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- Gaza war, Gaza genocide
- Five civil police officers are killed in an Israeli airstrike in al-Mawasi, Rafah, Gaza Strip. Separately, three more Palestinians, including a four-year-old child, are killed in an airstrike against a building in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026–2027 El Niño event
- Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz declares a national state of emergency to mobilize resources before the super El Niño event peaks in November or December. (DW)
- 2026 Greenacres Learjet 60 crash
- At least nine people are killed after a Learjet 60 aircraft bound for the Bahamas crashes in Greenacres, Florida. (BocaNewsNow)
- Four people are killed after entering a food waste tank at a hotel in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- 2026 European unrest
- 2026 Portuguese housing protests
- Portuguese riot police dismantle protest camps in Lisbon's Rossio Square and Porto, arresting 13 people for refusing orders to disperse. Thirteen officers are injured, while activists say more than 30 protesters are also injured. (AFP) (Lianhe Zaobao)
- 2026 Portuguese housing protests
- 2026 Binance hack
- The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses North Korea of orchestrating the hack and theft of over $6 billion of cryptocurrency from exchange Binance, facilitated through the Lazarus Group, which also hacked Dubai-based exchange Bybit last year. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2026 anti-CEC protests
- Thousands of people protest in New Delhi, India, to call for chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign due to changes to voter lists that allegedly disproportionately affect opposition parties. (AFP via France 24) (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Bulgarian presidential election
- Bulgarians vote in the second round of presidential elections between incumbent Iliana Iotova and former acting prime minister Andrey Gyurov. Gyurov concedes to Iotova after polls close. (AP) (DW)
- Garment workers clash with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh, over low pay and the rising cost of living. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2026 Formula One World Championship
- Kimi Antonelli clinched the Formula One World Drivers' Championship after finishing third at the Mexico City Grand Prix, becoming the youngest Drivers' Champion at the age of 20 years, 68 days. (ESPN)
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