Armed conflicts and attacks
Yemeni civil war
Saudi Arabia says that it has intercepted a missile intended for Medina. However, the Houthis denied launching a missile at the city. (The Hill) (France 24)
Business and economy
China–North Korea relations
The New Yalu River Bridge connecting Dandong, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea, opens following a 12-year delay. (BBC News) (NK News)
Disasters and accidents
A roof collapses at a school in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 33 students and a teacher and injuring 19 more people. (BBC News)
Seven people are missing after a San Marino-flagged tanker catches fire off the coast of Romania amid recent drone attacks on merchant shipping in the Black Sea. Search and rescue operations are underway to locate the missing crew members. (Politico)
Health and environment
The United Kingdom declares a severe drought in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex, and West Sussex after prolonged low rainfall left more than 80% of England in drought and major reservoirs below 20% capacity. (AFP)
International relations
Germany–Iran relations, Antisemitism in 21st-century Germany, Iranian external operations
A court in Hamburg, Germany, sentences a Danish national to eight years and six months in prison and an Afghan national to four years and six months in prison for plotting to assassinate Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, on behalf of Iran. (Reuters)
Law and crime
Northern Irish politician and former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse and rape. The offences occurred between 1985 and 2008. (AP) (BBC News)
Capital punishment in the United States
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Department of Defense will not livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, scheduled for December 3. (AFP via France 24) (AP)
2026 Silver Rail Elementary School shooting
At least four people, including three children, are killed in a school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, United States. The perpetrator, a 16-year-old male, is shot and killed by a bystander. (AP) (The Guardian)
Science and technology
At the General Conference on Weights and Measures, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to abolish future leap seconds and make Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) continuous, starting 20 May 2027. To account for future differences between UTC and International Atomic Time, a leap hour will be observed as needed. (The Guardian) (Scientific American)
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