Portal:Current events/2018 October 12
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October 12, 2018 (Friday)
Arts and culture
- Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
- Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in the second British royal wedding in 2018. (Today)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
- The death toll in the U.S. from Hurricane Michael rises to 17: eight in Florida, five in Virginia, three in North Carolina and one in Georgia. (BBC) (CNN)
International relations
- Turkey–United States relations
- A court in Turkey orders the release of American evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson after two years of arrest. (Reuters)
- Turkish officials claim to have audio and video evidence of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi being tortured and murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. (BBC)