2024-11-21 — Hefoki

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russia strikes Dnipro, Ukraine, with a projectile stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to be a new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) model. This confirms earlier reports from the United States and other western officials, who said that Russia had used an IRBM after initial reports misidentified the missile as a RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. (Reuters) (CBS News) (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks

Hungary announces the deployment of a missile defense system on its border with Ukraine, saying that the threat of escalation with Russia is now "greater than ever". (Reuters)
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungary-install-air-defence-system-near-ukraine-border-2024-11-21/
Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin says that the UK is now "directly involved" in the war in Ukraine following yesterday's use of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia. (Sky News)
- https://news.sky.com/story/britain-directly-involved-in-ukraine-war-russian-ambassador-tells-sky-news-13257896
Armed conflicts and attacks

Five soldiers are killed and four other people are injured after a bombing attack in the municipality of Anorí, Antioquia Department, Colombia. The National Liberation Army is blamed. (El País)
- https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2024-11-21/el-eln-asesina-a-cinco-soldados-cerca-de-un-espacio-de-reincorporacion-en-antioquia-a-dos-anos-del-inicio-de-los-dialogos-de-paz.html
Disasters and accidents

An Australian and a British tourist die after consuming poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll from the incident to five. Nine others are hospitalized. (BBC News) (AP)
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx27wyrxz9yo
- https://apnews.com/article/australian-laos-thailand-alcohol-poisoning-american-new-zealand-d44a61c3a12bbee4fd917346493d7f94
Health and environment

The Ministry of Health of New Zealand declares a national epidemic of whooping cough after a recent spike of 263 cases in the past four weeks. (RNZ)
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534519/new-zealand-declares-whooping-cough-epidemic
Law and crime

Brazilian Federal Police indicts former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for attempting a coup after he lost to Lula da Silva in the 2022 election. (AP)
- https://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-indictment-0d62fe0a7399483aee48cf3c845560ea
Law and crime

Eleven people, including former construction minister Goran Vesić, are arrested as part of an investigation into the Novi Sad railway station accident that caused 15 deaths earlier this month. (DW) (AL24)
- https://www.dw.com/en/serbian-train-station-collapse-prompts-wave-of-arrests/a-70854872
- https://al24news.com/en/serbia-arrests-11-over-fatal-train-station-accident/
Law and crime

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant, and the leader of Hamas' military wing Mohammed Deif, who is presumed to be dead. (Jerusalem Post)
- https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-830135