Portal:Current events/2022 October 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian forces attack the Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv, and an energy facility in the city of Sumy with HESA Shahed 136 suicide drones, killing eight people. (BBC News) (CNBC)
    • The European Union establishes EUMAM Ukraine, a special military mission that will provide training for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in EU member states. (Council of the EU/the European Council)
• Mali War
  • After killing hundreds of civilians and forcing thousands to flee, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is reported to have captured the town of Ansongo in eastern Mali. (Reuters)
  • Four Chadian United Nations peacekeepers are killed and two others are injured in a roadside bombing near Tessalit, Kidal Region. (Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • Shire in the Tigray War
    • Ethiopian government forces capture the city of Shire from the Tigray Defense Forces. (Reuters via MSN)
• 2022 Haitian crisis
  • United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for "armed action" to establish a humanitarian corridor in Haiti, saying Haitians face a "nightmarish situation", especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka wins the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Yeysk military aircraft crash
  • A Sukhoi Su-34 crashes into an apartment building in Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, killing at least 15 people and wounding 19 more. (BNO News) (The Moscow Times)
• The death toll from the ongoing floods across Nigeria, which started in early summer, increases to more than 600. (BBC)

Health and environment

• 2022 Uganda Ebola outbreak
  • Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni places the capital city of Kampala under high Ebola response alert after two people who travelled from Mubende tested positive, with one of them later dying, amid an outbreak of the disease in the country. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Iran–European Union relations
  • The European Union sanctions Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Basij paramilitary military, and its morality police in response to the repression of the Mahsa Amini protests. (i24 News)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the assassination of Shinzo Abe
  • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida orders an investigation into the ties between the Unification Church and members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party amid heavy scrutiny of the claims of Abe's assassin. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2022 Ballon d'Or
  • Karim Benzema wins the Ballon d'Or for the first time in his career after winning the 2021–22 La Liga and the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid as well as the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League with France. (BBC Sport)
  • Alexia Putellas retains her Women's Ballon d'Or title, after scoring 18 goals for Barcelona, who won all 30 of their league games this season, as well as the Spanish Cup and Super Cup, and also reached the Women's Champions League final. (The Guardian)
• 2022 San Diego Open – Women's singles
  • World number 1 Iga Świątek wins the WTA 500 title in San Diego, her 8th title this year, beating Donna Vekić 2–1 (6–3, 3–6, 6–0) in the San Diego Open final. (Tennis.com)
• Wasps RFC enter administration with all players and staff being designated as redundant and the team being formally relegated from the Premiership. (The Guardian)