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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- One civilian is killed and seven others are injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (MSN)
Arts and culture
- Christmas in Venezuela
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces that Venezuela will celebrate an early Christmas on October 1st. (NBC News)
Law and crime
- 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
- Four people are killed and nine more injured after a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States. (CNN)
- Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations
- Dismissed mayor of Bamban municipality Alice Guo is arrested by the Directorate General of Immigration in Tangerang City, Indonesia, after fleeing from the Philippines amidst an ongoing Senate inquiry. (The Guardian) (Rappler)
- Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
- SpaceX removes its employees from Brazil because of legal issues Elon Musk is facing with the Brazilian Supreme Court related to his social media company, X. (Wall Street Journal)
- Grenfell Tower fire
- The second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes, with the report noting "systematic dishonesty" of manufacturers and the failures of the government at the time leading up to the fire. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Government of Ukraine, Shmyhal Government
- Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns from office amidst a cabinet reshuffle. (Left Bank) (The Washington Post)
Science and technology
- Asteroid impact prediction
- A small {{convert|1.5|m|ft|adj=on}} asteroid, {{mp|2024 RW|1}}, is predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over Luzon in the Philippines at approximately 16:40 UTC (00:40 local time), the ninth asteroid to be successfully discovered before impacting Earth. (New Scientist)
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