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October 30, 2023 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Saudi Arabia declares a "state of high alert" after four Saudi troops are killed in an attack by Houthi militants in Jazan Province near the border with Yemen. Saudi air defences also shoot down a ballistic missile over its territory that was travelling towards Israel.
Three people are killed and five others injured during two shootouts between supporters of rival candidates in Mindanao, Philippines, amid elections for village leaders.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses calls for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas, stating that Israel will continue its military operations.
Business and economy
The United Auto Workers of the United States reaches a tentative deal with General Motors, bringing an official end to the six-week strike.
International relations
U.S. President Joe Biden announces that he will remove Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic from the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade program, because of "gross violations" of human rights and rampant political corruption, effective January 1, 2024.
Law and crime
Two people are killed and 16 others are injured in a mass shooting in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, United States. A 22-year-old man is arrested.
Politics and elections
German AfD politician Daniel Halemba is arrested for using the Nazi salute and possessing banned totalitarian symbols.
The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo dismisses a case aiming to disqualify former Katanga governor MoĂŻse Katumbi from the presidential election, asserting that Katumbi solely possesses Congolese nationality despite claims of dual citizenship, which the country does not recognize.
Science and technology
Japan suspends the pilot experiment of its first fully autonomous self-driving car following a minor collision.
In a study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers suggest that solid particulates (predominantly silicate) from the Chicxulub asteroid impact played a dominant role in the radiative forcing leading to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event (impact winter), contrary to the widely accepted theory that sulfur aerosols led to the mass extinction.
Sports
FIFA bars former Royal Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three years due to Rubiales' inappropriate conduct during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final in August.
The South Yorkshire Police opens an investigation into the death of Adam Johnson after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game between the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers.
The English Ice Hockey Association announces that it will mandate neck guards and protectors beginning in 2024 following Adam Johnson’s death.
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