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*The [[Kiribati]] High Court clears the way for the opposition to file a motion of no confidence against President [[Taneti Mamau]] amid reported discontent with the government's decision to switch its diplomatic recognition of [[Taiwan]] to recognition of the [[China|People's Republic of China]]. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/403038/kiribati-high-court-clears-way-for-attempt-at-no-confidence-vote (RNZ)] |
*The [[Kiribati]] High Court clears the way for the opposition to file a motion of no confidence against President [[Taneti Mamau]] amid reported discontent with the government's decision to switch its diplomatic recognition of [[Taiwan]] to recognition of the [[China|People's Republic of China]]. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/403038/kiribati-high-court-clears-way-for-attempt-at-no-confidence-vote (RNZ)] |
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**Major parties put forward veterans' platforms for [[Remembrance Day]], the first in a campaign season since the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 election]], with the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] proposing an amendment to the [[Human Rights Act 1998|Human Rights Act]] so that it will no longer apply to [[The Troubles]] or other 20th-century actions and the [[Labour Party (UK|Labour Party]] promising extra childcare for military families and a new railcard for veterans. This is the 100th anniversary of the [[two-minute silence]] and other [[Armistice Day]] commemorations worldwide. [https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50369104 (BBC)] {{wikispore-event|Event:Armistice Day 2019}} |
**Major parties put forward veterans' platforms for [[Remembrance Day]], the first in a campaign season since the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 election]], with the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] proposing an amendment to the [[Human Rights Act 1998|Human Rights Act]] so that it will no longer apply to [[The Troubles]] or other 20th-century actions and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] promising extra childcare for military families and a new railcard for veterans. This is the 100th anniversary of the [[two-minute silence]] and other [[Armistice Day]] commemorations worldwide. [https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50369104 (BBC)] {{wikispore-event|Event:Armistice Day 2019}} |
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Revision as of 14:44, 12 November 2019
November 11, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Bolivian protests, Evo Morales government resignation
- Buildings are set alight in La Paz overnight in apparent retaliatory attacks after Evo Morales resigned under pressure from anger over his disputed re-election. (Reuters)
- Armed gangs attack people in Cochabamba who appear to be celebrating Evo Morales's resignation. (The New York Times)
- Drinking water supplies to La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia's top two largest cities, are cut off. (The New York Times)
- Former Bolivian President Evo Morales says he has accepted an offer of political asylum in Mexico and boards a Mexican government plane as Bolivian Army troops are deployed in the capital. (BBC)
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- The Israel Defense Forces say they've killed Baha Abu al-Ata, leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine's armed wing known as the Al-Quds Brigades, in an airstrike on a building in the Gaza Strip. PIJ confirms the death of Baha Abu al-Ata and his wife, vowing to "shake the Zionist entity to its core" in response. (Haaretz) (The Jerusalem Post)
Arts and culture
- The wreckage of United States Navy submarine USS Grayback (SS-208), which disappeared with its 80 crew members in the East China Sea on February 27, 1944 during World War II, is discovered on the sea floor using new drone technology. (BBC) (CNN)
Distasters and accidents
- A 600-tonne section of the curtain wall at Lewes Castle in England falls onto an adjacent house and garden. No casualties are reported. (BBC)
Law and crime
- James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in Syria, is found dead near his home in Istanbul, Turkey. The cause of death is not known. (BBC)
- Cristian Sabou pleads guilty to the murder of Valerie Graves. He is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 23 years 272 days. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Hong Kong protests
- Protesters in Hong Kong call for a city-wide strike amidst an escalation in violence. Police shot a man with a live round at point-blank range in Sai Wan Ho district, besieged the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and fired tear gas inside the campuses. (Reuters)
- Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says on Monday that violence has exceeded protesters' demands for democracy and labels the demonstrators as the "people's enemy". (Reuters)
- The Kiribati High Court clears the way for the opposition to file a motion of no confidence against President Taneti Mamau amid reported discontent with the government's decision to switch its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan to recognition of the People's Republic of China. (RNZ)
- 2019 United Kingdom general election
- Major parties put forward veterans' platforms for Remembrance Day, the first in a campaign season since the 1923 election, with the Conservatives proposing an amendment to the Human Rights Act so that it will no longer apply to The Troubles or other 20th-century actions and the Labour Party promising extra childcare for military families and a new railcard for veterans. This is the 100th anniversary of the two-minute silence and other Armistice Day commemorations worldwide. (BBC) (Wikispore)