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                            <p><span>November 8</span>
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                            <p><strong>Armed conflicts and attacks</strong>
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<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_American–Middle_East_conflict">2023 American–Middle East conflict</a>
<ul><li>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper">MQ-9 Reaper</a> is shot down in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/international_airspace">international airspace</a> off the coast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen">Yemen</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran">Iran</a>-backed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement">Houthis</a> claim responsibility for the shooting. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-mq-9-drone-shot-down-off-yemen-coast/">(CBS News)</a>
</li><li>Two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">U.S.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle">F-15</a>s strike an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> weapons storage facility in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate">Deir ez-Zor Governorate</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria">Syria</a>, according to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense">Department of Defense</a>. <a href="https://theatlasnews.co/conflict/2023/11/08/defsec-lloyd-austin-confirms-airstrikes-against-irgc-target-in-syria/">(<em>The Atlas News</em>)</a>
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel–Hamas_war">2023 Israel–Hamas war</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_2023_Israel–Hamas_war">War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_ambulance_airstrike">Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> says that an Israeli <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/airstrike">airstrike</a> on an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ambulance">ambulance</a> outside the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_Hospital">Al-Shifa Hospital</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City">Gaza City</a> should be investigated as a possible <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/war_crime">war crime</a>, adding that it did not find evidence that the ambulance was being used for military purposes. <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/07/gaza-israeli-ambulance-strike-apparently-unlawful">(Human Rights Watch)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/8/israel-hamas-war-live-humanitarian-aid-targeted-amid-gaza-bombardment">(Al Jazeera)</a> 
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalia_refugee_camp_airstrikes">Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes</a>
<ul><li>Four people are killed in an airstrike on a house in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalia_refugee_camp">Jabalia refugee camp</a> in northern Gaza. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/8/israel-hamas-war-live-humanitarian-aid-targeted-amid-gaza-bombardment">(Al Jazeera)</a>
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</li><li>An independent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations">United Nations</a> expert says that widespread and systematic bombardment of housing and civilian infrastructure in both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip">Gaza</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel">Israel</a> amounts to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/war_crime">war crime</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/crime_against_humanity">crime against humanity</a>. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/massive-destruction-of-gaza-housing-a-war-crime-un-expert-54209488">(AFP via <em>Barron's</em>)</a>
</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International">Amnesty International</a> says that Israel has heavily increased its use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/administrative_detention">detention without charges</a> since the start of the war, while also allowing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/torture">torture</a> and degrading treatment in prisons. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/8/israel-hamas-war-live-humanitarian-aid-targeted-amid-gaza-bombardment">(Al Jazeera)</a>
</li><li>At least 4,237 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war. An additional 1,350 children are reported as missing and most are presumed dead under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/8/israel-hamas-war-live-humanitarian-aid-targeted-amid-gaza-bombardment">(Al Jazeera)</a>
</li><li>Israeli aircraft renew their bombardment of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuseirat_refugee_camp">Nuseirat refugee camp</a> in central Gaza, resulting in at least 18 deaths. A residence belonging to a local family is also hit, with people trapped under the rubble. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/8/israel-hamas-war-live-humanitarian-aid-targeted-amid-gaza-bombardment">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/139101">(WAFA)</a>
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021–present)">Myanmar civil war</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_1027">Operation 1027</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar">Myanmar</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_State_Administration_Council">junta leader</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Aung_Hlaing">Min Aung Hlaing</a> calls up all <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatmadaw">military</a> reservists to prepare for military operations to counter the recent offensives by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Brotherhood_Alliance">rebel forces</a>. <a href="https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-calls-up-all-reservists-as-resistance-offensive-spreads.html">(Irrawaddy)</a>
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ukraine_campaign">Southern Ukraine campaign</a>
<ul><li>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces">Russian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/missile">missile</a> strike on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia">Liberia</a>n-flagged vessel entering the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivdennyi_Port">Pivdennyi Port</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa_Oblast">Odesa Oblast</a> kills one crew member and injures four others. The vessel was being used to transport <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iron_ore">iron ore</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China">China</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russian-missile-hits-vessel-black-sea-kills-one-2023-11-08/">(Reuters)</a>
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war">Syrian civil war</a>
<ul><li>At least 30 pro-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Syria">government</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Forces">militia forces</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces">soldiers</a> are killed in a series of attacks by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State">Islamic State</a> (IS) near the cities of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor">Deir ez-Zor</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homs">Homs</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqqa">Raqqa</a>, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war">Russian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/airstrike">airstrike</a>s targeting the IS positions in response. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/is-attacks-kill-30-pro-government-forces-in-syria-monitor-8ba3e4d6">(AFP via <em>Barron's</em>)</a>
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_(2023)">War in Sudan</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Geneina">Battle of Geneina</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardamata_massacre">Ardamata massacre</a>
<ul><li>At least 2,000 people are killed and 3,000 more are injured when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces">Rapid Support Forces</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/massacre">massacre</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/civilian">civilian</a>s in the Ardamata neighborhood of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneina">Geneina</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Darfur">West Darfur</a>, following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Army">Sudanese Army</a>'s withdrawal from the town. <a href="https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-seize-north-darfur-garrison-reportedly-commit-mass-atrocities-in-west-darfur">(Radio Dabanga)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/darfur-refugees-report-new-spate-ethnically-driven-killings-2023-11-07/">(Reuters)</a>
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</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_campaign">Darfur campaign</a>
<ul><li>The Rapid Support Forces capture the Sudanese Army <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/military_base">base</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Keddada">Umm Keddada</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Darfur">North Darfur</a>, after the army withdraws. <a href="https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-seize-north-darfur-garrison-reportedly-commit-mass-atrocities-in-west-darfur">(Radio Dabanga)</a>
</li><li>Experts and activists warn that the entirety of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur">Darfur</a> is close to being seized by the Rapid Support Forces, with North Darfur remaining the last state in the region under government control. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/8/sudans-rsf-closes-in-on-capturing-all-of-darfur">(Al Jazeera)</a>
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<p><strong>Business and economy</strong>
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<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Optus_outage">2023 Optus outage</a>
<ul><li>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Australia">telecommunications</a> outage by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus">Optus</a> leaves more than 10 million people in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia">Australia</a> without internet and mobile phone service for more than nine hours. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/australias-optus-hit-by-national-network-outage-2023-11-07/">(Reuters)</a>
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<p><strong>Disasters and accidents</strong>
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<ul><li>Eight people are killed in a car crash on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/highway">highway</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zavala_County">Zavala County</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas">Texas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna124243">(NBC News)</a>
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<p><strong>International relations</strong>
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<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2023_Israel–Hamas_war">International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war</a>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad">Chad</a> withdraws their ambassador from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel">Israel</a>, becoming the eighth country to do so in recent weeks. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/06/africa/south-africa-chad-recall-diplomats-from-israel-intl/index.html">(CNN)</a>
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<p><strong>Law and crime</strong>
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<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel–Hamas_war_protests">2023 Israel–Hamas war protests</a>
<ul><li>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Conflict_Location_and_Event_Data_Project">Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project</a> reports that 4,200 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/political_demonstration">demonstrations</a> related to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-Hamas_war">Israel-Hamas war</a> have been held around the world. 52% of the protests held were in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa">North Africa</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East">Middle East</a> and 90% of the protests were in support of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine">Palestine</a>. <a href="https://acleddata.com/2023/11/07/infographic-global-demonstrations-in-response-to-the-israel-palestine-conflict/">(ACLED)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/8/israel-hamas-war-live-humanitarian-aid-targeted-amid-gaza-bombardment">(Al Jazeera)</a>
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</li><li>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> bans the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/recreational_use_of_nitrous_oxide">recreational use of nitrous oxide</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67344299">(BBC News)</a>
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<p><strong>Politics and elections</strong>
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<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2023_Israel–Hamas_war">International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war</a>
<ul><li>UK <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)">Labour Party</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/member_of_parliament">MP</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran_Hussain_(British_politician)">Imran Hussain</a> resigns as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shadow_minister">shadow minister</a> for the New Deal for Working People over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)">party leader</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>'s position on the war, saying "I believe the party needs to go further and call for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ceasefire">ceasefire</a>". <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/08/imran-hussain-labour-frontbencher-resigns-gaza-ceasefire">(<em>The Guardian</em>)</a> 
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