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October 1, 2019 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Donbass, Minsk Protocol
- Ukraine agrees to the "Steinmeier formula", aimed at granting a special self-governing status to the Donbass and organising OSCE-validated elections according to Ukrainian law. (Kyiv Post) (TASS)
2015–19 Iraqi protests, New Arab Spring
- At least two people are killed and 200 are injured at protests against unemployment and government corruption in Iraq. Protestors also try to enter the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. (Reuters)
Northern Mali conflict
- Mali's government says jihadist militant attacks on military (FAMA) posts in Mondoro and Boulkessi, in the central Mopti Region, killed 41 troops and left 60 others missing, possibly captured, while also inflicting heavy equipment losses. (Reuters) (Deutsche Welle) (Bloomberg)
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
- An 18-year-old protestor is shot in the chest by police and taken to hospital for surgery during clashes between pro-democracy protesters and the police in Hong Kong on National Day of the People's Republic of China. Video footage shows the police officer shooting the protester as the protester tries to hit his arm with a metal pipe. This is the first reported injury from a live round. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
- China celebrates its National Day with parades across the country, including a large military parade in the capital Beijing. (CNN)

Business and economy

Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff owner Dolphin Drilling announces it has found a buyer for the shipyard, infrastructure-based InfraStrata, saving it from closure. (Reuters)
United Parcel Service announces that it has been designated as the first official, commercial, drone airline service by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Wired)
In leaked audio from a meeting with employees in July, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg threatens to sue Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, if she is elected president and tries to "break up" large tech companies. (The Verge)
Kristalina Georgieva succeeds Christine Lagarde as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. (The Wall Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

The Nanfang'ao Bridge, the only steel single-arch bridge in Taiwan, collapses on fishing boats in Su'ao. Ten people are injured and six are believed to have been trapped. (Reuters)
Severe flooding affects Laxey, Isle of Man, with some residents evacuated from their homes. (Isle of Man Government)

Health and environment

Climate change mitigation
- Dutch farmers stage a protest in The Hague against proposals to halve livestock numbers in a bid to cut nitrogen emissions. Motoring group ANWB claims tractors on highways caused a total of 1,136km (700 miles) of traffic jams during morning rush hour, with tractors on one highway swerving back and forth to prevent traffic passing. (BBC News)

International relations

North Korea–United States relations, North Korean missile tests, Japan–North Korea relations
- North Korea says it will resume working-level nuclear talks with the United States, reviving a denuclearization process that has remained stalled since a February summit in Vietnam ended without a deal. (The Wall Street Journal)
- North Korea fires a missile which lands in the exclusive economic zone of Japan, according to Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Kuopio school stabbing
- A woman is killed and ten other people injured when a student attacks a teacher and students with a sword at a vocational school inside a shopping mall in Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland. Police disarm and arrest the suspect, who is one of the injured. (Evening Standard) (CNN) (NewsNow)
A jury finds Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer, guilty of murder. Guyger was indicted last year after fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment, which she claims to have mistaken for her own. (The Sacramento Bee)
A U.S. district judge in Boston, Massachusetts, upholds Harvard University's admissions process following a challenge from a group of Asian American applicants who believe the school discriminated against them. (CNN)
In the United Kingdom, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they are suing The Mail on Sunday, as well as its parent company DMG Media, claiming the publisher's newspapers have been publishing "false and deliberately derogatory stories" about their lives. (Yahoo! News)
Opioid epidemic in the United States
- Johnson & Johnson announces it has reached a $20.4 million settlement with two Ohio counties over its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States. (The Washington Post)
Aida Merlano, a former Congresswoman who is serving a fifteen-year sentence for buying votes and for firearms offences, escapes from prison in Bogotá, Colombia. (The Independent)
Trump–Ukraine scandal
- U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani hires Watergate scandal prosecutor Jon Sale to represent him in the impeachment inquiry investigating the president. (CNBC)
- Steve Linick, the inspector general of the U.S. State Department, requests an "urgent" briefing with senior congressional staff members regarding Ukraine. The private meeting will be held tomorrow. (CNN)
Immigration policy of Donald Trump
- The New York Times reports that U.S. President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the Mexico–United States border during a meeting in March. He also reportedly suggested digging a moat to fortify a border wall and filling it with "snakes or alligators", and wanted the wall "electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh". (Business Insider)
Tax returns of Donald Trump
- A U.S. federal judge in California blocks a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income tax returns before their names can appear on the state's primary ballot. The ruling is considered a win for President Donald Trump, who has resisted releasing his tax returns. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses House Democrats of attempting to "intimidate" and "bully" five State Department officials whom key congressional committees have asked to interview as part of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The House Democrats in turn issue a warning to Pompeo to stop "intimidating" witnesses, telling Pompeo that it "is illegal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the impeachment inquiry" into President Trump. (ABC News), (CNN)
2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis
- The Vice President of Peru Mercedes Aráoz, who was named by the Congress as the acting president, resigns from both offices to facilitate the snap general election. (BBC News)
Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
- The Republican National Committee and the 2020 U.S. presidential election campaign to reelect President Donald Trump raised $125 million between July and September, setting a new presidential fundraising record, the Associated Press reports. (Axios)
Politics of San Marino
- Luca Boschi and Mariella Mularoni begins the term as Captain Regents. (San Marino TV)

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 ;Armed conflicts and attacks
-*[[War in Donbass]], [[Minsk Protocol]]
+*[[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbass]], [[Minsk Protocol]]
 **[[Ukraine]] agrees to the "Steinmeier formula", aimed at granting a special [[Self-governance|self-governing]] status to the [[Donbass]] and organising [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]]-validated elections according to [[Law of Ukraine|Ukrainian law]]. [https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukraine-agrees-to-steinmeier-formula-green-lights-elections-in-occupied-donbas.html (''Kyiv Post'')] [https://tass.com/world/1080822 (TASS)]
 *[[2015–19 Iraqi protests]], [[2018–19 Arab protests|New Arab Spring]]
 **At least two people are killed and 200 are injured at protests against unemployment and government corruption in [[Iraq]]. Protestors also try to enter the fortified [[Green Zone]] in [[Baghdad]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-police-open-fire-use-tear-gas-and-water-cannon-to-disperse-baghdad-protests-idUSKBN1WG44U (Reuters)]
+*[[Northern Mali conflict]]
-*[[Mali]]'s government says jihadist militant attacks on [[Malian Armed Forces|military]] (FAMA) posts in [[Mondoro]] and [[Boulkessi]], in the central [[Mopti Region]], has killed 25 troops and left 60 others missing, possibly captured, while also suffering heavy equipment losses. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-security/mali-says-25-soldiers-killed-in-attacks-by-suspected-jihadists-idUSKBN1WG4U4 (Reuters)] [https://www.dw.com/en/mali-dozens-killed-and-missing-in-attack-on-army-camps/a-50670119 (Deutsche Welle)]
+**[[Mali]]'s government says jihadist militant attacks on [[Malian Armed Forces|military]] (FAMA) posts in [[Mondoro]] and Boulkessi, in the central [[Mopti Region]], killed 41 troops and left 60 others missing, possibly captured, while also inflicting heavy equipment losses. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-security/mali-says-25-soldiers-killed-in-attacks-by-suspected-jihadists-idUSKBN1WG4U4 (Reuters)] [https://www.dw.com/en/mali-dozens-killed-and-missing-in-attack-on-army-camps/a-50670119 (Deutsche Welle)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-12/worst-jihadist-attack-in-years-stokes-anger-over-mali-s-response (Bloomberg)]
+*[[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]]
+**An 18-year-old protestor is shot in the chest by police and taken to hospital for surgery during clashes between pro-democracy protesters and the police in [[Hong Kong]] on [[National Day of the People's Republic of China]]. Video footage shows the police officer shooting the protester as  the protester tries to hit his arm with a metal pipe. This is the first reported injury from a live round.  [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49891403 (BBC News)]
 ;Arts and culture
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 ;Business and economy
-*[[Belfast]] shipyard [[Harland and Wolff]]'s owner, [[Dolphin Drilling]], announces that it has found a buyer for the shipyard, infrastructure-based [[InfraStrata]], saving it from closure. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-harlandandwolff-m-a-infrastrata/belfasts-harland-and-wolff-shipyard-saved-in-6-million-pound-infrastrata-deal-idUSKBN1WG31O (Reuters)]
+*[[Belfast]] shipyard [[Harland and Wolff]] owner [[Dolphin Drilling]] announces it has found a buyer for the shipyard, infrastructure-based InfraStrata, saving it from closure. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-harlandandwolff-m-a-infrastrata/belfasts-harland-and-wolff-shipyard-saved-in-6-million-pound-infrastrata-deal-idUSKBN1WG31O (Reuters)]
+*[[United Parcel Service]] announces that it has been designated as the first official, commercial, drone airline service by the [[Federal Aviation Administration]]. [https://www.wired.com/story/ups-drone-airline-faa-certification-delivery/?itm_campaign=TechinTwo (''Wired'')]
+*In leaked audio from a meeting with employees in July, [[Facebook]] CEO [[Mark Zuckerberg]] threatens to sue Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]], who is running in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. presidential election]], if she is elected president and tries to "break up" [[Big Four tech companies|large tech]] companies. [https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20756701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-leak-audio-ftc-antitrust-elizabeth-warren-tiktok-comments (''The Verge'')]
+* [[Kristalina Georgieva]] succeeds [[Christine Lagarde]] as the Managing Director of the [[International Monetary Fund]]. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/imfs-new-chief-vows-to-fix-the-roof-before-the-storm-hits-11570096800 (''The Wall Street Journal'')]
 ;Disasters and accidents
 *The [[Nanfang'ao Bridge]], the only steel single-arch bridge in [[Taiwan]], collapses on fishing boats in [[Su'ao]]. Ten people are injured and six are believed to have been trapped. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-bridge/taiwan-bridge-collapse-crushes-fishing-boats-six-crew-feared-trapped-idUSKBN1WG2P3 (Reuters)]
 *Severe flooding affects [[Laxey]], [[Isle of Man]], with some residents evacuated from their homes. [http://www.isleofman.com/news/video/87780/floods-old-laxey (Isle of Man Government)]
-;Health and enironment
+;Health and environment
-*[[Holland|Dutch]] farmers stage a protest in the [[Amsterdam]] area against proposals to halve livestock numbers in a bid to cut [[Nitrogen oxide emissions|nitrogen emissions]]. Motoring group ANWB claims tractors on highways caused a total of 1,136km (700 miles) of [[traffic jam]]s during morning rush hour, with tractors on one highway swerving back and forth to prevent traffic passing. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49891449 (BBC)]
+*[[Climate change mitigation]]
+**[[Dutch people|Dutch]] farmers stage a protest in [[The Hague]] against proposals to halve livestock numbers in a bid to cut [[Nitrogen oxide emissions|nitrogen emissions]]. Motoring group ANWB claims tractors on highways caused a total of 1,136km (700 miles) of [[traffic jam]]s during morning rush hour, with tractors on one highway swerving back and forth to prevent traffic passing. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49891449 (BBC News)]
 ;International relations
-*[[List of North Korean missile tests|North Korean missile tests]], [[Japan–North Korea relations]]
+*[[North Korea–United States relations]], [[List of North Korean missile tests|North Korean missile tests]], [[Japan–North Korea relations]]
+**[[North Korea]] says it will resume working-level nuclear talks with the [[United States]], reviving a denuclearization process that has remained stalled since a February summit in [[Vietnam]] ended without a deal. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-and-north-korea-to-resume-nuclear-talks-pyongyang-says-11569927143?fbclid=IwAR2RG7m2WrWVARmUxIDfNMPD1yUpO-WVew_Pfz7HIiBwhidd0jnARsA-EBA (''The Wall Street Journal'')]
 **[[North Korea]] fires a missile which lands in the [[exclusive economic zone of Japan]], according to [[Japan]]ese [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]] [[Yoshihide Suga]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-japan-suga/one-north-korea-missile-fell-into-japans-eez-japan-government-idUSKBN1WG4ZP (Reuters)]
 ;Law and crime
+*[[Kuopio school stabbing]]
-*One person is killed and at least nine others injured after “a native Finnish man”  attacked students with a sword at a [[vocational school]] inside a mall in [[Kuopio]], [[Finland]]. Firearms were employed as the police disarmed and captured the suspect, who is also injured. [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/finland-shooting-one-dead-and-nine-injured-at-school-in-kuopio-shopping-centre-a4251016.html (''Evening Standard'')] [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/europe/violent-incident-finland-dead-intl/index.html (CNN)] [https://newsnowfinland.fi/crime/developing-1-dead-10-injured-in-kuopio-college-sword-attack (NewsNow)]
+**A woman is killed and ten other people injured when a student attacks a teacher and students with a sword at a [[vocational school]] inside a [[shopping mall]] in [[Kuopio]], [[Northern Savonia]], [[Finland]]. Police disarm and arrest the suspect, who is one of the injured. [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/finland-shooting-one-dead-and-nine-injured-at-school-in-kuopio-shopping-centre-a4251016.html (''Evening Standard'')] [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/europe/violent-incident-finland-dead-intl/index.html (CNN)] [https://newsnowfinland.fi/crime/developing-1-dead-10-injured-in-kuopio-college-sword-attack (NewsNow)]
+*A jury finds Amber Guyger, a former [[Dallas Police Department|Dallas police officer]], guilty of murder. Guyger was indicted last year after fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, [[Botham Jean]], in his own apartment, which she claims to have mistaken for her own. [https://amp.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article235659352.html?fbclid=IwAR0NmUNEbg68IBJU_aY5rPIvbueaRJpDmlWtmCGP16IRR1_THj803gFnbvI (''The Sacramento Bee'')]
+*A [[United States district court|U.S. district judge]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], upholds [[Harvard University]]'s admissions process following a challenge from a group of [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] applicants who believe the school discriminated against them. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/politics/harvard-affirmative-action/index.html?utm_source=CNN-News-Alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Federal+judge+upholds+Harvard (CNN)]
+*In the [[United Kingdom]], [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Prince Harry]] and [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Meghan Markle]] announce they are suing ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'', as well as its parent company [[DMG Media]], claiming the publisher's newspapers have been publishing "false and deliberately derogatory stories" about their lives. [https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/meghan-markle-prince-harry-legal-action-mail-on-sunday-dad-letter-193755627.html (Yahoo! News)]
+*[[Opioid epidemic in the United States]]
+**[[Johnson & Johnson]] announces it has reached a $20.4 million settlement with two [[Ohio]] counties over its role in the [[opioid epidemic in the United States]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/johnson-and-johnson-reaches-tentative-204-million-settlement-in-massive-opioid-case/2019/10/01/6a8a9670-e48e-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
+*Aida Merlano, a former [[Colombian Congress|Congresswoman]] who is serving a fifteen-year sentence for buying votes and for firearms offences, escapes from prison in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colombia-politician-prison-break-rope-motorbike-dentist-aida-merlano-bogota-a9136916.html (''The Independent'')]
+*[[Trump–Ukraine scandal]]
+**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]'s personal lawyer [[Rudy Giuliani]] hires [[Watergate scandal]] prosecutor Jon Sale to represent him in the impeachment inquiry investigating the president. [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/01/trump-lawyer-rudy-giuliani-hires-attorney-jon-sale-to-represent-him.html?fbclid=IwAR037r76qHk_OcD1gdm-UAJABKkhGTE3pj1MFCb8JrKZtv08nIdsIfMQTLM (CNBC)]
+**[[Steve Linick]], the [[Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State|inspector general of the U.S. State Department]], requests an "urgent" briefing with senior congressional staff members regarding [[Ukraine]]. The private meeting will be held tomorrow. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/politics/deposition-delayed-impeachment-investigation/index.html (CNN)]
+*[[Immigration policy of Donald Trump]]
+**''[[The New York Times]]'' reports that [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the [[Mexico–United States border]] during a meeting in March. He also reportedly suggested digging a moat to fortify a [[Mexico–United States barrier|border wall]] and filling it with "snakes or alligators", and wanted the wall "electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh". [https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-suggested-shooting-migrants-in-legs-border-moat-2019-10?fbclid=IwAR0ppcLU0wSHa9UpSmq_7_REJyE-RfU1_QJLbNyA4VdWd7dyZsyURfefSBs (''Business Insider'')]
+*[[Tax returns of Donald Trump]]
+**A U.S. federal judge in [[California]] blocks a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income [[tax return|tax returns]] before their names can appear on the state's [[United States presidential primary|primary]] ballot. The ruling is considered a win for [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], who has resisted releasing his tax returns. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/politics/california-law-trump-tax-returns-blocked/index.html (CNN)]
 ;Politics and elections
+*[[Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump]]
-*[[2019 Hong Kong protests]]
+**[[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] accuses [[United States House of Representatives|House]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] of attempting to "intimidate" and "bully" five [[United States State Department|State Department]] officials whom key congressional committees have asked to interview as part of an [[impeachment]] inquiry into [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]]. The House Democrats in turn issue a warning to Pompeo to stop "intimidating" witnesses, telling Pompeo that it "is illegal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the impeachment inquiry" into President Trump. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pompeo-accuses-house-democrats-intimidate-bully-state-department/story (ABC News)], [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/politics/pompeo-accuses-democrats-intimidation/index.html (CNN)]
-**Violent clashes erupt between pro-democracy protesters and police in [[Hong Kong]] on [[National Day of the People's Republic of China]]. [https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article235656232.html (''The Charlotte Observer'')]
+*[[2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis]]
+**The [[Vice President of Peru]] [[Mercedes Aráoz]], who was named by the [[Congress of Peru|Congress]] as the acting [[President of Peru|president]], resigns from both offices to facilitate the snap general election. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49901872 (BBC News)]
+*[[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign]]
+**The [[Republican National Committee]] and the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. presidential election]] campaign to reelect [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] raised $125 million between July and September, setting a new presidential fundraising record, the [[Associated Press]] reports. [https://www.axios.com/trumps-reelection-effort-raised-125-million-d65fbdbb-6e0d-43ca-a7ba-bc04792c992e.html (''Axios'')]
+*[[Politics of San Marino]]
+**[[Luca Boschi]] and [[Mariella Mularoni]] begins the term as [[List of Captains Regent of San Marino|Captain Regents]]. [https://sanmarinortv.sm/news/politica-c2/san-marino-saluta-i-nuovi-capitani-reggenti-per-il-semestre-10-ottobre-2019-10-aprile-2020-a177695 (San Marino TV)]
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