Portal:Current events/2023 October 1
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October 1, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- 2023 Ankara bombing
- A suicide bomber causes an explosion outside the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Ankara bombing
- Mali War
- Tuareg rebels take control of the town of Bamba, Gao Region, Mali, claiming over 80 soldiers have been killed. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Fonda Milagros nightclub fire
- At least 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain. (BBC News)
- Ten people are killed and 60 more are injured after a church's roof collapses during a baptism ceremony in Ciudad Madero, Mexico. (Al Jazeera)
- Ten people are killed and 25 more are injured after a truck carrying mostly Cuban migrants overturned between Pijijiapan and Tonalá in Chiapas, Mexico. (AFP via CNA)
Politics and elections
- California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by the death of Dianne Feinstein. She will be California's first LGBT senator and the Senate's first African-American lesbian.(Politico)
Sports
- 2023 NRL season
- In rugby league, the Penrith Panthers defeat the Brisbane Broncos 26–24 in the 2023 NRL Grand Final, their third consecutive win. (The Guardian Australia)
- 2023 Speedway Grand Prix
- Bartosz Zmarzlik defends his motorcycle speedway world championship title. (Eurosport)
- 2023 World Rally Championship
- In rallying, Toyota Gazoo win their third consecutive World Rally Championship for Manufacturers title after Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen win the Power Stage of 2023 Rally Chile. (JCN via AsiaOne)