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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

A privately-owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (pictured) crashes in Connecticut, United States, killing seven people and injuring seven others.
Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra dissolves Congress, resulting in a constitutional crisis.
At the UCI Road World Championships, Mads Pedersen of Denmark wins the men's road race and Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands wins the women's road race.
An earthquake strikes Maluku, Indonesia, killing at least thirty people.

October 4, 2019 (Friday)

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Law and crime

2019 Hong Kong protests
- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam invokes the Emergency Regulations Ordinance and bans the face mask in public gatherings. (RTHK Hong Kong English)
In a case that shook Japan over child abuse cases, Yudai Funato admits most charges against him for assaulting and torturing his 5-year-old stepdaughter to death. While addressing the court, Funato says that he "lost control as his anger grew". (The Japan Times) (Straits Times)

October 3, 2019 (Thursday)

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Disasters and accidents

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch of the UK Department for Transport issues a report on the grounding of cargo vessel MV Priscilla on the Pentland Skerries off the coast of Shetland, Scotland. The investigation concludes the lone crewmember on the bridge was distracted by watching music videos during the nighttime accident. The grounding triggered changes in procedures by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. (BBC)
Three people are killed and three others injured in a plane crash at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan. (WNEM-TV), (WLNS-TV)

Health and environment

2019 United States outbreak of lung illness linked to vaping products
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the number of deaths caused by vaping-associated pulmonary injury ("vaping illness") linked to electronic cigarettes has risen to 18, with an additional 1,080 injuries reported. The CDC says the cause is still under investigation. (USA Today)

Law and crime

Paris police headquarters stabbing
- A man stabs five officers at the central police headquarters in the French capital of Paris, killing four. The attacker, who was shot dead by other officers, was an admin worker at the station. (BBC)

A shooting in Vancouver, Washington, United States leaves at least one dead, and several more injured. (The Columbian)

Politics and elections

Foreign interference in the 2020 United States elections
- Amid an impeachment inquiry against him, President of the United States Donald Trump says "China should start an investigation" into presidential candidate Joe Biden. Chair of the Federal Election Commission Ellen Weintraub again explains that "it is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election". (NBC News)
- Sources for the New York Times allege that two American diplomats presented a statement for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign wherein Ukraine would commit to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. (ANP via Het Laatste Nieuws) (The New York Times)

October 2, 2019 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

2018–19 Arab protests
- At least five people are killed in a second day of spontaneous protests against unemployment, government corruption and lack of basic services in Iraq. Police say they have "lost control" of the city of Nassiriya after exchanging gunfire with protesters. Curfews are imposed on the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Nassiriya, Amarah and Hillah. (AP) (Reuters)

Business and economy

The World Trade Organization authorizes the United States to impose about US$7.5 billion in tariffs on goods from the European Union every year. The WTO started the probe in 2005 after the United States complained that European subsidies to Airbus damage Boeing airplane sales. (NPR)
- The United States announces a tariff of 10% on European-made Airbus planes and 25% on a range of goods, set to take effect on 18 October. (Reuters)
American retailer Bed Bath & Beyond announces it will close 60 stores by the end of the year due to declining profits. (USA Today)
A foreign exchange trader, Rohan Ramchandani, has filed a lawsuit against Citigroup. Ramchandani won acquittal last year after criminal charges of market manipulation. He claims that the charges were instigated by his former employer in order to mitigate the regulatory consequences for its own misbehavior. (Reuters).

Disasters and accidents

Following yesterday's collapse of Nanfang'ao Bridge in Su'ao, Taiwan, onto fishing boats, rescuers recover four bodies. Three are identified as foreign fishermen, with a fourth corpse unidentified. Two people remain missing. (Deutsche Welle)
2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash
- A World War II-era B-17 crashes near Bradley International Airport in the U.S. state of Connecticut, killing at least seven of the 13 people on board. (NBC)
Schoharie limousine crash
- The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States, as part of its investigation, issues a series of recommendations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking it to mandate improved seatbelt and construction standard for stretch limousines. (Reuters)
At least 14 people are killed after an illegal gold mine collapses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Maniema province. Search efforts are underway for others who could be trapped. (BBC)
Star City fire
- A fire razed Star City, an amusement park in Pasay, Philippines in a suspected arson attack early morning. (Yahoo! News UK)

International relations

Japan–North Korea relations, North Korean missile tests
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe condemns in the strongest terms the latest North Korean missile tests and says they clearly violate United Nations Security Council resolutions. (BBC)
- North Korean state media says the country has successfully tested a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off the coast of Wonsan. (Deutche Welle) (Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks out about China's religious freedom violations during a visit to the Vatican. (Catholic News Agency)

Law and crime

Corruption in Israel
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a pretrial hearing regarding the charges against him in Case 4000, one of the three corruption cases in which the Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit decided to indict him, pending a hearing. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2020 United States presidential election, Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign
- U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders suspends campaigning for the 2020 U.S. presidential election "until further notice" after the discovery of artery blockage during a medical evaluation for chest discomfort results in surgery. (CNN)
Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
- A whistleblower who filed a complaint against U.S. President Donald Trump over a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought guidance from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence prior to the filing, Representative Adam Schiff's office says, but denies seeing the complaint in advance. (CNN)
Immigration policy of Donald Trump
- The Donald Trump administration says it is preparing to broadly expand DNA collection from migrants in U.S. detention. (NBC News)

October 1, 2019 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Donbass, Minsk Protocol
- Ukraine agrees to the "Steinmeier formula", aimed at granting a special self-governing status to the Donbass and organising OSCE-validated elections according to Ukrainian law. (Kyiv Post) (TASS)
2015–19 Iraqi protests, New Arab Spring
- At least two people are killed and 200 are injured at protests against unemployment and government corruption in Iraq. Protestors also try to enter the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. (Reuters)
Northern Mali conflict
- Mali's government says jihadist militant attacks on military (FAMA) posts in Mondoro and Boulkessi, in the central Mopti Region, killed 25 troops and left 60 others missing, possibly captured, while also inflicting heavy equipment losses. (Reuters) (Deutsche Welle)
2019 Hong Kong protests
- An 18-year-old protestor is shot in the chest by police and taken to hospital for surgery during clashes between pro-democracy protesters and the police in Hong Kong on National Day of the People's Republic of China. Video footage shows the police officer shooting the protester as the protester tries to hit his arm with a metal pipe. This is the first reported injury from a live round. (BBC)

Arts and culture

70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
- China celebrates its National Day with parades across the country, including a large military parade in the capital Beijing. (CNN)

Business and economy

Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff owner Dolphin Drilling announces it has found a buyer for the shipyard, infrastructure-based InfraStrata, saving it from closure. (Reuters)
The United Parcel Service announces it has been designated the first official commercial drone airline service by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Wired)
In leaked audio from a meeting with employees in July, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg threatens to sue Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, if she is elected president and tries to "break up" large tech companies. (The Verge)

Disasters and accidents

The Nanfang'ao Bridge, the only steel single-arch bridge in Taiwan, collapses on fishing boats in Su'ao. Ten people are injured and six are believed to have been trapped. (Reuters)
Severe flooding affects Laxey, Isle of Man, with some residents evacuated from their homes. (Isle of Man Government)

Health and environment

Climate change mitigation
- Dutch farmers stage a protest in The Hague against proposals to halve livestock numbers in a bid to cut nitrogen emissions. Motoring group ANWB claims tractors on highways caused a total of 1,136km (700 miles) of traffic jams during morning rush hour, with tractors on one highway swerving back and forth to prevent traffic passing. (BBC)

International relations

North Korea–United States relations, North Korean missile tests, Japan–North Korea relations
- North Korea says it will resume working-level nuclear talks with the United States, reviving a denuclearization process that has remained stalled since a February summit in Vietnam ended without a deal. (The Wall Street Journal)
- North Korea fires a missile which lands in the exclusive economic zone of Japan, according to Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. (Reuters)

Law and crime

A woman is killed and ten other people injured when a student attacks a teacher and students with a sword at a vocational school inside a shopping mall in Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland. Police disarm and arrest the suspect, who is one of the injured. (Evening Standard) (CNN) (NewsNow)
A jury finds Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer, guilty of murder. Guyger was indicted last year after fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment, which she claims to have mistaken for her own. (The Sacramento Bee)
A U.S. district judge in Boston, Massachusetts, upholds Harvard University's admissions process following a challenge from a group of Asian American applicants who believe the school discriminated against them. (CNN)
In the United Kingdom, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they are suing The Mail on Sunday, as well as its parent company DMG Media, claiming the publisher's newspapers have been publishing "false and deliberately derogatory stories" about their lives. (Yahoo! News)
Opioid epidemic in the United States
- Johnson & Johnson announces it has reached a $20.4 million settlement with two Ohio counties over its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States. (The Washington Post)
Aida Merlano, a former Congresswoman who is serving a fifteen-year sentence for buying votes and for firearms offences, escapes from prison in Bogotá, Colombia. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses House Democrats of attempting to "intimidate" and "bully" five State Department officials whom key congressional committees have asked to interview as part of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The House Democrats in turn issue a warning to Pompeo to stop "intimidating" witnesses, telling Pompeo that it "is illegal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the impeachment inquiry" into President Trump. (ABC News), (CNN)
- U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani hires Watergate scandal prosecutor Jon Sale to represent him in the impeachment inquiry investigating the president. (CNBC)
- Steve Linick, the inspector general of the U.S. State Department, requests an "urgent" briefing with senior congressional staff members regarding Ukraine. The private meeting will be held tomorrow. (CNN)
Immigration policy of Donald Trump
- The New York Times reports that U.S. President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the Mexico–United States border during a meeting in March. He also reportedly suggested digging a moat to fortify a border wall and filling it with "snakes or alligators", and wanted the wall "electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh". (Business Insider)
Tax returns of Donald Trump
- A U.S. federal judge in California blocks a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income tax returns before their names can appear on the state's primary ballot. The ruling is considered a win for President Donald Trump, who has resisted releasing his tax returns. (CNN)
2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis
- The Vice President of Peru Mercedes Aráoz, who was named by the Congress as the acting president, resigns from both offices to facilitate the snap general election. (BBC)
Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
- The Republican National Committee and the 2020 U.S. presidential election campaign to reelect President Donald Trump raised $125 million between July and September, setting a new presidential fundraising record, the Associated Press reports. (Axios)

September 30, 2019 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks. (Newsweek)
Yemeni Civil War, Yemeni peace process
- The International Committee of the Red Cross says that the Houthis have unilaterally released 290 prisoners. The move is part of a peace agreement brokered in Stockholm by the United Nations in December. The Houthis call on their opponents to take a comparable step. (BBC)
The Swedish Navy formally relocates its headquarters back to the underground Muskö naval base on the island of Muskö after a 25-year absence. The move from Karlskrona naval base to Muskö is based on the calculation that only Muskö could withstand a Russian attack, according to the Swedish Defence Research Agency. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

The American clothing retailer Forever 21 files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces it will close up to 178 stores. (NPR)
French airline XL Airways grounds all flights amid financial difficulties ahead of a bankruptcy hearing scheduled for Wednesday. (The Local)
Slovenian airline Adria Airways cancels all flights and files for bankruptcy. (Reuters)

International relations

Foreign relations of Vanuatu, 2019 Papua protests
- At the United Nations, the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, calls for "action on West Papua". He was rebuffed by Indonesian diplomats. (RNZ)
Iraq–Syria relations
- The main border crossing between Al-Qa'im, Iraq, and Albukamal, Syria, reopens. (AFP via The Daily Star)

Law and crime

Eight alleged members of a far right terror cell go on trial in Germany. The defendents, from Chemnitz, are accused of plotting attacks against immigrants and "the economic establishment". The city saw far-right protests last year following the stabbing homicide of a German man. (BBC)
Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni and her husband Rifaat al-Amin are each jailed for a year by a Rabat court for premarital sex and unlawful abortion, with doctor Mohammed Jamal Belkeziz receiving two years for carrying an abortion out. Her lawyer claims the evidence was fabricated to dissuade Raissouni and others from criticising the government. Observers including Amnesty International criticise the verdicts. (The Guardian)
European migrant crisis
- Riots erupt following a fire yesterday which killed an Afghan woman at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The camp in Moria houses 13,000 in tents and shipping containers but has facilities for only 3,000 residents. The Greek government declares it will step up transfers to the mainland in response. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis
- President of Peru Martín Vizcarra dissolves the Congress and calls for snap elections. Lawmakers reject the proposal, suspend him from office and name Vice President Mercedes Aráoz as acting president. The Peruvian Armed Forces continued to recognize Vizcarra as president of Peru and head of the armed forces. Popular protests backing the President takes place in the streets of Lima. (BBC) (The Guardian) (The New York Times)

Science and technology

Scientists say the largest iceberg in 50 years has broken away from Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf. The 1,636 sq km iceberg, known as D28, will continue to be monitored as it could pose a risk to shipping. (BBC)
A near-record snowstorm drops large amounts of snow in some parts of Alberta, from September 27-30. 95 cm fell in Waterton, 50-60 cm fell in Lethbridge, and over 27-32 cm fell in Calgary. Impacts were relatively mild, with power outages, and businesses closing. (The Globe and Mail)

September 29, 2019 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabian and Yemeni border conflict, Yemeni Crisis, Najran attack
- Yemen's Houthi movement releases footage appearing to show captured Saudi Arabian Army soldiers and burning armoured personnel carriers, after claiming to have conducted an "all-out" cross-border offensive inside Saudi Arabia's Najran Region that defeated three "enemy military brigades". (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

A fire at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos kills an Afghan woman living in a shipping container. A local official claims "aggressive" residents at the camp prevented firefighters from accessing the blaze, and that thrown stones and other missiles injured first responders and damaged their vehicles. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2019 Austrian legislative election
- The Federal Electoral Authority, based on preliminary results, reports the People's Party, headed by the prior chancellor Sebastian Kurz, wins the snap election with 38.4 percent of the vote. Second place Social Democratic Party got 21.5%. (BBC), (The New York Times), (National Election Authority (in German)), (Reuters)

Sports

2019 UCI Road World Championships
- Mads Pedersen wins the men's Road race World Championship as the first rider from Denmark ever. (BBC)

September 28, 2019 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

A bomb targeting the office of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills three people, including leader Maulana Mohammad Hanif, with nine more people injured. (Arab News)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Houthi rebels claim that they have captured "thousands" of enemy troops near the Saudi town of Najran following a major, deadly attack near the two countries' border. Saudi officials have not confirmed the claim. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Flooding in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh kills at least 93 people and displaces thousands of others. Another 29 people were killed in Bihar. (BBC).
An oil tanker ship explodes in Ulsan, South Korea, with flames subsequently spreading to an adjacent second tanker. At least ten people are injured. (CBC)
A coach with a flat tyre swerves into oncoming traffic and strikes a lorry head-on in Jiangsu, China. The collision kills at least 36 and injures another 36. (The Guardian)

International relations

Syrian Civil War, U.N. General Assembly 74th session, Rojava conflict
- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem demands the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. and Turkish troops from his country and warns that Syrian government forces have the right to take countermeasures if they refuse. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2019 Afghan presidential election
- Voters in Afghanistan head to the polls to elect a new president. The process is overshadowed by "insurgent" attacks, which led to dozens of civilian casualties. (DW)
- The Independent Election Commission says it has reports that there is no contact with 901 of the 4,942 polling centers. (Reuters)

Sports

The Richmond Football Club defeats the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the 2019 AFL Grand Final by 114 points to 25, marking the club's twelfth premiership and second in three years. The match, attended by 100,014 spectators, is the lowest single-match score by the Giants in their history, and the most lopsided Grand Final result in Richmond's history (89 points). (The Age)
2019 UCI Road World Championships
- Annemiek van Vleuten wins the women's road race after a 105-kilometre (65 mi) solo attack, with a lead of 2 min 15 s over second-placed defending champion Anna van der Breggen. (The Guardian)