Portal:Current events/2022 December 4

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Africa floods
  • Nine people are killed and eight others are reported missing after flash flooding hits a church in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)
• The Indonesian government raises the volcanic alert status to the highest level after Semeru in East Java erupts, forcing the evacuation of around 2,000 people. (AFP via The Hindu)

Law and crime

• Iran–Israel relations
  • Capital punishment in Iran
    • Iran says that it has executed four prisoners convicted of spying for Israel. (Arab News)
• Mahsa Amini protests
  • Iranian prosecutor-general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announces the dissolution of the Guidance Patrol, though Iranian state media disputes this. (AFP via Khaleej Times) (The New York Times) (BBC News)
• Moore County substation attack
  • Over 40,000 customers are without power after two power substations in Moore County, North Carolina, United States, are deliberately damaged by gunfire on Saturday night. A curfew has been ordered, and power restoration is expected to take until Thursday. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• The African National Congress meets to debate the political future of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa amid an emerging scandal concerning Ramaphosa's ownership of a farm in alleged breach of anti-corruption laws. Ramaphosa has stated that he does not intend to resign. (AP)