Portal:Current events/2018 October 17

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza–Israel conflict
• Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launch two rockets at Israel, one landing in the southern city of Beersheba, causing serious damage to a house but no injuries, and the other landing in the sea. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/rocket-sirens-blare-in-beersheba-southern-israel/ (The Times of Israel)]
• In response to rocket fire, Israeli Air Force jets attack targets in Gaza including a tunnel crossing into Israel, tunnel digging sites, a factory storing components used for tunnel building and another for the manufacturing of aerial weaponry. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/tensions-escalate-as-israeli-jets-pound-targets-in-gaza-in-response-to-rocket-fire/2018/10/17/41256c1c-d218-11e8-a4db-184311d27129_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fe15ea82b29 (The Washington Post)]

Arts and culture

• Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War
• Retired United States Marine veteran John Canley receives the Medal of Honor award from U.S. President Donald Trump for his contributions in the Vietnam War. [https://www.foxnews.com/us/marine-veteran-80-receives-medal-of-honor-for-vietnam-bravery (Fox News)] [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/17/medal-honor-trump-awards-medal-vietnam-vet-john-canley/1671621002/ (USA Today)]

Disasters and accidents

• 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
• Over 1,000 people remain missing a week after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hurricane-michael-missing_us_5bc72b3de4b0d38b5873c701 (Huffington Post)]
• 2018 European floods, Hurricane Leslie
• The death toll of the heavy floods in France rises to 14, while another person is missing. [https://www.lesoir.be/185063/article/2018-10-17/france-le-bilan-des-inondations-dans-laude-monte-14-morts (Le Soir)]

Law and crime

• Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
• A double bombing-mass shooting attack leaves 20 dead in a college in Kerch, Crimea. An 18-year-old student carried out the gun and bomb attack and then committed suicide. The attacker "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed "revenge" on his teacher. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45900534 (BBC)]
• Cannabis in Canada
• Canada becomes the first G20 nation to fully legalise cannabis. [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-ushers-historic-new-era-legalization-cannabis-035458897.html (Yahoo! Canada)]
• Macedonia naming dispute
• Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigns after discussion with the Greek Defence Minister in the framework of the Greece-Macedonia Accord. [http://www.ekathimerini.com/233727/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-foreign-minister-nikos-kotzias-submits-resignation (Ekathimerini)]
• 2016 German terror plot
• German media uncover a large ISIL terrorism plot which had been foiled in 2016. [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/terrorismus-behoerden-durchkreuzten-is-anschlagsplaene-in-deutschland-1.4174397 (Süddeutsche Zeitung)]

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