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October 1, 2023
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2023-10-01
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
2023 Ankara bombing
A
suicide bomber
blew himself up outside the
Interior Ministry
in
Ankara
,
Turkey
, injuring two
police
officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police.
(Al Jazeera)
Mali War
Tuareg rebels
take control of the town of
Bamba
,
Gao Region
,
Mali
, claiming over 80
soldiers
have been killed.
(BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
Fonda Milagros nightclub fire
At least 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a fire at a
nightclub
in
Murcia
,
Spain
.
(BBC News)
Ten people are killed and 60 more are injured after the
Santa Cruz Church's
[
fr
]
roof collapses during a
baptism
ceremony in
Ciudad Madero
,
Mexico
.
(Al Jazeera)
Ten people are killed and 25 more are injured after a truck carrying mostly
Cuban
migrants overturned between
Pijijiapan
and
Tonalá
in
Chiapas
,
Mexico
.
(AFP via CNA)
North Dakota
state senator
Doug Larsen
and his family are killed in a
plane crash
in
Grand County
,
Utah
,
United States
.
(AP)
A
grizzly bear
attacks
and kills two people and their pet dog in
Banff National Park
,
Alberta
,
Canada
. The bear is later
euthanised
.
(BBC News)
Politics and elections
Charles Brown
succeeds
Mark Milley
as chairman of the
United States Armed Forces
Joint Chiefs of Staff
.
(NBC News)
California Governor
Gavin Newsom
appoints
Laphonza Butler
to fill the
United States Senate
seat vacated by the death of
Dianne Feinstein
. She will be California's first openly LGBT senator.
(Politico)
Sports
2023 NRL season
In
rugby league
, the
Penrith Panthers
defeat the
Brisbane Broncos
26–24 in the
2023 NRL Grand Final
, their third consecutive win.
(The Guardian Australia)
2023 Speedway Grand Prix
Bartosz Zmarzlik
defends his
motorcycle speedway
world championship
title, it was his fourth world Speedway World Championship won overall.
(Eurosport)
2023 World Rally Championship
In
rallying
,
Toyota Gazoo
win their third consecutive
World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
title after
Kalle Rovanperä
and
Jonne Halttunen
win the
Power Stage
of the
2023 Rally Chile
.
(JCN via AsiaOne)
The
44th Ryder Cup
comes to an end with a victory of the European team.
(BBC)
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