Two
Palestinian men are killed in clashes with
Israeli soldiers in the occupied
West Bank. One of the men was killed by Palestinian gunfire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
(Haaretz)
A temperature of 127 °F (53 °C) is recorded in
Furnace Creek, California, United States, breaking the record for the highest September temperature ever recorded in the world.
(CBS News)
Following the G7's announcement, Russia's
Gazprom announces that flows through the
Nord Stream 1natural gas pipeline to Europe will not resume tomorrow because of a reported "oil leak" in a turbine. It did not give a new time frame.
(Reuters)(BBC News)
Hurricane Danielle becomes the first hurricane of the
Atlantic season.
(CNN)
Law and crime
Deposed leader of
MyanmarAung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of
election fraud. She will now serve an overall sentence of 20 years in prison for different charges.
(Al Jazeera)
An estimated 70,000 people march in the
Czech Republic's capital city
Prague demanding that the government do more to control soaring energy prices in the country and voicing opposition to the country's involvement in the
Russo-Ukrainian War. The demonstration was organized by political groups including the
Communist Party.
(Reuters)
Science and technology
NASA suspends the inaugural launch of the
Artemis 1 rocket for a second time, after a fuel leak causes a delay of more than two hours.
(MSN)
One of the suspects in yesterday's
mass stabbing that killed ten people in
Saskatchewan is found dead. The other suspect remains at large.
(AP)
Ivan Safronov, a former Russian journalist, is sentenced to 22 years in prison on
treason charges after being found guilty of disclosing "state secrets", which he alleged were open source. Safronov had been under detention since July 2020.
(Reuters)
Six people are killed and three others are kidnapped as
Islamistsinsurgents raid the districts of
Erati and
Memba,
Mozambique, torching dozens of houses. Six attackers are arrested.
Gunmen storm the
Comboni Missionary Sisters' church in Chipene, Mozambique, killing an
Italian nun and setting ablaze the church, the nuns' homes and the hospital. Two other nuns and two priests escaped.
(Ansa)
Ten people are killed in
South Korea by
Typhoon Hinnamnor. Seven of the victims died in a flooded underground car park. In addition, 2,900 people are
evacuated and 66,000 homes are damaged.
(BBC News)
Thousands of people evacuate in
N'Djamena,
Chad, due to extensive flooding caused by the country's heaviest rains in 30 years. An estimated 442,000
Chadians have been impacted by the floods since the end of August.
(Reuters)
Amid a renewed counter-offensive in the region,
Ukrainian forces reportedly break through
Russian defenses and advance more than 30 kilometers into Russian held territory in the
Kharkiv Oblast, capturing many towns and cities including
Balakliia.
(The Guardian)
North Korea passes a new law formally declaring itself a "
nuclear state". The law includes the right of North Korea to use "preemptive" nuclear strikes as
Kim Jong-un promises to "never give up" the country's
nuclear weapons.
(CNN)
More than 30 municipal deputies of Russian cities sign a petition calling for Russian President
Vladimir Putin's resignation amid substantial Ukrainian advances in the war.
(The Hill)
Typhoon Muifa makes landfall in eastern
China with the maximum wind speed near its centre reaching 42 metres per second (150 kilometres per hour (93 mph)).
(Bloomberg)(Reuters)
Fourteen people are killed and 25 others are injured in a three vehicle collision in
Kyaukpadaung,
Myanmar.
(AP)
American
computer hardware company
EVGA terminates its partnership with fellow hardware manufacturer
Nvidia and withdraws completely from the
graphics card market, alleging that the latter forced them to sell their cards at a loss and would refuse to disclose important information, such as sales numbers.
(The Verge)
Widespread protests occur in
Iran after a woman is detained and allegedly beaten to death in
Tehran by officers from Iran's
religious police system for not properly wearing her
hijab.
(The Guardian)
The death toll from the fighting between
Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan, which began four days ago, increases to 94. Fifty-nine of the people were killed in Kyrgyzstan, and the 35 others were killed in Tajikistan. Another 139 people are injured.
(BBC News)
Uganda reports an outbreak of
Ebola after a rare case of the
Sudan ebolavirus strain was confirmed in a 24-year-old man who later died, becoming the first known fatality from the strain since 2011.
(Reuters)
Large numbers of fighting-age men leave
Russia after the announcement of the
mobilization. Long traffic jams occur at international border crossings and the price of tickets for international flights sharply increases.
(BBC News)
At least 1,300 protesters rallying against the mobilization are arrested throughout Russia.
(BBC News)
Uzbekistan suspends the use of
Russia's
card payment systemMir. The move was supposedly warranted by the need "to carry out the necessary technical procedures" and was not related to sanctions.
(Euronews)
The
Iranian government announces that security forces have regained control of
Oshnavieh, a day after protestors allegedly "took control" of the city.
(BBC News)
The
Swiss go to the polls to decide four ballot questions. The voters agree to raise the retirement age for women to 65 and to increase the
value added tax rates from 7.7% to 8.1%. However, voters rejected the proposal to exempt domestic bonds from taxation and to ban
intensive animal farming.
(Bloomberg)(Swissinfo)
A police officer is killed and another injured during a shooting and bomb attack near a police station in
Mersin,
Turkey. Both the attackers are killed.
(Reuters)
Latvia announces a state of emergency over the influx of Russian citizens fleeing mobilization. Special measures are taken in the border regions of the country and at all ports of entry.
(ERR)
Norway raises its "emergency preparedness" in response to sightings of "unidentified drones" near its offshore oil and gas facilities in the
North Sea, and is coordinating with its
armed forces, police, and oil and gas industry operators, according to energy minister
Terje Aasland.
(S&P Global)
North Ossetia–Alania which contains the only
border crossingbetweenRussia and
Georgia-controlled territory, bans all Russian cars that do not have the
licence plate of the republic, with the exception of tourists travelling to the region. This comes as those fleeing the draft overwhelm the border.
(Reuters)
A mobile draft centre is built at the
Torfyanovkacheckpoint, the busiest checkpoint on the
Finland–Russia border, in order to prevent people who are fit to serve from fleeing the country. However, as of midday, the centre is not yet open.
(The Insider)
One person is killed and two others are injured when a gunman opens fire against Chinese-Pakistani nationals at a
dental clinic in
Karachi,
Sindh,
Pakistan. All of the victims were in their 70s and had worked for the clinic for more than 40 years.
(BBC News)
Finland announces that it will deny entry to Russian
tourists beginning on Thursday night, thereby cutting off the last direct link between Russia and the
European Union.
(Reuters)
Taiwan announces that it will end the mandatory
quarantine of visitors on October 13 and will also restore temporarily suspended
visa-free travel for countries that had a relevant agreement with the island.
(The Straits Times)
Montenegro expels six
Russiandiplomats, whom the country accuses of spying. In response, the Russian
embassy in Montenegro announces that its consular section will suspend its services beginning on Friday and "until further notice".
(Reuters)(Pobjeda)
The
Supreme Court of India strikes down a portion of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act that forbade unmarried women from having an
abortion, thus legalising the procedure for all women until the 24th week of pregnancy. The ruling also notes that forcing a woman to carry the child could constitute
marital rape, which is not, however, recognised as an offence in India.
(Al Jazeera)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of
Myanmar, is
sentenced to a further three years' imprisonment for "violating the state's secrets act". She is already serving 20 years on other
charges.
(AP)