Tuesday

November 5, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli morning airstrikes on several refugee camps across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia strikes

Six people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)

Health and environment

2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that she will step down from participating in and speaking at the United Nations COP29 global climate conference due to conflicting European political matters. (Politico)

Law and crime

Railway workers launch an eight-hour-long strike in Italy after a train manager was stabbed and critically wounded yesterday aboard a train near Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa. Several trains are canceled, with only 30% of services guaranteed. (Ansa)

Equatoguinean vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue warns that politicians caught having sex in their offices would face harsh consequences after a civil servant was caught having sex with multiple women on the job. (BBC)

Right-wing terrorism in Germany

Seven men are arrested in Germany and another in Poland for plotting ethnic cleansing terrorist attacks and for the aim of taking control of several areas of Saxony. All of those arrested belonged to the Saxonian Separatists, a Neo-Nazi armed and separatist group. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

2024 United States elections

Polls open for U.S. voters to cast ballots on federal, state and local candidates, notably the presidential election. Millions of Americans have already voted early or by mail. (CNN) (USA Today)

2024 Palauan general election

Citizens of Palau vote for a President and for members of the National Congress. (RNZ)

2024 Qatari constitutional referendum

Qataris hold a referendum to amend the 2004 constitution, voting to strengthen the emir's political power and to abolish elections for members of the Consultative Assembly. (AP) (QNA)

Protests against the firing of Yoav Gallant

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses Israel's defense minister Yoav Gallant after disagreements over the execution of the war in the Gaza Strip, and as a result protests began due to the firing. (The New York Times)

Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse

Thousands of Serbian protesters demonstrate in Novi Sad to protest the deadly collapse of a local railway station canopy, leading to violent confrontations with police and vandalism of the city centre's 19th-century city hall. (Reuters)

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