Armed conflicts and attacks

The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russian Armed Forces, with the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighting back at eight different locations. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-forces-hold-around-half-toretsk-trying-beat-back-russian-advance-local-2024-10-11/

Armed conflicts and attacks

A drone launched from Lebanon damages a building and causes a power outage in Herzliya, Israel. (Crisis 24) (MTV Lebanon)

• https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2024/10/israel-drone-attack-damages-building-and-causes-power-outage-in-herzliya-late-oct-11
• https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/International/1500269/lebanese-drones-cross-longest-distance-yet--hit-herzliya-in-tel-aviv

Business and economy

Aerospace company Boeing announces it will cut 17,000 jobs, 10% of its global workforce, and delay the deliveries of its Boeing 777X planes due to effects of the ongoing machinists strike. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-cut-17000-jobs-delay-first-777x-delivery-strike-hits-finances-2024-10-11/

Disasters and accidents

At least 19 people were injured after two trains collided near Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. (India Today)

• https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chennai-mysore-darbhanga-bagmati-express-collision-accident-tamil-nadu-derailment-fire-2615690-2024-10-12