Portal:Current events/2022 October 27

October 27, 2022 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian forces strike Kyiv's energy system facilities and launch BM-30 Smerch missiles on Zaporizhzhia as Ukraine repels attacks in the Donbas. (RFE/RL)
Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  - Israel carries out airstrikes near Damascus, Syria, killing four pro-Iranian fighters. (Al Arabiya)
2022 Haitian crisis, Canada–Haiti relations
- Canada sends a delegation to Haiti to assess the security situation and to "consult with stakeholders on options to support Haitian people in resolving the humanitarian and security crises", amid ongoing international talks on sending a peacekeeping force to the country. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Decommunization
- Polish authorities demolish four communist-era monuments to the Red Army in the respective towns of Głubczyce, Byczyna, Bobolice, and Staszów, citing a 2016 law that prohibits promotion of totalitarian regimes. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
- Entrepreneur Elon Musk acquires Twitter, Inc. in a $44bn deal. Musk fires Twitter's chief executive officer Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and the head of legal policy Vijaya Gadde upon taking over. (Financial Times)

Disasters and accidents

A firefighting aircraft of the Italian Protezione Civile crashes on Mount Etna in Sicily while fighting a forest fire, killing the two pilots on board. (Emergency-live.com)

International relations

Israeli–Lebanese maritime border dispute
- The Israeli cabinet unanimously votes in favor of approving a US-brokered maritime deal with Lebanon, with Prime Minister Yair Lapid hailing the deal as an "enemy state's formal recognition". (Times of Israel)
China–Netherlands relations
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands announces an investigation regarding the activities of China's two allegedly illegal police stations in the country. (CNN)

Law and crime

LGBT rights in Russia
- The State Duma unanimously gives preliminary approval to a bill strengthening a law against "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations". The bill will expand the ban on "propaganda" to all ages, and will outlaw media and online resources, including films, books, and theater productions. (ABC News)
Crime in Italy
- One person is killed and five others, including Spanish footballer Pablo Marí, are injured during a mass stabbing at a Carrefour supermarket in Assago, Lombardy, Italy. The perpetrator, a man with mental health problems, who used a knife from a shelf, is arrested at the scene. (BBC News)
Eight people, all members of one family, are found dead in and around a house in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States. The incident is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide. (AP)