Portal:Current events/2022 October 23

October 23, 2022 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Tamer al-Kilani, a founding member of the Lions' Den militant group, is killed by a bomb planted on a motorcycle in Nablus, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Somali Civil War
- Three people are killed and eight others are injured during an al-Shabaab shooting and car bomb attack at a hotel in Kismayo, Somalia; the attackers are also killed at the hotel. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2022 Irkutsk military aircraft crash
- A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes into a residential building in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Both pilots are killed; no casualties on the ground are reported. As a result of the crash, more than 150 houses were left without electricity. (Reuters) (Meduza)
A fire, caused by strong winds, breaks out on the slopes of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

Human rights in Australia
- The United Nations accuses Australia of breaching its human rights obligations, after the state governments of New South Wales and Queensland refuse to allow UN inspectors into detention facilities. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2022 Slovenian presidential election
- Slovenians head to the polls to elect their president. (Reuters)
20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Xi Jinping is re-elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a historic third term of the paramount leader of China. (Al Jazeera)
2021 Guinean coup d'état
- ECOWAS confirms that Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years. (France24)
Thousands of people, including teachers and students, protest across Hungary against the government of Viktor Orbán, demanding higher salaries and the right to strike amid a high level of inflation. (Straits Times)

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