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November 20

Politics and elections

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner dismisses concerns brought on by protests in London from United Kingdom farmers against new agricultural inheritance taxation policies as "scaremongering".
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Iraq imposes a two-day curfew nationwide as it conducts its first national census since 1987.
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International relations

The Russian government denies accusations made by European governments of their involvement in sabotaging two submarine telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea as a means of hybrid warfare.
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The Royal Danish Navy boards the Chinese cargo ship in the Baltic Sea after it is suspected to be involved in the sabotage of the submarine cables.
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Disasters and accidents

Two people are killed and over 570,000 people are without power as a bomb cyclone makes landfall over the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia, Canada. Nearly 100,000 people are without power in British Columbia.
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Law and crime

Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the country after 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

British-produced Storm Shadow missiles are launched into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, following the Starmer cabinet approval.
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The U.S., Italian, Greek, and Spanish governments close their embassies in Kyiv, Ukraine, temporarily following threats of a "significant air attack" from Russia.
Source: The Washington Times external link
The embassies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan urge their citizens to leave areas near Ukrainian combat zones or to leave the nation altogether via designated land and air routes following escalating risk of Russian retaliatory attacks.
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The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing its lack of a provision to immediately return hostages taken during the conflict.
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Thirty-six people are killed and over 50 injured after Israeli airstrikes in Palmyra, Syria.
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The Sudanese Armed Forces intensify their offensive in the Khartoum capital region. Especially in Khartoum North where the battle has highly escalated.
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Twelve Pakistani soldiers are killed and several others are wounded when a suicide bomber targets a security post in Mali Khel, Buner District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of the Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
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Business and economy

Ford announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, with 2,900 in Germany, citing economic instability and conflicts with environmental regulations.
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American aerospace company Boeing announces it will layoff 17,000 workers by the end of 2024, 10% of its global workforce, due to financial difficulties following the ongoing machinists strike.
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November 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine launches ATACMS ballistic missiles at targets in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. It is the first time that Ukraine has used the American-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia.
Source: BBC News external link
The United Kingdom and France both prepare new military packages containing long-range missiles to send to Ukraine following United States President Joe Biden's decision to allow deep strikes into Russian territory using American weapons.
Source: Newsweek external link
U.S. President Joe Biden approves of sending non-persistent anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, with Ukraine committing to not use them in areas with civilians.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree that allows Russia to use nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks by a non-nuclear state supported by a nuclear power.
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Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and 17 other people are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Sarafand, Lebanon.
Source: Times of Israel external link
Twenty-eight suspected gang members are killed by police and residents in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Source: The Jamaica Observer external link
Doctors Without Borders announces it will suspend operations in Port-au-Prince indefinitely following rape and death threats from Haitian police.
Source: DW external link
Twelve soldiers are killed and others are wounded after a suicide car bombing targeting a security post in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Six Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group gunmen are killed in the ensuing shootout.
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Law and crime

Forty-five pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong are sentenced to prison terms of between four and 10 years over an unofficial primary held in 2020.
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Brazilian Federal Police arrest five people, including four G20 security guards, for their alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate President Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin following the general election in 2022.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Tunisian coast guard announces that on the night of November 8, a patrol boat rammed and sank a boat carrying migrants on its coasts, killing 53 people.
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Politics and elections

Georgian police reportedly break up tent camps while beating and detaining protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, demonstrating against the allegedly rigged parliamentary election in October.
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Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania resigns following negotiations with the opposition and is succeeded by Vice President Badra Gunba as acting president.
Source: Reuters external link
The United States announces it recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González as the President-elect following the presidential election in July.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Over 40,000 people gather in front of the New Zealand Parliament House in Wellington to protest against the Treaty Principles Bill that would change Māori people's rights, making it one of the largest protests in the country.
Source: DW external link
Thousands of British farmers protest at the Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom, against a new inheritance tax on land ownership that includes farms.
Source: BBC News external link

Science and technology

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November 18

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Ercolano, Italy.
Source: Rai News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian forces launch a missile attack on the city of Odesa, Ukraine, for the second consecutive day, killing at least ten civilians, injuring dozens of others and damaging civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda external link
Ukraine re-implements nationwide rolling blackouts primarily due to yesterday's destruction of energy infrastructure by Russian airstrikes.
Source: Reuters external link
Hezbollah launches more than 100 missiles at Israel, including Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring dozens of others.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Five people are killed and 24 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Hezbollah and Lebanon both agree to a United States proposal for a ceasefire. However, Israel has refused to comment.
Source: Reuters external link
Security forces raid a Lashkar-e-Islam hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing ten militants and injuring several others.
Source: ABC News external link
A Pakistani Taliban ambush on a military convoy in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills eight soldiers and wounds three others. Several gunmen are also killed. Separately, seven police officers are kidnapped in Bannu.
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Three people are killed and another is injured when a land mine, believed to have been planted by Al-Shabaab, explodes on a highway between Afgooye and Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle, Somalia.
Source: Garowe Online external link
Twenty gang members are killed by security forces in the Gaza Strip after armed looters hijacked almost 100 trucks bringing aid for the ongoing famine.
Source: The Guardian external link

International relations

Denmark and Somalia reach an agreement to relieve more than $8.5 million of Somali debt.
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Law and crime

The C-Lion1 submarine communications cable across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is damaged in what German officials suspect is sabotage.
Source: The Guardian external link
Three people are killed in a stabbing spree in Manhattan, New York, United States. The perpetrator is arrested.
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Business and economy

American airline Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after years of financial losses and a failed merger attempt with JetBlue.
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