Sunday, October 30th, 2022 

At least 151 people are killed and 82 others injured in a crowd crush during Halloween celebrations in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea. (The Hankyoreh) 

Russia announces sanctions on eleven British Overseas Territories, accusing them of “unfriendly actions” against Moscow. With these sanctions, the United Kingdom and all 14 British Overseas Territories are now on Russia’s list of sanctioned territories. (Anadolu Agency) 

Eleven people are killed during a crowd crush at a Fally Ipupa concert at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) 

M23 rebels capture the towns of Kiwanja and Rutshuru in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response, the Congolese government expels Rwanda’s ambassador, accusing the country of supporting the rebels. (Al Jazeera) 

Five Israeli soldiers are injured during a vehicle-ramming attack at a checkpoint in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead by police. (Haaretz) 

At least 141 people are killed in a collapse of a bridge over the Machchhu River in Morbi, Gujarat, India. More than 80 people have been rescued. (The Hindu) 

A man throws firebombs at a centre for processing asylum seekers in Dover, Kent, UK, injuring two people before killing himself. (TheJournal.ie) 

Two people are shot and killed in Brixton, London, while a bystander was knocked down and injured by the gunman’s vehicle. No arrests have been made. (BBC News) 

Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president in a run-off vote between incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (Sky News) 

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva narrowly wins election to Brazil’s presidency. (Time) 

Saturday, October 29th, 2022 

Congresswoman and Bolsonaro supporter Carla Zambelli draws a handgun and chases a Lula supporter in São Paulo. Zambelli claimed to have been assaulted by the man, but video footage shows that Zambelli tripped and fell to the ground before chasing him. (The Brazilian Report) 

Russia accuses Ukraine of a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea. The Russian-installed Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev says the Russian Navy repelled the attack, which he calls the “most massive” since the invasion began. Russia consequently suspends its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative. (BBC News) 

Russia accuses the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy of blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea on September 26. The Russian Defence Ministry says the Navy was also behind recent attacks on Russian Navy facilities in Crimea. The British government denies both accusations. (Reuters) 

A Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli settler in Kiryat Arba, Hebron, and injures four others, including a Palestinian paramedic, before being killed by security forces. (Times of Israel) 

At least 100 people are killed and over 300 others are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu. (Al Jazeera) 

A gas tanker explosion at an amateur football game in Baghdad, Iraq, kills nine people and wounds 10 others. (AP) 

A suspect arrested in 2019 for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese illegal immigrants in a lorry in southern England has been formally charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. (The Guardian) 

The first trial related to the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini begins in the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran. The five protesters face charges of corruption on earth, which is punishable by death. (Al Arabiya) 

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