Portal:Current events/2024 October 28

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024 Tyre airstrikes
      • At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Al Jazeera)
    • October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
      • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Mexican Drug War
  • In the last four days, at least 34 people have been killed in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico, in cartel ambushes and clashes. Mexican police arrest 21 people, including sixteen Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals. (Revista Proceso) (El Debate)

Arts and culture

• A team of archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 6,000 ancient Mayan structures hidden by vegetation in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche, including a city of pyramids they dubbed Valeriana. (DW)

Law and crime

• 2024 United Kingdom riots
  • British anti-Islam far-right activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for contempt of court and repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee. (Reuters)
• The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
  • Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
• October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
  • The GERB-SDS coalition wins the most seats in the parliamentary election with 69 seats, with PP-DB coming in second and Revival in third. GERB's leader Boyko Borisov promises to work with everyone except Revival to form a coalition government. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Ballon d'Or
  • In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d'Or and the Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN)