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October 9, 2022 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Julia makes landfall overnight in Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua. (Reuters)
Three people are killed when a wooden tourist boat carrying 14 people capsizes in Gdańsk, Poland. (BBC News)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
  - Nepalese president Bidya Devi Bhandari tests positive for COVID-19 one day after being hospitalized. (Xinhua)
An investigation is launched in the Gambia into the deaths of 66 children during the past three months, which have been linked to four brands of imported cough syrup. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

2022 Austrian presidential election
- Austrians head to the polls to elect their president. (ABC News)
- Incumbent Alexander van der Bellen secures reelection after surpassing 50% of the votes. (UPI)

Sports

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 ***[[Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike]]
 ****A Russian [[missile]] attack kills at least 13 people and wounds 89 others in [[Zaporizhzhia]], [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-ria-state-agency-reports-fuel-tank-fire-kerch-bridge-crimea-2022-10-08/ (Reuters)]
+***[[2022 Crimean Bridge explosion]]
+****[[President of Russia|Russian president]] [[Vladimir Putin]] formally accuses [[Ukraine]], and specifically the [[Security Service of Ukraine]], of being behind the explosion on the [[Crimean Bridge]], that killed three people and partially destroyed a section of the crossing. Putin says the explosion was an "act of terrorism". [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63195504 (BBC)]
 '''Disasters and accidents'''