Current events: 2024-10-30

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
    • Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters)
  • The Israeli army says that it killed the deputy head of Hezbollah's Redwan Force Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi in a strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
• War against the Islamic State
  • The United States military announces that US airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya)

Business and economy

• A Russian court fines Google $20 decillion for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin channels on YouTube. (The Independent) (Euro News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • October 2024 Spain floods
    • At least 95 people are killed and dozens of others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (El Pais) (AP)
• At least twelve workers are killed and another other is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters) (Milenio)

Law and crime

• 2024 Mozambican general election
  • It is reported that at least 10 people were killed and 63 others were injured by gunfire in post-election protests in Mozambique last week. (Reuters)
• Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. (Reuters)
• The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to make changes to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, forming a new mission called the United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia, which is expected to begin operating on November 1. (Mirage News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Botswana general election
  • Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP)

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