Portal:Current events/2018 October 19
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;Arts and culture
- 136 years after beginning construction, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona receives a building permit to complete construction. [https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sagrada-familia-barcelona-church/index.html (CNN)] [http://www.newser.com/story/266150/136-years-later-famous-landmark-to-be-completed.html (Newser)]
;Disasters and accidents
- Amritsar train disaster
- At least 59 people are dead and 100 are injured after a train runs into a Dussehra celebration near Amritsar in India's northern state of Punjab. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45913793 (BBC News)]
- A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter crashes on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, leaving 12 sailors injured. [http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-navy-helicopter-crash-20181019-story.html (Los Angeles Times)]
;International relations
- Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
- Former Secret Intelligence Service head John Sawers says that Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammad bin Salman was behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/crown-prince-mohammed-jamal-khashoggi-killing-mi6-sir-john-sawers (The Guardian)]
- Saudi Arabia–Turkey relations
- Saudi Arabia's general prosecutor claims Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight inside the Istanbul consulate. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/19/saudi-arabia-admits-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-was-killed-after-a-fight-broke-out-in-consulate.html (CNBC)]
- Twitter suspends a bot network spreading pro-Saudi Arabia tweets regarding Kashoggi's disappearance. [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/exclusive-twitter-pulls-down-bot-network-pushing-pro-saudi-talking-n921871 (NBC)]
;Law and crime
- Illegal immigration to the United States
- Hundreds of Central American migrants taking part in a migrant caravan to the United States clash with riot police on the Guatemala–Mexico border. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45920624 (BBC)]
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Social media in the United States presidential election, 2016, Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections
- The United States Justice Department charges 44-year old Elena Khusyaynova of Saint Petersburg with conspiracy to defraud the United States for managing the financing of the social media troll operation that included the Internet Research Agency. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/politics/elena-alekseevna-khusyaynova-russia-charged/index.html (CNN)]
;Science and technology
- Arianespace launches the European Space Agency–Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency probe BepiColombo from Guiana Space Centre as it begins a 7-year journey to Mercury. It is the final mission of the Horizon 2000+ program. [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/19/bepicolombo-spacecraft-launches-on-mission-to-mercury (The Guardian)]
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