Portal:Current events/2022 October 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Russian missile strikes a major thermal power station in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, causing "quite serious damage", according to governor Svitlana Onyshchuk. (Reuters)
    • The United States reports that Iranian troops are in Crimea, assisting the Russian military in using Iranian drones. (The Hill)
• Mahsa Amini protests
  • A 17-year-old protester, Abolfazl Adinezadeh, is killed in the city of Mashhad by Iranian security forces, who shot him at point-blank range. (BBC News)
• 2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement
  • Anti-Kremlin Bashkir nationalists announce the creation of "The Committee of Bashkir Resistance", with the aim of achieving independence for Bashkortostan, although the committee had already been established in September. (Euromaidan Press) (The Insider) (WP)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Two people are wounded in a car bombing in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (Reuters)
• Chadian Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo says that about 50 people have been killed during anti-government protests in the country. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Telecommunication between the Shetland islands and the British mainland is interrupted when a subsea cable is damaged. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in China
    • Additional restrictions are imposed in Beijing as the number of positive COVID-19 cases quadruples in the city. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• The Australian Capital Territory decriminalizes the possession of illicit drugs in small quantities, including cocaine, amphetamines and heroin beginning in October 2023. Those caught with illicit drugs for personal use will be fined or referred to drug rehabilitation programs. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Death of Harry Dunn
  • Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, pleads guilty at the Old Bailey (via video link from the USA), to causing the death of British teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn by careless driving. (ABC News), (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Premiership of Liz Truss
  • October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
    • An investigation is launched into a Commons vote on fracking where several Tory MPs were allegedly bullied, manhandled, and verbally abused. The 40 ruling party MPs who failed to back the government in the vote now face disciplinary action in the form of losing the whip. (The Guardian) (BBC News) (The Independent) (The Guardian 2)
    • Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation, to take effect once a replacement has been appointed. (BBC News)