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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 148896" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_pager_explosions" target="_blank">2024 Lebanon pager explosions</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from yesterday's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkie-talkie" target="_blank">walkie-talkie</a> explosions in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a> targeting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> militants increases to 25, with more than 600 others injured. A total of 37 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured in explosions over the last two days. <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/hezbollah-explosions-attack-lebanon-walkie-talkies-pagers-b2615018.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">officials</a> report that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" target="_blank">U.S. Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" target="_blank">Lloyd Austin</a> was pre-warned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> about the military operation in Lebanon occurring later that day, and claim that they received no prior details about the nature of the attack. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-pentagon-austin-gallant-4d893bb3fc1b23031c3bfc30e3650e0a" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" target="_blank">Israeli Air Force</a> strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon" target="_blank">southern</a> Lebanon, destroying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_rocket_launcher" target="_blank">multiple rocket launch systems</a> and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israeli <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" target="_blank">fighter jets</a> are also reported over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" target="_blank">Beirut</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-hit-multiple-targets-lebanon-2024-09-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Ground_Forces" target="_blank">Israeli soldiers</a> are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" target="_blank">anti-tank missile</a> attacks on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_%28withdrawal_line%29" target="_blank">Israel–Lebanon border</a>. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-announces-two-soldiers-killed-in-hezbollah-attacks-on-northern-border/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_the_West_Bank_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are killed and 18 others are injured in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> military raid in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qabatiya" target="_blank">Qabatiya</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/six-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-forces-occupied-west-banks-qabatiya-2024-09-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_Caledonia_unrest" target="_blank">2024 New Caledonia unrest</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonia" target="_blank">New Caledonian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession" target="_blank">independence</a> activists are killed by police during an operation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis%2C_New_Caledonia" target="_blank">Saint-Louis</a> over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-caledonia-france-unrest-indigenous-deaths-50c2911408e858e614376805c683aa63" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A previously unknown piece composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" target="_blank">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganz_kleine_Nachtmusik" target="_blank">Ganz kleine Nachtmusik</a>, is discovered at a library in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig" target="_blank">Leipzig</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a>. The seven miniature movements for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_trio" target="_blank">string trio</a> were probably composed in the 1760s when Mozart was in his early teens. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_floods" target="_blank">2024 European floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ongoing severe flooding generated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_European_windstorm_season%23Storm_Boris" target="_blank">Storm Boris</a> causes more than $2.2 billion worth of damage and at least 26 deaths in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe" target="_blank">Central Europe</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwp3ppp6xo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and another is severely injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_as_a_terrorist_tactic" target="_blank">stabbing attack</a> near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmusbrug" target="_blank">Erasmusbrug</a> bridge in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam" target="_blank">Rotterdam</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" target="_blank">Netherlands</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rotterdam-stabbing-police-netherlands-fcc177591f907ad041abaa23a90d100f" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_political_crisis" target="_blank">2024 Venezuelan political crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" target="_blank">International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" target="_blank">European Parliament</a> recognizes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" target="_blank">Venezuelan</a> exiled presidential candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez" target="_blank">Edmundo González</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela" target="_blank">the country's president</a>. <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-venezuela-exil-edmundo-gonzalez-legitimate-president/" target="_blank">(Politico.eu)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" target="_blank">2000 Fijian coup d'état</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fijians" target="_blank">Fijian</a> coup leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Speight" target="_blank">George Speight</a> is released from prison after obtaining a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon" target="_blank">pardon</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Fiji" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiliame_Katonivere" target="_blank">Wiliame Katonivere</a>. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Fijians" target="_blank">Indo-Fijian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Fiji" target="_blank">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra_Chaudhry" target="_blank">Mahendra Chaudhry</a>. <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/528473/fiji-coup-leader-george-speight-granted-presidential-pardon" target="_blank">(RNZ)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections" target="_blank">Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> and two other American agencies announce that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iranian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_Iran" target="_blank">hackers</a> sent unsolicited emails to people associated with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign" target="_blank">presidential campaign</a> that included material that was stolen from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" target="_blank">campaign</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-says-iranian-hackers-sent-stolen-trump-campaign-info-biden-campaig-rcna171759" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_19" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 148896, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israel–Hezbollah conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_pager_explosions']2024 Lebanon pager explosions[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from yesterday's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkie-talkie']walkie-talkie[/URL] explosions in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL] targeting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] militants increases to 25, with more than 600 others injured. A total of 37 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured in explosions over the last two days. [URL='https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/hezbollah-explosions-attack-lebanon-walkie-talkies-pagers-b2615018.html']([I]The Independent[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States']officials[/URL] report that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense']U.S. Secretary of Defense[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin']Lloyd Austin[/URL] was pre-warned by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] about the military operation in Lebanon occurring later that day, and claim that they received no prior details about the nature of the attack. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-pentagon-austin-gallant-4d893bb3fc1b23031c3bfc30e3650e0a'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force']Israeli Air Force[/URL] strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon']southern[/URL] Lebanon, destroying [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_rocket_launcher']multiple rocket launch systems[/URL] and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israeli [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft']fighter jets[/URL] are also reported over [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut']Beirut[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-hit-multiple-targets-lebanon-2024-09-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Ground_Forces']Israeli soldiers[/URL] are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile']anti-tank missile[/URL] attacks on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_%28withdrawal_line%29']Israel–Lebanon border[/URL]. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-announces-two-soldiers-killed-in-hezbollah-attacks-on-northern-border/']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_the_West_Bank_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*]Six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] are killed and 18 others are injured in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] military raid in the city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qabatiya']Qabatiya[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/six-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-forces-occupied-west-banks-qabatiya-2024-09-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_Caledonia_unrest']2024 New Caledonia unrest[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonia']New Caledonian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession']independence[/URL] activists are killed by police during an operation in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis%2C_New_Caledonia']Saint-Louis[/URL] over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/new-caledonia-france-unrest-indigenous-deaths-50c2911408e858e614376805c683aa63'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*]A previously unknown piece composed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart']Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganz_kleine_Nachtmusik']Ganz kleine Nachtmusik[/URL], is discovered at a library in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig']Leipzig[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL]. The seven miniature movements for a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_trio']string trio[/URL] were probably composed in the 1760s when Mozart was in his early teens. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_floods']2024 European floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]Ongoing severe flooding generated by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_European_windstorm_season%23Storm_Boris']Storm Boris[/URL] causes more than $2.2 billion worth of damage and at least 26 deaths in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe']Central Europe[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwp3ppp6xo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]One person is killed and another is severely injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_as_a_terrorist_tactic']stabbing attack[/URL] near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmusbrug']Erasmusbrug[/URL] bridge in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam']Rotterdam[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands']Netherlands[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/rotterdam-stabbing-police-netherlands-fcc177591f907ad041abaa23a90d100f'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_political_crisis']2024 Venezuelan political crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election']International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament']European Parliament[/URL] recognizes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela']Venezuelan[/URL] exiled presidential candidate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez']Edmundo González[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela']the country's president[/URL]. [URL='https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-venezuela-exil-edmundo-gonzalez-legitimate-president/'](Politico.eu)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat']2000 Fijian coup d'état[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fijians']Fijian[/URL] coup leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Speight']George Speight[/URL] is released from prison after obtaining a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon']pardon[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Fiji']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiliame_Katonivere']Wiliame Katonivere[/URL]. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrow [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Fijians']Indo-Fijian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Fiji']Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra_Chaudhry']Mahendra Chaudhry[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/528473/fiji-coup-leader-george-speight-granted-presidential-pardon'](RNZ)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections']Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation']Federal Bureau of Investigation[/URL] and two other American agencies announce that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iranian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_Iran']hackers[/URL] sent unsolicited emails to people associated with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden']Joe Biden[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign']presidential campaign[/URL] that included material that was stolen from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign']campaign[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-says-iranian-hackers-sent-stolen-trump-campaign-info-biden-campaig-rcna171759'](NBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_19"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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