Portal:Current events/2022 October 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Donbas
      • Second Battle of Lyman
        • Ukrainian troops recapture Lyman after weeks of fighting for the city and one day after the annexation of the Donetsk People's Republic to Russia. (The Guardian)
        • The Ministry of Defence of Russia says that it has withdrawn troops from the town of Lyman due to "a threat of encirclement". (BBC News)
        • After the defeat in Lyman, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, calls on the Russian government to introduce martial law and use low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine. (Moskovskij Komsomolets) (CNN) (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
    • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
        • A civilian convoy of seven cars attacked by Russian forces is discovered in Kupiansk Raion in Kharkiv Oblast with 24 people being killed, including a pregnant woman and 13 children, according to local governor Oleh Synyehubov. (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • An 18-year-old man is killed by Israeli soldiers in East Jerusalem, making him the 100th Palestinian killed in the West Bank this year. It is the deadliest toll of Palestinians killed there by Israeli's raids since 2015. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The death toll from Hurricane Ian increases to 84. (NBC News)
• Three people are killed and two others are injured after a helicopter crashes in Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Canada formally ends all COVID-19 border measures, including vaccination requirements, pre-arrival testing, and quarantine, allowing all travellers to enter the country unrestricted without needing to submit public health information through the ArriveCAN government mobile app. (Global News)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations
  • Venezuela releases seven Americans from its custody, including five Citgo executives, in exchange for two nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores who had previously been convicted of drug smuggling in the United States. (Politico)
• Togolese Gilbert Houngbo becomes the new Director-General of the International Labour Organization, succeeding British Guy Ryder. (North Africa Report)

Law and crime

• 2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster
  • At least 125 people are killed in a human crush following the dispersal of riotors by tear gas. The riot occurred between supporters of Indonesian football teams Arema F.C. and Persebaya Surabaya at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)
• Kurdish separatism in Iran, Iran–Iraq relations
  • Protests break out in Baghdad against Iranian involvement in the country following a series of missile and artillery strikes by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that killed dozens of civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Iran International)

Politics and elections

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • Protests enter a fifteenth day as large crowds and strikes are held at Iran's universities. (Iran International)
  • Iranians around the world hold rallies in more than 160 cities in solidarity with protesters. (Euronews)
• 2022 Latvian parliamentary election
  • Latvians head to the polls to elect members of the Saeima. (The Business Standard)