Portal:Current events/2024 September 19

September 19, 2024 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
  - The toll from yesterday's walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants increases to 25 people killed and more than 600 wounded, with a total of 37 people killed and over 3,000 injured since the past two days. (The Independent)
  - The pagers that were used as explosive devices are linked to Bulgarian company Norta Global Ltd, owned by a Norwegian businessman and was founded in April 2022. (LBC)
2024 New Caledonia unrest
- Two New Caledonian independence activists are killed by police during an operation in Saint-Louis over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots. (AP)

Arts and culture

Compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ganz kleine Nachtmusik
  - A previously unknown Mozart piece, dating to the 1760s, is discovered at a library in Leipzig, Germany. The seven miniature movements for a string trio were probably composed when Mozart was in his early teens. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

2024 European floods
- Ongoing severe flooding generated by Storm Boris causes more than $2.2 billion worth of damage and at least 26 deaths in Central Europe. (BBC)

Politics and elections