Israel Defense Forces begin a blockade ofBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in order to prevent the shipment of Iranian weapons to Lebanon. The blockade will not affect the operation of civilian flights at the airport.(The Jerusalem Post)
• Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Red Sea crisis
    • TheHouthis launch aballistic missile fromYemen towardsBen Gurion Airport inIsrael, promptingair raid sirens inTel Aviv and most ofCentral Israel.(Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Seven workers fromPunjab Province are killed and another injured during amass shooting at a rented house inPanjgur District,Balochistan Province,Pakistan.(AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ten people are killed and 22 others are injured in aRussiandouble tap strike on a medical facility inSumy,Ukraine.(Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when acar bomb explodes outside a restaurant inMogadishu,Somalia.(Reuters)(VOA Somali)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • The death toll from Hurricane Helene in theUnited States increases to at least 64 people, including 21 inSouth Carolina and 18 inGeorgia.(AP)
• 2024 Mari Petroleum Mil Mi-8 crash
  • AMil Mi-8 helicopter carryingMari Petroleum employees crashes inNorth Waziristan District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan, killing six people and injuring eight others.(AP)
• 2024 Nepal floods
  • At least 170 people are killed and 59 others are missing infloods andlandslides inNepal.(The Journal)
• Nine people are killed, 27 others are rescued, and 48 others are missing when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast ofEl Hierro in theCanary Islands,Spain.(AP)

Health and environment

• United Nations Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres declares a warning at theUN General Assembly for nearly a billion people living in low-lying coastal areas due to the risk ofrising sea levels caused byclimate change potentially resulting in catastrophicflooding,coastal erosion, andclimate migration.(Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2024 Lusikisiki shootings
  • Seventeen people are killed in twomass shootings at homes inLusikisiki,Eastern Cape,South Africa.(Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 AFL premiership season
  • TheBrisbane Lions defeat theSydney Swans 120–60 in theAustralian Football League Grand Final to win their fourthAFL premiership title.(The Guardian Australia)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike
      • United States senatorMark Kelly confirms that it was U.S. produced and provided 2,000-poundbunker busterBLU-109 bombs that were used byIsrael toassassinateHezbollahSecretary-GeneralHassan Nasrallah inBeirut.(Reuters)
    • A total of 105 people are killed byIsraeliairstrikes inLebanon, including 32 inAin El Delb and 21 inBaalbek-Hermel, and at least 359 people are injured.(Al Jazeera)
    • Hezbollah confirms thatNabil Qaouk, the group's senior official, andAli Karaki, a senior commander, were killed in Israeli airstrikes inDahieh, Lebanon.(AP)(Al Arabiya)
• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • 29 September 2024 Israeli attacks on Yemen
      • Following theHouthis' launch of a ballistic missile fromYemen towardsBen Gurion Airport prompting air raid sirens inTel Aviv, theIsraeli Air Force launches airstrikes againstseaports andpower stations operated by theHouthis inAl Hudaydah Governorate,Yemen, killing four people and injuring 29 others.(Al Jazeera)(Al Arabiya)
• Syrian civil war
  • Twelve pro-Iranian militiamen are killed in airstrikes of unknown origin inDeir ez-Zor Governorate,Syria.(Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • The death toll fromHurricane Helene rises to at least 116 people, including 46 inNorth Carolina, 27 inSouth Carolina, 25 inGeorgia, and 13 inFlorida.(CBS News)
• 2024 Conyers Biolab fire
  • Approximately 17,000 people are ordered toevacuate their homes and more are ordered to shelter in place after a fire, potentially causing hazardouschlorine contamination, occurs at a BioLab facility inConyers, Georgia,United States.(CNN)
• Seven people are killed and 85 others are injured after ahead-on collision between a bus and a private vehicle inMajayjay,Laguna,Philippines.(Manila Bulletin)

Law and crime

• Thirty-one people are injured in a doublearson andvehicle-ramming attack inEssen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany. The perpetrator, a 41-year-oldSyrian national, is arrested shortly after the attacks.(DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • Austrians vote for the 183 members of the 26thNational Council.(Reuters)
  • Thefar-rightFreedom Party of Austria wins the most seats with 58 but falls short of a majority, with other parties expressing an unwillingness to form acoalition government with them.(BBC)

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • At least 95 people are killed and 172 others are injured inIsraeliairstrikes inLebanon.(Al Jazeera)
    • Five children belonging to theImam al-Mahdi Scouts are killed in anIsraeli airstrike inCharkiyeh insouthern Lebanon.(Anadolu Agency)
    • Three militants of thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Kola District ofBeirut, Lebanon. Separately,Hamas's commander in Lebanon,Fatah Sharif, is killed alongside his family inTyre.(Al Jazeera)
    • ALebanese Army soldier is killed in an Israelidrone strike inWazzani, Lebanon.(The Times of Israel)
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israel informs theU.S. State Department that it will launch an imminent groundinvasion of southern Lebanon in order to clear outHezbollah infrastructure near Israeli border communities.(The Washington Post)
    • Lebanese troops withdraw fromthe Israeli border ahead of an Israeli ground offensive.(Reuters)
  • Lebanese displacement during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • TheUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that at least 100,000 people have crossed from Lebanon intoSyria in order to flee from Israeli strikes.(Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Coal phase-out
  • The lastcoal-fired power station in theUnited Kingdom shuts down inRatcliffe-on-Soar,Nottinghamshire,England, ending the 142-year history of coal-fired electricityin the UK.(The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Nepal floods
  • The death toll from thefloods andlandslides inNepal increases to 204 people, with 30 others missing. This is the highest recordedmonsoon rainfall in Nepal in the past two decades.(The Guardian)
• Two people are killed inwildfires inPeloponnese,Greece, as several villages areevacuated due to the fires.(ITV News)
• Twelve peopleare killed, 29 others are rescued, and ten others are missing after a boatcapsizes off the coast ofDjerba,Tunisia.(Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Australia–Tuvalu relations,Climate change in Tuvalu
  • Tuvalu's climate minister denounces theAustralianLaborgovernment's decision to expand threecoal mines as an existential threat to the nation, due to the role of the mines in causingrising sea levels that have forcedmass displacement across Tuvalu's low-lying islands.(The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2024 Shanghai supermarket stabbings
  • Three people are killed and fifteen others are injured in amass stabbing at a supermarket inSongjiang district,Shanghai,China.Police arrest a 37-year-old man at the scene, adding that the man had come to Shanghai in order to "vent his anger due to a personal economic dispute".(Reuters)(BBC News)
• Lithuania announces that it has referredBelarusian PresidentAlexander Lukashenko,the Belarusian government,military officers, and other security officials to theInternational Criminal Court atThe Hague, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity and causing people to fleethe country.(AP)

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