Armed conflicts and attacks

Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments describing the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran for striking Israel. (NPR)

• https://www.npr.org/2024/10/19/g-s1-29081/us-investigating-unauthorized-release-classified-documents-israel-attack-plans

Disasters and accidents

Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid a national electrical blackout. (USA Today)

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2024/10/20/storm-tracker-hurricane-oscar-path-spaghetti-models/75763514007/

Disasters and accidents

At least two people are killed and 309 others are rescued in flash flooding in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. (The New York Times) (NBC News)

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/new-mexico-flooding.html
• https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/floods/2-dead-309-people-rescued-severe-flooding-new-mexico-rcna176318

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed when a helicopter crashes into a radio tower in Houston, Texas, United States. (ABC News)

• https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/helicopter-crashes-radio-tower-houston/story?id=114977337

Politics and elections

The European Union referendum is narrowly approved by voters, with president Maia Sandu alleging foreign electoral intervention from Russia. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovas-eu-referendum-goes-wire-after-sandu-decries-vote-meddling-2024-10-21/

Politics and elections

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president and 14th vice president of Indonesia, respectively. (AP) (Reuters)

• https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-new-president-prabowo-subianto-sworn-44f1cb606ab8aa825b20b7f154ba9721
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/former-special-forces-commander-prabowo-take-up-indonesian-presidency-2024-10-19/

Sports

In basketball, the New York Liberty defeat the Minnesota Lynx in 5 games to win their first WNBA championship. (CTV News)

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/new-york-liberty-defeat-minnesota-lynx-to-win-first-wnba-championship-in-franchise-history-1.7080627