Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine launches ATACMS ballistic missiles at targets in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. It is the first time that Ukraine has used the American-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mzjm7knw7o

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree that allows Russia to use nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks by a non-nuclear state supported by a nuclear power. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-issues-warning-us-with-new-nuclear-doctrine-2024-11-19/

Business and economy

American aerospace company Boeing announces it will layoff 17,000 workers by the end of 2024, 10% of its global workforce, due to financial difficulties following the machinists strike. (Assembly Magazine) (WAFB9)

• https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/98910-boeing-to-lay-off-17-000-workers-amid-financial-struggles
• https://www.wafb.com/2024/11/20/boeing-cut-nearly-20000-employees-before-christmas/

Law and crime

The Tunisian coast guard announces that on the night of November 8, a patrol boat rammed and sank a boat carrying migrants on its coasts, killing 53 people. (Fanpage)

• https://www.fanpage.it/politica/la-guardia-costiera-tunisina-sperona-e-uccide-52-migranti-mio-cugino-musa-e-uno-dei-minori-annegati-quella-notte/

Politics and elections

Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania resigns following negotiations with the opposition and is succeeded by Vice President Badra Gunba as acting president. (Abkhaz World) (Reuters)

• https://abkhazworld.com/aw/current-affairs/2878-president-aslan-bzhania-agrees-to-resign-after-eight-hour-negotiations
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/leader-breakaway-georgian-region-resigns-russias-interfax-reports-2024-11-18/