A knife-wielding man at
Saint Charles train station in
Marseille,
France, kills two women. Police kill the suspect and are treating the attack as a terrorist incident.
ISIL claims responsibility.
(CNN)(Daily Mail)
The
Islamic State group seizes the
Al-Qaryatain town in the central province of Homs in a surprise attack against Syrian government forces.
(First Post)
The
United Kingdom's
Monarch Airlines goes into financial
bankruptcy administration, suspending all flights, cancelling 300 thousand bookings, and leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded.
(Reuters)
The government of
Catalonia holds a public referendum on whether their region should gain
independence from Spain, despite the
Spanish courts and government declaring the vote illegal and deploying police to deter voters. Catalan President
Carles Puigdemont says Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state."
(BBC)(The Independent)
Some players throughout the
National Football League hold demonstrations before or during the U.S. national anthem. These demonstrations include kneeling,
raising fists, or praying, as a show of unity or protest of social and racial injustice.
(CNN)
Authorities name the shooter, who killed himself before police arrived at his room in the
Mandalay Bay casino and hotel, as 64-year-old
Nevada resident
Stephen Paddock. Police find 23 guns in Paddock's hotel room, and 19 more at his
Mesquite, Nevada, home.
(CNBC)(ABC News)
CBS fires
Hayley Geftman-Gold, vice president and senior counsel of strategic transactions at CBS, for a social media post stating that she did not have sympathy for the shooting's victims because "country music fans often are Republican gun toters".
(Fox News)(The Hill)
Without providing evidence,
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. U.S. law enforcement say they have found no evidence linking the perpetrator with international terrorist groups.
(CBS News)
Thirty-thousand
North Korean rocket propelled grenades are seized off the coast of
Egypt by American forces after being purchased by Egyptian business executives for $23 million (
E£406 million/
₩20 billion).
(Haaretz)
Ecuador's Supreme Court orders that
Vice PresidentJorge Glas be jailed for his alleged acceptance of bribes from the
Odebrecht construction company. Prior to this, Glas had been free but barred from leaving the country.
(AP)
Two women charged with the assassination of
Kim Jong-nam plead not guilty in a
Malaysian court because they thought it was a TV prank. Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of deceased
North Korean leader
Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un.
(BBC)
King
Felipe VI addresses a message to the Nation in an exceptional speech, since it has only happened five times in 40 years of democracy amid the escalation of tension Catalonia is suffering. Noting the seriousness of the situation, condemns the irresponsibility of the
Generalitat of Catalonia in wanting to break the unity of the country, the society and the legality.
(The Guardian)(Reuters)
The
U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation (Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act) which would criminalize abortions made 20 weeks into a pregnancy, except for cases endangering the mother's life, rape, or incest.
(CNN)
Suspected
Russian military jets target makeshift rubber dinghies and boats carrying dozens of families fleeing the town of
al-Ashara along the western banks of the
Euphrates that lies south of
Deir Ezzor city, killing at least 60 civilians.
(Middle East Eye)
According to the
Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Major General
Igor Konashenkov,
ISIL has undertaken several attacks on
Syrian positions from U.S.-controlled areas, implying that the recent well-coordinated actions of the terrorists indicate that they somehow possess intelligence data that could only be obtained as a result of air reconnaissance.
(CNBC)
The human rights group,
Physicians for Human Rights, accuses Russia and the Syrian government of mounting the "worst string of attacks" on hospitals in Syria since April despite an agreement on "de-escalation" zones, saying it believes either Russian or Syrian government jets were behind at least five air raids on three hospitals in September in rebel-held
Idlib province.
(Al Jazeera)
Brazilian police detain fugitive
Italian former
left-wing guerrilla and convicted murderer
Cesare Battisti, as he was attempting to flee across the border into
Bolivia to avoid extradition back to Italy and facing his life sentence prison term for four murders in the 1970s.
(Reuters)
U.S. fast-food chain operator
Sonic Drive-In may have had a malware attack at some of its drive-in outlets and may have allowed hackers to access customers’ debit and credit card information.
(Reuters)
Monday, October 2, the day following the shooting, is now the saddest officially recorded day on
Twitter, according to the
Hedonometer, which has been measuring happiness since 2008. The increased use of negative words such as "shooting" and "gun" after the shooting resulted in a score of 5.77 on the 9-point scale, where one indicates pure sadness and nine indicates pure happiness.
(Vox)
In
Nicaragua, flooding from Tropical Storm Nate, kills at least fifteen people. In
Costa Rica, the storm kills at least seven people with fifteen missing.
(AP via ABC News)
In the town of
Janaúba,
Minas Gerais state,
Brazil, a recently dismissed security guard set fire to a childcare center, killing at least four children and a teacher and leaving 25 others, mostly children aged four and five, injured.
(BBC)
Alleged
Russian government-backed
hackers stole highly classified U.S. cyber secrets in 2015 from the
National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer. The entrance to the computer was speculated to have possibly been through an installed
Kaspersky Lab antivirus. U.S. rules governing federal computers now ban installation of Kaspersky Lab software.
(Reuters)
Jaysh al-Islam Islamist rebels launch a successful counter-attack in the East
Ghouta region of rural
Damascus, targeting the points they lost to the Syrian government over the course of seven days near the town of Hawsh Dawahra, and recovering all of the lost territories.
(Al-Masdar News)
Spain's third largest bank,
CaixaBank, announces it is moving its legal base out of
Catalonia to
Valencia. This follows a similar move yesterday by Catalan banking group
Banco Sabadell who announced they are moving their headquarters to
Alicante in response to growing political insecurity in Catalonia.
(The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
A train hits a bus on a crossing in
Vladimir,
Russia, killing at least 19 people on the bus. No train passengers were injured.
(BBC)
A
Saudi national opens fire at the Al-Salam Royal Palace in
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia, killing two guards and injuring three others. Security guards shoot and kill the gunman.
(Arab News)(BBC)
A car mounts the pedestrian sidewalk near the
Natural History Museum on
Exhibition Road, and injures 11 people.
London police believe the incident is not terror related. They arrested the driver but later released him.
(BBC)
In a
reciprocal action of retaliation, the Turkish mission in the
United States suspends all non-immigration
visa services in the country, via a reversed-role copy of the U.S. statement.
(Reuters)
Japan's third-biggest steelmaker,
Kobe Steel, admits to falsification of product data. About four percent of the aluminum and copper products that it shipped from September 2016 to August 2017 were falsely labeled as meeting the specifications requested by 200 customers, including
Toyota Motor Corp,
Central Japan Railway Company,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Mazda Motor Corp, and
Subaru Corp.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
A fire at the Sindika Trade Center, a construction materials shopping center in the northwestern edge of
Moscow,
Russia, forces the evacuation of at least 3000 people.
(BBC)(Reuters)
A
South Korean lawmaker claims that in 2016,
North Koreanhackers stole classified military documents detailing joint operations between the South Korean and United States military forces in the event of war with North Korea.
(The Financial Times)
Multinational
U.S. conglomerate
Honeywell announces plans to spinoff its Homes, ADI Global Distribution, and Transportation Systems businesses into two separate, publicly-traded companies by the end of 2018.
(PR Newswire)
U.S. President
Donald Trump declares the 17
Northern California wildfires a major disaster. The fires have destroyed 180 square miles in California's wine country where mass evacuations are underway. The fires have killed at least 15 people with more than 150 others missing and at least 2,000 homes and businesses destroyed.
(NBC)(The Weather Company)
According to The Guardian, the September disclosed hack
attack at
United Kingdom accounting firm
Deloitte compromised a server with emails of some 350 clients, including U.S. government agencies and large corporations. Deloitte disputes the story, saying "very few" clients were affected.
(Reuters)
Questions arise against Noah Oppenheim, who
Fox News alleges blocked NBC'S own reporter, Ronan Farrow, from detailing a story about Harvey Weinstein while at the same time Oppenheim owns a film screenwriter company which has done business with Weinstein's company.
(Fox News)
In an unprecedented move,
Kenya's presidential aspirant,
Raila Odinga, pulls out of a repeat presidential election just 15 days before the election. This action comes after the supreme court nullified the elections run on August 8 as being unconstitutional.
(Business Daily Africa)
Three suicide bombers attack a police command center in
Damascus, killing two people and injuring six others.
(Reuters)
The Sun reports that the
CIA informed UK intelligence agencies that
British-born
ISIL activist and recruiter
Sally Jones was killed in a
U.S. drone strike in June along with her 12-year-old son while they were fleeing
Raqqa in
Syria.
(The Guardian)
The
Boy Scouts of America announces that girls may join as full members of the
Cub Scouts beginning in 2018. Young women may join as full members of the Boy Scouts and earn the highest rank of
Eagle Scout beginning in 2019.
(AP)
Last year a hacker stole non-classified information about
Australia’s
Joint Strike Fighter program and other military hardware after breaching the network of a defense contractor.
(Reuters)
Pakistani troops rescue Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, who have been held captive since 2012, and their three children from the
Taliban.
(The Guardian)
The
PeruvianPedro Pablo Kuczynski Administration, through the
Ministry of Justice, appoints a new head to the Direction of Presidential Graces, which is believed to be a first step towards granting a pardon to 79-year-old former president
Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), although President Kuczynski has denied it. In April 2009, a three-judge panel had sentenced Fujimori for acts of
corruption,
human rights violations, and various others crimes. Fujimori, who has been in jail since
2007 and whose health has deteriorated, including alleged
tongue cancer, has applied for a pardon unsuccessfully on two occasions.
(RPP Noticias)(El Comercio)(Diario Correo)
As had been previously reported on October 9, Japan's third-biggest steelmaker,
Kobe Steel, now admits to further falsification of product data. Steel wire products did not meet the specifications requested by customers. The scandal now affects about 500 customer companies.
(Reuters)(BBC)
Various local safety officials report a total of at least 31 people have been killed by the 17 fires, while 400 people are reported as missing.
(Los Angeles Times)
Amazon puts
Amazon Studios chief
Roy Price on an immediate leave of absence, following allegations that he harassed producer Isa Dick Hackett, the daughter of author
Philip K. Dick, by propositioning her in 2015, and that he ignored actress
Rose McGowan's claim of a sexual assault by producer Harvey Weinstein.
(Reuters)
DeAndre Harris, a black man beaten by white supremacists during the
Unite the Right rally, turns himself in to Charlottesville after he is served an arrest warrant for an alleged attack on a white supremacist during the same rally.
(BBC)
Palestinian factions,
Hamas and
Fatah, sign a unity deal in
Cairo, that is also publicly supported by the governments of
Egypt and
Saudi Arabia. The Fatah-controlled
Palestinian National Authority (PNA), along with
Israel, currently govern the
West Bank. According to the signatories of the deal, the PNA will take administrative control of the
Gaza Strip, and, along with Hamas, police its borders. The signatories consider the agreement a first step, and, if productive, plan to meet next month to address the remaining issues. The government of
Israel opposes any involvement by Hamas in a Palestinian government.
(The New York Times)(BBC)
A group of civil society organizations, "among them groups working on human rights, youth and drug policy reform," have demanded that
Apple Inc. remove from its
App Store games it said violated the tech firm's guidelines and promoted violence and killings commonplace in the
Philippine Drug War.
(Reuters)
The head of the United Kingdom's
Financial Conduct Authority Andrew Bailey admits to meeting oil giant
Saudi Aramco over a potential
£1.5 trillion listing on the
London Stock Exchange. The regulator has been criticised for proposing changes to listing rules to accommodate sovereign-owned companies.
(BBC)
U.S.-based
Hyatt Hotels discovers another (the other much larger one being in 2015) unauthorized access to payment card information at certain Hyatt-managed locations worldwide between March 18 and July 2, at a total of 41 properties in 11 countries.
(Reuters)
Police in
Chimaltenango,
Guatemala capture Ángel Gabriel Reyes Marroquin, a leader of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang. Prosecutors say he is connected to the deaths of at least 287 people. In 2014 Reyes escaped while facing charges including murder from a maximum security prison. Currently, he was also wanted for an August 17 armed attack on Roosevelt Hospital in
Guatemala City in which seven people were shot dead.
(BBC)(BBC)
At least 276 people are killed when a lorry filled with explosives detonates outside a hotel in the capital
Mogadishu, becoming the worst terrorist attack in
Somalia's history.
(NBC News)
Voters in
Kyrgyzstan go to the polls to elect a new
president, with current president
Almazbek Atambayev constitutionally barred from seeking a second term in office.
(BBC)
Sooronbay Jeenbekov is elected President of Kyrgyzstan in the first peaceful transfer of power after a full term in the country's history.
(BBC)
Voters in
Venezuela go to the polls to elect new state governors, resulting in the incumbent
socialist party winning the majority of the governorships, a result disputed by the opposition.
(Reuters)
A workplace shooting in
Edgewood,
United States, kills three and critically injures two. The suspect, Radee Labeeb Prince, flees to neighboring
Delaware, where he allegedly shoots a man in
Wilmington hours later, before his capture in
Newark.
(CNN)
The
Quebec National Assembly passes legislation banning individuals who cover their faces to receive or give public services, including riding public buses.
(Al Jazeera)
Rajoy announces that he will begin the process of stripping Catalonia of its autonomy starting on October 21. This follows a letter Puigdemont wrote before the deadline again asking for dialogue, and blaming Rajoy for escalating the crisis. Rajoy had wanted dialogue after reassurances that the independence bid was dropped.
(Vox)
Two
suicide bomber attacks, one on a
Shia mosque in
Kabul and one on a
Sunni mosque in
Ghor Province, kill approximately 60 people. Approximately 180 people have been killed in bombing attacks this week.
(BBC)
The
European Union heads of state prepare to start negotiations on a future
UK–
EUtrade agreement in December, depending on progress with the financial "exit bill" negotiations by then.
(Reuters)
Storm Brian, the third windstorm of the season, causes severe
flash flooding in
Ireland and coastal flooding in parts of
England and
Wales, although disruption is not as severe as initially expected.
(BBC)
Parties in
Argentina halt their election campaigns due to the appearance of a body thought to be Santiago Maldonado, an indigenous rights activist who disappeared at the beginning of August 2017.
(The Guardian)
The Prime Minister of Spain,
Mariano Rajoy, activates Article 155 of the
Constitution of Spain. This will put Catalonia under the direct control of the central government, removing the regional government and completely limit the power of the
Parliament of Catalonia. The regional police and media will also be under its control.
(The New York Times)
A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures five others in the northeast
Nigerian city of
Maiduguri. According to the police, 13 more civilians were injured in separate attacks.
(Reuters)
Voters in
Slovenia go to the polls to elect their
president. Opinion polls predict that the independent incumbent
Borut Pahor will retain the largely ceremonial role despite being challenged by noted actor and comedian
Marjan Šarec.
(Bloomberg)
Vice PresidentMike Pence casts the tie-breaking vote late Tuesday night to repeal a rule that would have made it easier for Americans to sue their banks and credit card companies.
(CNN)
U.S. President
Donald Trump signs an
executive order which allows U.S. to resume its refugee program, with a 90-day review period for 11 countries identified as "high risk".
(The Guardian)
A parked
scooter explosion in
Kiev, thought to be an assassination attempt on Ukrainian
Radical MP
Ihor Mosiychuk, kills his bodyguard and one more man. Mosiychuk, political scientist Vitaliy Bala and a woman are injured.
(DigitalJournal)
The discovery of an asteroid with a record high eccentricity,
A/2017 U1, is announced. It is almost certainly the first known example of an
interstellar object. While initially thought to be a comet, it is now considered an asteroid.
(IAU Minor Planet Center)
At least two Catalan officials defect from the ruling
Junts pel Sí party as Catalan president
Carles Puigdemont cancels a speech regarding snap elections. Puigdemont plans to draw back from declaring independence from Spain.
(Bloomberg)
Nearly 3,000 files related to the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy in 1963 have been released, while U.S. President
Donald Trump orders others to be withheld citing national security concerns. The documents were scheduled for release today in
a 1992 law.
(BBC)
Two car bombs kill at least 25 people, mostly police officers, near the national theater area in
Mogadishu,
Somalia, two weeks after
a similar attack killed hundreds. Islamist group
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
(Reuters)
More than 2,000 people march in
Yangon to show support for the
military, urging the military to secure the country's sovereignty, protect national security and stop illegal intruders (referring to the
Rohingya people).
(ABC News)
In coordination with
Libya’s internationally recognized government,
American special operations forces and
FBI agents capture Mustafa al-Imam, a militant who allegedly was involved in the
2012 Benghazi attack, at an unknown location in Libya.
(Fox News)
The
IDF destroys a partly-completed tunnel from the
Gaza Strip border near the town of
Khan Yunis that crossed into Israeli territory, killing seven
Hamas militants. Several more died in the rescue efforts.
(Reuters)
George Papadopoulos, who worked as a foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign, is also revealed to have plead guilty on October 5 to
making false statements to FBI agents about contacts that he had with the Russian government during the campaign.
(Los Angeles Times)
A Spanish government source says that
Carles Puigdemont and part of his cabinet has
fled to
Belgium to escape prosecution. International media agree the situation in Catalonia—under direct Spanish rule—is quiet.
(Reuters)(El Diario)
A Belgian federal government source says Puigdemont and about five ministers would attend a "private reception" in
Brussels by the
N-VA party. Prime Minister
Charles Michel (
MR) has no comment.
Interior MinisterJan Jambon (N-VA) says he "knows nothing". N-VA replies that it "did not invite [them]".
(Het Laatste Nieuws)(7sur7)
Starting in 2018, women will be allowed to attend sports events in stadiums in
Saudi Arabia for the first time in the country's history, officials say.
(BBC)
Eight people are killed and at least 11 others injured when a man in a rented
pickup truck drives down a bike path along the
West Side Highway in
Lower Manhattan. The 29-year-old suspect, later identified as
Uzbekistani immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, is shot and taken into custody by police. Police are treating this incident as an act of terrorism.
(New York Post)(AP)(UPI)(NBC News)
A suicide bombing in
Afghanistan's capital
Kabul kills at least 8 civilians and leaves numerous wounded. The
Islamic State claims responsibility.
(Reuters)
A car accident on highway 400 involving 14 vehicles, including two tanker trucks, results in three deaths near
Barrie,
Ontario. Police suspect
distracted driving to be the cause.
(CBC)