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- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Rafah offensive
- At least six Palestinians are killed in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli tanks re-enter Shuja'iyya and parts of northern Gaza, displacing more than 60,000 people. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- M23 rebels take control of Kirumba, the largest town in Lubero Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as they continue north. (VOA)
- M23 offensive
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least one person is killed and ten others are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits a postal sorting hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Bloomberg)
- Kharkiv strikes
Arts and culture
- The film Inside Out 2 surpasses $1 billion in worldwide box office earnings in less than three weeks, the fastest of any animated film in history. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- At least four people are killed and two others are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais, Switzerland. (Reuters)
- A Chinese Tianlong-3 rocket is accidentally launched during a static fire test in Gongyi, Henan, China, causing the rocket to crash and explode. No casualties are reported. (CNN)
Health and environment
- Hurricane Beryl undergoes rapid intensification and strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, becoming the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 French legislative election
- 2024 French protests against the far-right
- Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest the National Rally's lead in election polls, while showing support for the New Popular Front left-wing alliance. (France 24) (Le Figaro)
- French citizens vote in the first round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. (AP)
- 2024 French protests against the far-right
- 2024 Uruguayan presidential primaries
- Uruguayans vote to elect the presidential candidates for all political parties that are running in the general election on October 27. (Reuters)
- Conscription of yeshiva students
- Thousands of Haredi Jewish men protest in Jerusalem, Israel, against a recent Supreme Court ruling that ordered the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students, clashing with Israel Police. (AP)
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