Current events: 2023-05-11

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza–Israel conflict
    • 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
      • An Israeli airstrike kills two commanders of Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, the total death toll of the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza of the past two days increases to 26. A rocket is launched from Gaza to Rehovot, killing a person and wounding five more. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Bakhmut
    • Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin confirms that Ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of eastern Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast from his forces. (Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United Kingdom's Defence Ministry confirms that it has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee raises interest rates to 4.5%, the highest level in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis. (AP)
• Twitter under Elon Musk
  • Elon Musk announces that he has selected a new CEO for X Corp., the owner of Twitter. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty-four people are injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapses in Espoo, Finland. Local residents have been complaining that the bridge has been in a dangerous condition for a long time. (AP)(Yle)

Health and environment

• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
  • The World Health Organization says that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency, but states that it remains a threat in Africa. (France24)

Law and crime

• 2023 Mercedes-Benz factory shooting
  • Two people are killed in a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP)
• Twelve people are wounded in an explosion at an apartment complex in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A 57-year-old man is arrested. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Turkish presidential election
  • Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem İnce pulls out three days before the election. (BBC News)

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