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October 1: Unification Day in Cameroon (1961); National Day in China (1949); Independence Day in Tuvalu (1978); Defenders Day in Ukraine (2015)

Yosemite Valley

• 959 – Edgar acceded to the English throne upon the death of his brother Eadwig.
• 1386 – The Wonderful Parliament met at Westminster Abbey to address King Richard II's need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.
• 1890 – At the encouragement of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park (pictured) in California.
• 1918 – First World War: British and Arab troops captured Damascus from the Ottoman Empire.
• 2003 – A levy was imposed on the hiring of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the time.

• Kong Wei (d. 895)
• Helen Mayo (b. 1878)
• Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)
• Nani Alapai (d. 1928)

More anniversaries:

• September 30
• October 1
• October 2

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October 1, 2024 (2024-10-01) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli ground operation in Lebanon
    • Israeli forces enter southern Lebanon as a ground operation against Hezbollah begins. (Al Jazeera) (Jerusalem Post)
  • Israel launches an airstrike in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon to target Munir al-Maqdah, an official with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Syrian military intercepts several drones or missiles in Damascus. Some explode in the Mezzeh neighbourhood, killing three people and wounding nine more. (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Barron's) (Jerusalem Post)
• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • An explosion is reported in Tel Aviv, while a drone is intercepted over the Mediterranean Sea. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2024 United States port strike
  • Over 45,000 dockworkers of thirty-six United States ports mostly along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast begin a labor strike, following the failure of the ports to reach a deal for worker compensation and a ban on automation. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Lam Luk Ka bus crash
  • A student bus crashes and catches fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand, leaving 25 people missing. (BBC)
• Rwanda reports 8 deaths from Marburg virus. (AP News) (US News)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed and fifteen are injured after a stabbing attack at a supermarket in Songjiang District, Shanghai. Police arrest a 37-year-old man at the scene, adding that he had come to Shanghai to "vent his anger due to a personal economic dispute". (Reuters) (BBC)

Politics and elections

• Mark Rutte is installed as 14th Secretary General of NATO, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg. (Deutsche Welle)
• Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 102nd prime minister of Japan. (Mainichi) (AP News)
• Claudia Sheinbaum becomes the 66th President of Mexico. (USA Today)
• The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, turns 100 years old, becoming the first centenarian former President in US history. (BBC)

September 30, 2024 (2024-09-30) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • At least 95 people are killed and 172 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
    • Five children belonging to the Imam al-Mahdi Scouts are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Charkiyeh in southern Lebanon. (Anadolu Agency)
    • Three militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Kola District of Beirut, Lebanon. Separately, Hamas's commander in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, is killed alongside his family in Tyre. (Al Jazeera)
    • A Lebanese Army soldier is killed in an Israeli drone strike in Wazzani, Lebanon. (The Times of Israel)
  • 2024 Israeli ground operation in Lebanon
    • Israel informs the U.S. State Department that it will launch an imminent ground invasion of southern Lebanon in order to clear out Hezbollah infrastructure near Israeli border communities. (The Washington Post)
    • Lebanese troops withdraw from the Israeli border ahead of an Israeli ground offensive. (Reuters)
  • Lebanese displacement during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that at least 100,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria in order to flee from Israeli strikes. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Coal phase-out, Energy in the United Kingdom
  • The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom shuts down in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, ending the 142-year history of coal-fired electricity in the UK. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Nepal floods
  • The death toll from the floods and landslides in Nepal increases to 204 people, with 30 others missing. This is the highest recorded monsoon rainfall in Nepal in the past two decades. (The Guardian)
• Twelve people are killed, 29 others are rescued, and ten others are missing after a boat capsizes off the coast of Djerba, Tunisia. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Australia–Tuvalu relations, Climate change in Tuvalu
  • Tuvalu's climate minister denounces the Australian Labor government's decision to expand three coal mines as an existential threat to the nation, due to the role of the mines in causing rising sea levels that have forced mass displacement across Tuvalu's low-lying islands. (The Guardian)

September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike
      • United States senator Mark Kelly confirms that it was U.S. produced and provided 2,000-pound bunker buster BLU-109 bombs that were used by Israel to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. (Reuters)
    • A total of 105 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, including 32 in Ain El Delb and 21 in Baalbek-Hermel, and at least 359 people are injured. (Al Jazeera)
    • Hezbollah confirms that Nabil Qaouk, the group's senior official, and Ali Karaki, a senior commander, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Dahieh, Lebanon. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • 29 September 2024 Israeli attacks on Yemen
      • Following the Houthis' launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben Gurion Airport prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes against seaports and power stations operated by the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen, killing four people and injuring 29 others. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
• Syrian civil war
  • Twelve pro-Iranian militiamen are killed in airstrikes of unknown origin in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • The death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to at least 116 people, including 46 in North Carolina, 27 in South Carolina, 25 in Georgia, and 13 in Florida. (CBS News)
• Approximately 17,000 people are ordered to evacuate their homes and more are ordered to shelter in place after a fire, potentially causing hazardous chlorine contamination, occurs at a BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, United States. (CNN)
• Seven people are killed and 85 others are injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a private vehicle in Majayjay, Laguna, Philippines. (Manila Bulletin)

Law and crime

• Thirty-one people are injured in a double arson and vehicle-ramming attack in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The perpetrator, a 41-year-old Syrian national, is arrested shortly after the attacks. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • Austrians vote for the 183 members of the 26th National Council. (Reuters)
  • The far-right Freedom Party of Austria wins the most seats with 58 but falls short of a majority, with other parties expressing an unwillingness to form a coalition government with them. (BBC)

September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike
      • Hezbollah announces the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in yesterday's Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters)
      • Interim Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces the country will have a national mourning period of three days for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, starting on Monday. (Al Jazeera)
      • Iran confirms that Abbas Nilforoushan, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy commander, was killed in yesterday's airstrikes in Beirut. (Al Arabiya)
    • The Israel Defense Forces begin a blockade of Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in order to prevent the shipment of Iranian weapons to Lebanon. The blockade will not affect the operation of civilian flights at the airport. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and most of Central Israel. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Seven workers from Punjab Province are killed and another injured during a mass shooting at a rented house in Panjgur District, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ten people are killed and 22 others are injured in a Russian double tap strike on a medical facility in Sumy, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters) (VOA Somali)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • The death toll from Hurricane Helene in the United States increases to at least 64 people, including 21 in South Carolina and 18 in Georgia. (AP)
• 2024 Mari Petroleum Mil Mi-8 crash
  • A Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying Mari Petroleum employees crashes in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing six people and injuring eight others. (AP)
• 2024 Nepal floods
  • At least 170 people are killed and 59 others are missing in floods and landslides in Nepal. (The Journal)
• Nine people are killed, 27 others are rescued, and 48 others are missing when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain. (AP)

Health and environment

• United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares a warning at the UN General Assembly for nearly a billion people living in low-lying coastal areas due to the risk of rising sea levels caused by climate change potentially resulting in catastrophic flooding, coastal erosion, and climate migration. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2024 Lusikisiki shootings
  • Seventeen people are killed in two mass shootings at homes in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 AFL premiership season
  • The Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans 120–60 in the Australian Football League Grand Final to win their fourth AFL premiership title. (The Guardian Australia)

September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Ministry of Defense claims soldiers captured the village of Marynivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
  • Kryvyi Rih strikes
    • At least one person is killed and five others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a police department in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Nuclear risk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that Belarus will use Russian nuclear weapons if the country is attacked by NATO. (Anadolu Agency)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian loitering munitions hit the city of Izmail in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, killing three people and wounding fourteen. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Israel carries out several airstrikes using bunker buster bombs on Beirut, Lebanon, killing six people, injuring about a hundred and destroying six buildings. These also targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters to assassinate its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. (L'Orient le Jour) (Al Jazeera) (Ynet News)
    • A second wave of airstrikes hits three buildings in Beirut. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel launches an airstrike against a Syrian military post in the countryside near Damascus, killing five soldiers and injuring another. (Al Arabiya)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • An aid worker of a United States-based charity is shot and killed in her car by Palestinian gunmen near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Gazan government officials claim that the gunmen had mistakenly identified the vehicle. (Al Arabiya)
• Haitian crisis
  • The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports that at least 3,661 people, including 100 children, have been killed in the first six months of the year by ongoing gang violence in Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • At least 18 people are killed when the Rapid Support Forces attack a market in Al-Fashir, Sudan. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • At least 17 people are killed and more than 900,000 people are reported to be without power due to high winds and flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia, United States. A rare flash flood emergency is also issued for the Atlanta metropolitan area. (CNN)
    • The Walters Dam in Tennessee suffers a catastrophic failure due to ongoing heavy rainfall, with Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis ordering the immediate evacuation of parts of the nearby city of Newport. (WVLT-TV)
    • The Emergency Management department of Rutherford County, North Carolina, issues a warning for the "imminent" failure of the Lake Lure Dam due to significant rainfall, and orders immediate evacuations. (USA Today)
• 2024 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane John
    • Tropical Storm John brings over 950 mm (37 inches) of rainfall to southern Guerrero, Mexico, twice eclipsing the amount of rainfall dropped by Hurricane Otis on the same area in 2023. (Reuters)
• Fifteen people are killed when an illegal gold mine collapses in Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
• Thirteen people are killed and 23 are injured after an explosion at a fuel station near Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. (AP)

International relations

• Iran–United States relations, Iran–Israel relations
  • The Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of using United States-produced and gifted 5,000 lbs bunker buster munitions to strike Hezbollah targets in residential areas in and around Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters)
• Iraq–United States relations, Operation Inherent Resolve
  • Iraq and the United States agree to end the U.S.-led coalition mission in Iraq by September 2025, with all remaining American troops withdrawing by the end of 2026. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Iran–United States relations
  • The United States Justice Department charges three members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for hacking Republican candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign and "trying to disrupt the 2024 presidential election". (Reuters)
• Hamburg Police seize two tons of cocaine worth €100 million ($112 million) and arrest twelve suspects in Hamburg, Germany, including several foreigners. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
  • Shigeru Ishiba defeats Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party and prime minister designate. (Kyodo News)

Sports

• 2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records
  • The 2024 Chicago White Sox earn their 121st loss against the Detroit Tigers, breaking the Major League Baseball record for the most amount of losses in a post-1900 season. (AP)

September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Lebanese displacement during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict
      • Over 22,000 Lebanese residents have crossed into Syria in order to escape ongoing Israeli bombardment and a potential escalation of the conflict. (Barron's)
    • Two people, including Mohammad Hussein Srour, a senior commander in Hezbollah, are killed and 15 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 92 people are killed and 153 others are injured in airstrikes across Lebanon, bringing the total death toll from the airstrikes to more than 700 people. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel rejects proposals from the United States, Australia, and the European Union to initiate a temporary 21-day ceasefire with Hezbollah. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Russian forces have taken the city of Ukrainsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Moscow Times)
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Prior to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Joe Biden announces a military aid package of more than $8 billion for Ukraine and directs The Pentagon to allocate all remaining security funds to Ukraine by the end of his presidential term in January 2025. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • The United States grants Israel a $8.7 billion military aid package, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stating that the U.S. will not change its commitment to providing military aid to Israel. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a shootout with soldiers in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, United States, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars. (National Hurricane Center)
    • Tropical storm conditions occur across western Florida, with an automated weather station recording sustained winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) with gusts up to 68 mph (109 km/h) near Tampa Bay. (National Hurricane Center)
• 2024 India floods
  • 2024 Jivitputrika tragedy
    • At least 46 people, including 37 children, who were taking part in Jivitputrika festivities in Bihar, India, drown in rivers and bodies of water swollen by ongoing flooding across India. (Reuters)
  • Up to 275 mm (10.8 in) of rain falls across Mumbai, India, causing at least four deaths. (Al Arabiya)
• A bus crashes into a river in Wolaita, Ethiopia, killing 28 people and wounding 19 more. (Barron's)
• A United States defence official claims that a Chinese nuclear attack submarine, the first of the new Zhou-class, likely sank during construction earlier this year. (ABC News)

International relations

• Algeria–Morocco relations
  • Algeria imposes visa requirements on Moroccans, accusing them of criminal activity in Algeria, including "espionage" and "drug and human trafficking". (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
  • Norwegian police issue an international search request for a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah that exploded last week. (Times of Israel)
• Capital punishment in the United States
  • The U.S. state of Alabama executes a man via inert gas asphyxiation using nitrogen in the country's second ever execution by this method. (AP)
• A Mallorcan football fan is sentenced to one year in prison for yelling racist insults at football players Vinícius Júnior and Samuel Chukwueze. (Al Jazeera)
• Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, is acquitted in Japan following a retrial. (BBC News)

September 25, 2024 (2024-09-25) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Hezbollah launches a ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, which is intercepted, while Israel conducts an additional 260 airstrikes across Lebanon, killing at least 72 people. (ABC News) (Al Jazeera)
  • The United States, the European Union, and several other countries call for an immediate 21-day ceasefire along the Blue Line on the Israel–Lebanon border, which has been rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters)
• Sectarian violence in Pakistan, Shia–Sunni relations
  • At least 25 people are killed and dozens are injured in clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslim tribes in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since September 20. (AP)

Business and economy

• Pakistani economic crisis
  • The International Monetary Fund approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan to help its economy, with $1 billion being disbursed immediately and the rest in instalments over 37 months. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Argentina wildfires
  • Intense and widespread wildfires in Córdoba Province, Argentina, destroy 40,000 hectares (400 km²) of forests and farmland, including several farm structures, and also kill large numbers of cattle. (Reuters)
• A blimp promoting Brazil soccer team São Paulo FC crashes into houses in the Brazilian municipality of Osasco, injuring the pilot. (Fox News)

International relations

• Brazil–Ukraine relations, China–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Brazil and China of using their proposed peace plan for ending the Russo-Ukrainian War to increase their geopolitical power "at Ukraine's expense" by urging developing nations to agree to the peace plan. (Reuters)
• Georgia–United States relations
  • The United States withdraws Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's invitation to attend a summit of national leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly session, and refuses any further delegator meetings with Georgia, due to the "anti-democratic actions, disinformation, and negative rhetoric towards the U.S. and the West" resulting from Georgia's recently-passed foreign agents law. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Crime in France, Immigration to France
  • The center-right Macron-appointed Barnier government expresses a willingness to work with the far-right National Rally's proposals to strengthen French immigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Paris last week. The suspect, who was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland, is a Moroccan convicted rapist who was released from prison this month and was meant to be deported. (Reuters)
• Criminal investigations into the Eric Adams administration
  • New York Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges following a corruption investigation, becoming the first mayor of New York City, United States, to face criminal charges while in office. (The New York Times)
• Four people are killed and two others are critically injured in a shooting spree in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. The perpetrator later commits suicide. (ANSA)
• A man hijacks a Los Angeles Metro Bus in South Los Angeles, California, United States, later killing one of the two passengers. The bus is driven at gunpoint for more than 7 miles (11 km) before the man surrenders to police. (AP)
• Six people are injured when a bomb explodes in a courthouse in Santa Maria, California, United States. A suspect is later arrested. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismiss Ukrainian ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova after Zelenskyy visited an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania with several Democratic politicians, which Johnson claims represented foreign electoral intervention. (Reuters)
• Cross-strait relations
  • The Japanese Navy sends a warship into the Taiwan Strait for the first time to reportedly "convey a message" to China, according to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. (DW)
• German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang state that they will step down following significant defeats in recent elections including the 2024 Brandenburg state election. (The Guardian)
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survives a no-confidence vote by a vote of 211–119. (BBC News)

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