Portal:Current events/2019 October 6

October 6, 2019 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War, Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present), Northern Syria Buffer Zone
- Following a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the White House says that Turkish Armed Forces will launch an incursion into Syrian Democratic Forces-held northern Syria, and that United States Armed Forces will be withdrawing from the region to avoid clashing with its NATO ally. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
- Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are seeking two unnamed suspects after two men opened fire at a bar, killing four people and wounding another five. (BBC News)
Crime in Austria
- An Austrian man kills five people in the town of Kitzbühel, Tyrol: his ex-girlfriend, her brother and parents, as well as her new boyfriend. He gives himself up at the police station. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

The Jordanian government announces it has struck a deal with the teachers' union to end a month-long strike that affected at least 1.5 million students. The strike was instigated over pay in light of new austerity measures. (Reuters)
2019 Kosovan parliamentary election
- Following the resignation of Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj in July, voters in Kosovo cast their ballots to elect the new members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. Opposition party, Vetëvendosje, led by Albin Kurti wins in an unprecedented victory. (DW)
2019 Portuguese legislative election
- Portuguese voters head to the polls to elect a new session to the Assembly of the Republic. In line with opinion polls, exit polls show the incumbent Socialist Party winning the most seats, but likely not quite enough to form a majority. (euronews) (Reuters)
2019 Tunisian parliamentary election
- Tunisian citizens gather to vote in the country's latest parliamentary election. (DW)

Science and technology

Fermi bubbles
- Scientists say that, using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, they have found evidence of a 300,000-year-long burst of radiation originating 3.5 million years ago from or near the center of our galaxy, erupting through both galactic poles, with effects on the Magellanic Stream, 200,000 light-years away. (EarthSky)

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