Six people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
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November 5, 2024 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several refugee camps across the Gaza Strip.
Disasters and accidents
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announces a €10.6 billion (US$11.5 billion) aid package to families affected by the flooding in the country, primarily in the Valencian Community, including a package of €5 billion (US$5.5 billion) in state-guaranteed loans.
At least five people, including two election poll workers are killed by flash flooding in the U.S. state of Missouri, caused by torrential rain.
Two Egyptian Air Force officers are killed when a helicopter crashes during a training exercise in Suez Governorate, Egypt.
International relations
The United States and Somalia reaches an agreement to write off over $1.1 billion of Somalian debt.
Law and crime
A court in Lille, France, convicts 18 people, including nine in absentia, for participating in an international human smuggling network that transported migrants across the English Channel. The sentences range from two to fifteen years in prison.
Seven men from the Saxonian Separatists group are arrested in Germany and another is arrested in Poland for plotting ethnic cleansing terrorist attacks and for plotting to take control of several areas of Saxony.
Railway workers launch an eight-hour strike in Italy after a train manager was stabbed and critically injured on a train near Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa, yesterday. Several trains are canceled, with only 30% of services guaranteed.
Equatoguinean vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue warns that politicians caught having sex in their offices could face harsh consequences after a civil servant was caught having sex with multiple women while on the job.
The Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea fines Meta Platforms â‚©21.6 billion (US$15 million) for illegally collecting personal information on Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers.
French and Dutch police raid Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam as part of an investigation into tax fraud and unreported employment practices.
A Swedish court sentences Danish-Swedish politican Rasmus Paludan to four months in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims at two protests in 2022.
Politics and elections
Qataris hold a referendum to amend the 2004 constitution, voting to strengthen the emir's political power and to abolish elections for members of the Consultative Assembly.
Boeing machinists vote to end the 53-day labor strike, agreeing to a 38% pay increase over four years.
Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Novi Sad, Serbia, to protest the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy on Friday, leading to violent confrontations with police and vandalism of the city hall.
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses defense minister Yoav Gallant following disagreements over the execution of the war in the Gaza Strip which subsequently results in nationwide protests.
In New Jersey, Democrat Andy Kim defeats Republican Curtis Bashaw to replace former Senator Bob Menendez, making him the first Korean American to be elected to the Senate.
U.S. citizens vote in federal, state and local elections, including the presidential election.
Multiple hoax bomb threats linked to Russian email domains target polling places in U.S. battleground states.
Science and technology
A remote-controlled robot retrieves a piece of melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the first time a piece of melted fuel has been retrieved from a nuclear meltdown.
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