Portal:Current events/2019 September 22

September 22, 2019 (Sunday)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

At least 22 people are killed and 15 others injured after a bus rams into a hill en route from Skardu to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, following a brake failure. (Sky News)
Two minibuses collide head-on near Limpopo, South Africa. All eleven on board the vehicles die. (ENCA)
Search and rescue aircraft locate wreckage near Ilaga, Indonesia. It is thought to be a missing Twin Otter cargo plane carrying rice and four people, but this remains to be confirmed. (The Aviation Herald)
A classroom collapses in Dagoretti, Kenya, killing at least seven children. (The Standard)

Health and environment

World Car-Free Day
- Cities around the world celebrate World Car-Free Day. (UrduPoint)
- Brussels reports up to 70% lower levels of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon in the atmosphere, compared to other Sundays. (Belga via Het Laatste Nieuws)
- Over 12 miles (19 km) of roads are closed for traffic in central London. (The Guardian)
Climate change mitigation
- German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze says the €54 billion climate plan approved by the German cabinet on Friday enables her country to join the Powering Past Coal Alliance. Germany expects to transition away from coal by 2038. (Deutsche Welle)
Effects of global warming
- The World Meteorological Organization publishes a report stating that 2015–2019 was the hottest five-year period since measurements began. The increase in the global carbon dioxide level, the rise of the sea level and the melting of ice caps is accelerating. (PA via breakingnews.ie)

Law and crime

Crisis in Venezuela
- Argentina accuses Venezuela of committing "crimes against humanity", "torture and murder" after receiving reports from Venezuelan refugees in the country. The Argentine Government will file a formal accusation against Venezuela before the International Court of Justice. (Clarín)
Brexit
- Dominic Raab says the UK Government will abide by the upcoming Supreme Court's ruling on the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament. When asked if the Government would prorogue Parliament again if it wins, he answers that he's "keen not to take levers off the table that weaken the position of the UK in Brussels". (BBC News)
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok launches an investigation into the deaths of dozens of protestors during a July crackdown orchestrated under the regime of now-ousted President Omar al-Bashir. (France 24)

Politics and elections

The Joint List recommends Benny Gantz as the next Prime Minister of Israel. This is the first time an Arab-led political party recommends a candidate for prime minister since they recommended Yitzhak Rabin in 1992. (Axios)