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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 112751" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" target="_blank">Gaza–Israel conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">2023 Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In a televised address to the nation, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" target="_blank">Israeli Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> says that he has &quot;set the date&quot; for a ground invasion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a> with the main goals of the operation being to destroy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> and to rescue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage" target="_blank">hostages</a>. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-latest-hamas-militants-doomed-israeli-pm-says-in-tv-address-as-country-preparing-ground-offensive-12978800" target="_blank">(Sky News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Health_Ministry" target="_blank">Gaza Health Ministry</a> announces that at least 704 people have died in the past day. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNRWA" target="_blank">UN relief agency</a> states this is &quot;the highest fatality toll reported in a single day&quot;. <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/4272805-704-dead-airstrikes-gaza-israel-hamas/" target="_blank">(The Hill)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/more-than-700-killed-in-overnight-israeli-attacks-gaza-officials-say" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 16 people are killed and several others are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> in areas including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalia" target="_blank">Jabalia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Yunis" target="_blank">Khan Younis</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuseirat_Camp" target="_blank">Nuseirat refugee camp</a>. <a href="https://publisher.tbsnews.net/hamas-israel-war/un-chief-says-clear-violations-humanitarian-law-gaza-726138" target="_blank">(The Business Standard)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council" target="_blank">UN Security Council</a> holds an open debate, with many of the nearly 90 countries on the speakers' list calling for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceasefire" target="_blank">ceasefire</a> amid the increasing death toll in Gaza. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/25/us-resists-ceasefire-call-in-un-security-council-debate-on-israel-gaza-war" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3239164/israel-bombards-southern-gaza-world-leaders-seek-pause-fighting" target="_blank">(South China Morning Post)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire are being considered by both the UN Security Council and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_General_Assembly" target="_blank">UN General Assembly</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/cease-fire-or-pause-us-russia-poised-un-showdown-israel-2023-10-24/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">Syrian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" target="_blank">Israeli Air Force</a> launches airstrikes on &quot;military infrastructure&quot; of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Syrian Armed Forces</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraa_Governorate" target="_blank">Daraa Governorate</a>, killing eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syrian</a> soldiers and injuring seven others. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-syria-after-rocket-attack-on-north-8-syrian-soldiers-said-killed/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating" target="_blank">Credit rating</a> agency <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_Global_Ratings" target="_blank">S&amp;P</a> says that it is downgrading <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>'s rating outlook to &quot;negative&quot; to reflect &quot;the risk that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a> could spread more widely&quot;. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitch_Ratings" target="_blank">Fitch Ratings</a> also places a similar negative rating on Israel. <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/sp-lowers-israel-s-rating-outlook-to-negative-on-war-risks" target="_blank">(AFP via The Straits Times)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season" target="_blank">2023 Pacific hurricane season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Otis" target="_blank">Hurricane Otis</a> becomes the most intense landfalling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone" target="_blank">cyclone</a> in the Eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific" target="_blank">Pacific</a> basin on record after making landfall near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acapulco" target="_blank">Acapulco</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>, as a category 5 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane" target="_blank">hurricane</a> with 1-minute sustained winds of {{convert|165|mph|km/h}}. <a href="https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1717065855303905662" target="_blank">(BNO News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed, and more than five buildings are destroyed, as more than forty out-of-control <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfire" target="_blank">bushfires</a> continue to burn in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_Downs" target="_blank">Darling Downs</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland" target="_blank">Queensland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a>. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/qld-bushfires-body-found-tara-millmerran/103015702" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Turkey" target="_blank">Turkish President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" target="_blank">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a> calls for an immediate ceasefire in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza</a>, and says that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> is &quot;not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen" target="_blank">mujahideen</a> waging a battle to protect its lands and people&quot;. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/10/25/Turkey-s-Erdogan-says-Hamas-is-not-a-terrorist-organization-" target="_blank">(Reuters via Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Japan" target="_blank">LGBT rights in Japan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" target="_blank">Supreme Court of Japan</a> rules that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization" target="_blank">requiring sterilization</a> as part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_transition" target="_blank">gender transitioning</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" target="_blank">unconstitutional</a>, but sends its ruling on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-affirming_surgery" target="_blank">gender-affirming surgery</a> requirement back to a lower court. <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20231025-japan-court-says-gender-change-sterilisation-rule-unconstitutional" target="_blank">(AFP via RFI)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong" target="_blank">Hong Kong Chief Executive</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Ka-chiu" target="_blank">John Lee</a> announces plans for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong" target="_blank">Hong Kong</a> to formulate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_security_law" target="_blank">its own national security law</a> by 2024. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231025-hong-kong-s-leader-says-to-create-new-national-security-law-in-2024" target="_blank">(AFP via France 24)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/25/hong-kong-to-introduce-own-national-security-law-in-2024" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2023_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election" target="_blank">October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" target="_blank">Republican</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_%28Louisiana_politician%29" target="_blank">Mike Johnson</a> is elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">Speaker</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-54352a64be041cd445bda8df28b24f03" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_October_25" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 112751, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict']Gaza–Israel conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']2023 Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*]In a televised address to the nation, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel']Israeli Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu']Benjamin Netanyahu[/URL] says that he has "set the date" for a ground invasion of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL] with the main goals of the operation being to destroy [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] and to rescue [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage']hostages[/URL]. [URL='https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-latest-hamas-militants-doomed-israeli-pm-says-in-tv-address-as-country-preparing-ground-offensive-12978800'](Sky News)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Health_Ministry']Gaza Health Ministry[/URL] announces that at least 704 people have died in the past day. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNRWA']UN relief agency[/URL] states this is "the highest fatality toll reported in a single day". [URL='https://thehill.com/policy/international/4272805-704-dead-airstrikes-gaza-israel-hamas/'](The Hill)[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/more-than-700-killed-in-overnight-israeli-attacks-gaza-officials-say'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]At least 16 people are killed and several others are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] in areas including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalia']Jabalia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Yunis']Khan Younis[/URL], and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuseirat_Camp']Nuseirat refugee camp[/URL]. [URL='https://publisher.tbsnews.net/hamas-israel-war/un-chief-says-clear-violations-humanitarian-law-gaza-726138'](The Business Standard)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council']UN Security Council[/URL] holds an open debate, with many of the nearly 90 countries on the speakers' list calling for a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceasefire']ceasefire[/URL] amid the increasing death toll in Gaza. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/25/us-resists-ceasefire-call-in-un-security-council-debate-on-israel-gaza-war'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [URL='https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3239164/israel-bombards-southern-gaza-world-leaders-seek-pause-fighting']([I]South China Morning Post[/I])[/URL] [*]Draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire are being considered by both the UN Security Council and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_General_Assembly']UN General Assembly[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/cease-fire-or-pause-us-russia-poised-un-showdown-israel-2023-10-24/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war']Syrian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force']Israeli Air Force[/URL] launches airstrikes on "military infrastructure" of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces']Syrian Armed Forces[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraa_Governorate']Daraa Governorate[/URL], killing eight [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syrian[/URL] soldiers and injuring seven others. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-syria-after-rocket-attack-on-north-8-syrian-soldiers-said-killed/'](The Times of Israel)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating']Credit rating[/URL] agency [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_Global_Ratings']S&P[/URL] says that it is downgrading [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]'s rating outlook to "negative" to reflect "the risk that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] could spread more widely". [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitch_Ratings']Fitch Ratings[/URL] also places a similar negative rating on Israel. [URL='https://www.straitstimes.com/business/sp-lowers-israel-s-rating-outlook-to-negative-on-war-risks'](AFP via [I]The Straits Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season']2023 Pacific hurricane season[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Otis']Hurricane Otis[/URL] becomes the most intense landfalling [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone']cyclone[/URL] in the Eastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific']Pacific[/URL] basin on record after making landfall near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acapulco']Acapulco[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL], as a category 5 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane']hurricane[/URL] with 1-minute sustained winds of {{convert|165|mph|km/h}}. [URL='https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1717065855303905662'](BNO News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Two people are killed, and more than five buildings are destroyed, as more than forty out-of-control [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfire']bushfires[/URL] continue to burn in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_Downs']Darling Downs[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland']Queensland[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia']Australia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/qld-bushfires-body-found-tara-millmerran/103015702'](ABC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Turkey']Turkish President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan']Recep Tayyip Erdoğan[/URL] calls for an immediate ceasefire in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza[/URL], and says that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] is "not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen']mujahideen[/URL] waging a battle to protect its lands and people". [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/10/25/Turkey-s-Erdogan-says-Hamas-is-not-a-terrorist-organization-'](Reuters via Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Japan']LGBT rights in Japan[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan']Supreme Court of Japan[/URL] rules that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization']requiring sterilization[/URL] as part of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_transition']gender transitioning[/URL] is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan']unconstitutional[/URL], but sends its ruling on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-affirming_surgery']gender-affirming surgery[/URL] requirement back to a lower court. [URL='https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20231025-japan-court-says-gender-change-sterilisation-rule-unconstitutional'](AFP via RFI)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong']Hong Kong Chief Executive[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Ka-chiu']John Lee[/URL] announces plans for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong']Hong Kong[/URL] to formulate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_security_law']its own national security law[/URL] by 2024. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231025-hong-kong-s-leader-says-to-create-new-national-security-law-in-2024'](AFP via France 24)[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/25/hong-kong-to-introduce-own-national-security-law-in-2024'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2023_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election']October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party']Republican[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_%28Louisiana_politician%29']Mike Johnson[/URL] is elected [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives']Speaker[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives']U.S. House of Representatives[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-54352a64be041cd445bda8df28b24f03'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_October_25"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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