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Collapsed canopy
- A canopy collapse (pictured) at Serbia's Novi Sad railway station kills fourteen people.
- The ruins of a Maya city, dubbed Valeriana, are discovered in Campeche, Mexico.
- The Botswana general election is won by the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change.
- In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees to win the World Series.
November 3, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attack
- Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
- Two police officers in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India are wounded by Maoist guerrilas, and their weapons were stolen by the rebels. (Indian Express)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- Dozens are killed by a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements across Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people and nine are injured during Israeli airstikes in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
Disasters and accidents
- October 2024 Spain floods
- Protests take place during the visit of the King and Queen of Spain, the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Valencian President Carlos Mazón to Paiporta, who are pelted with objects and mud and booed as "murderers". Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is evacuated after being hit with a shovel. (Levante) (AP News) (El Periódico)
- Fourteen people are killed and 34 more injured after a lightning strike at the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Moldovan presidential election
- Moldovans vote for a President in the second round of the presidential election. (The Guardian)
Sports
- 2024 Japan Series
- In baseball, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to win the Japan Series in six games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1998. (NHK)
November 2, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
- Six people are injured, including two children, in an Israeli strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza as the World Health Organization vaccination campaign resumes with its second phase. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Somali Civil War
- At least two people are killed and several others are injured in fights between two Somali security factions in Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (Caasimadda Online) (Hiiraan Online)
- Safety of journalists
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- October 2024 Spain floods
- The death toll from the flooding in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 214, with dozens still missing. The Spanish government deploys an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police officers, making this the country's largest deployment of army and security personnel in peacetime. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- October 2024 Spain floods
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bolivia protests
- The government of Bolivia accuses supporters of former President Evo Morales of detaining and holding more than 200 soldiers hostage during protests against the sitting Luis Arce government. (El Diario) (DW)
- 2024 Conservative Party leadership election
- Kemi Badenoch is elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Mozambican general election
- The death toll from police gunfire during crackdowns on protests of the October 9 election increases to eleven. (Al Jazeera)
November 1, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan
- The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population there at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage. (Reuters)
- Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Somali Civil War
- Puntland–Somaliland dispute
- Las Anod conflict
- At least ten people, including four civilians, are killed and fifteen others are injured in battles between Somaliland and Khatumo State forces in the Cayn and Togdheer regions. (Horseed Media) (Hiiraan Online)
- Las Anod conflict
- Puntland–Somaliland dispute
- 2024 Bolivian protest
- An "irregular armed group" captures a Bolivian military base near Cochabamba, Bolivia, kidnapping military personnel and seizing weapons from the base. Bolivian president Luis Arce says that the group are affiliated with former president Evo Morales. (CNN) (DW)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- At least nine people are killed and 29 others are injured in a bombing near a girls' school in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting a polio vaccination drive. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israeli naval commandos launch a raid in northern Lebanon. Lebanese media says it was carried out in coordination with the German Navy to prevent the Lebanese Navy from interfering. (The Times of Israel)
Business and economy
- The People's Republic of China revises its regulations for foreign investors in its listed companies, seeking to attract more such investment by expanding eligibility criteria and easing financial requirements. (CNBC)
Disasters and Accidents
- 2024 European floods
- October 2024 Spain floods
- The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. (BBC News) (AP)
- October 2024 Spain floods
- Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
- Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured when a canopy collapses at the railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Thieves steal two paintings from Andy Warhol's Reigning Queens collection and damage two others at the MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands. (AP) (De Telegraaf)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Botswana general election
- Botswana's ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, concedes defeat in Wednesday's election, ending its 58-year rule. (Reuters)
- Kenyan Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki is sworn in as Deputy President of Kenya after the High Court lifted an order that prevented Kindiki's swearing-in yesterday. (AP)
October 31, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly condemns the United States and European nations for making "zero response" to the Russian deployment of North Korean soldiers against Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian glide bomb strikes a residential building in Kharkiv, killing three people and injuring 35 others, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. (AP)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- At least six medics are killed and four others are wounded in Israeli attacks on areas in Duris and around the ancient city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- A Hezbollah missile barrage kills at least seven people and critically injures another near Metula in northern Israel. Four of the victims are foreign agricultural workers and two are Israeli Arabs. (The Times of Israel) (BBC)
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
Business and economy
- The European Commission opens an investigation into Chinese e-commerce company Temu for its sale of illegal and counterfeit products and its addictive design, which violate the EU's Digital Services Act. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- October 2024 Spain floods
- The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 161, with dozens of others still missing. (Infobae) (BBC News)
- October 2024 Spain floods
Health and environment
- Climate change in Europe
- The European Environment Agency reports an 8% decrease in European Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming in 2023, 37% below emissions levels in 1990. (DW)
International relations
- Germany–Iran relations, Capital punishment in Iran
- Germany orders all three Iranian consulates in the country to close in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2020. (The Independent)
Law and crime
- Assassination of Marielle Franco
- A court in Brazil sentences two former Military Police officers to 59 and 78 years in prison respectively for the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councilor and human rights activist Marielle Franco in 2018. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Fijian presidential election
- The Parliament of Fiji elects incumbent Speaker Naiqama Lalabalavu as the President following the withdrawal of incumbent President Wiliame Katonivere. (RNZ)
Science and technology
- North Korean missile tests
- North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on a "lofted trajectory" toward the Sea of Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says that this was the longest-ever launch of a North Korean ICBM, lasting 87 minutes, marking significant progress in range compared to previous tests. (Al Jazeera)
October 30, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon, kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters)
- The Israeli army says that it killed the deputy head of Hezbollah's Redwan Force Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi in a strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- Moro conflict
- Nineteen people are killed and five are injured after a shootout triggered by a land dispute between two rival factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (PNA) (Xinhua)
- War against the Islamic State
- The United States military announces that American airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- October 2024 Spain floods
- At least 140 people are killed and many others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC) (AP)
- October 2024 Spain floods
- At least twelve workers are killed and another is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters) (Milenio)
Law and crime
- 2024 Mozambican general election
- It is reported that at least ten people were killed and 63 others were injured by gunfire in post-election protests in Mozambique last week. (Reuters)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- One person is killed while attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy. Three other bodies are found on beaches near Neufchâtel-Hardelot and Équihen-Plage, France. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. (Reuters)
- The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to make changes to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, forming a new mission called the United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia, which is expected to begin operating on November 1. (Mirage News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Botswana general election
- Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP)
Sports
- 2024 Major League Baseball season
- 2024 World Series
- In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in 5 games including a comeback victory in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. (Los Angeles Times)
- 2024 World Series
October 29, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike
- At least 93 Palestinians are killed and 40 others are missing in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike
- Siege of North Gaza, Gaza Strip famine, Israeli generals' plan
- The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia claims that it has taken the cities of Selydove and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with open-source data indicating that Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace in at least one year amid signs of North Korean involvement in the war. (Reuters)
- Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov vows to retaliate harshly against Ukraine after a drone strike targeted a Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia, representing the first known drone attack in Chechnya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Reuters), (The Kyiv Independent)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand. (Al Jazeera)
- Eight Austrian Army soldiers and peacekeepers are injured when a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah, hits the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
- Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped. (BBC News)
- Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway. (Euronews)
Politics and elections
- German economic crisis
- German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW)
- Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. (Al Jazeera)
October 28, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- 2024 Tyre airstrikes
- At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Al Jazeera)
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
- 2024 Tyre airstrikes
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Mexican Drug War
- In the last four days, at least 34 people have been killed in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico, in cartel ambushes and clashes. Mexican police arrest 21 people, including sixteen Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals. (Revista Proceso) (El Debate)
Arts and culture
- A team of archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 6,000 ancient Mayan structures hidden by vegetation in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche, including a city of pyramids they dubbed Valeriana. (DW)
Law and crime
- 2024 United Kingdom riots
- British anti-Islam far-right activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for contempt of court and repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee. (Reuters)
- The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Gaza humanitarian crisis
- Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
- October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
- The GERB-SDS coalition wins the most seats in the parliamentary election with 69 seats, with PP-DB coming in second and Revival in third. GERB's leader Boyko Borisov promises to work with everyone except Revival to form a coalition government. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 Ballon d'Or
- In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d'Or and the Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN)
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