Changes
Undid revision 867378663 by TenorTwelve (talk)
{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=30|content=
<!-- All news items below this line -->
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**[[Typhoon Yutu]] causes landslides in the [[Philippines]], leaving at least four people killed and thirty-one others trapped. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-yutu/typhoon-triggers-deadly-landslides-in-philippines-dozens-trapped-idUSKCN1N4033 (Reuters)]
*A fire along [[South Africa]]'s [[Garden Route]] in the [[Cape Province]], kills at least seven people. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46029553 (BBC)]
;Health and environment
*[[Complications of pregnancy]]
**Research published in ''[[JAMA Internal Medicine]]'' describes that mothers should wait at least a year between giving birth and getting pregnant again to reduce health risks to mother and baby. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46017789 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*[[List of serial killers by number of victims]]
**[[Germans|German]] convicted serial killer and former nurse [[Niels Högel]] begins his third trial (previous convictions were in 2008 and 2015), this time in [[Oldenburg]], for additional patient murders by administering fatal doses of medication between 1999–2005 which may include his assignment as one of Germany's worst serial killers since [[World War II]]. At the beginning of the trial, Högel confesses to the murder of 100 of his patients. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46027355 (BBC)], [https://www.dw.com/en/german-former-nurse-confesses-to-killing-100-patients/a-46084584 (Deutsche Welle)]
*''[[Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority]]''
**A judge in [[Ecuador]] rules against [[WikiLeaks]] co-founder [[Julian Assange]], who had contested new rules imposed on him in [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|the country's embassy]] in [[London]]. Assange had argued that the conditions violated his "fundamental rights and freedoms", and were intended to force him to leave. His lawyers have appealed against the ruling. Assange took refuge in the embassy six years ago to avoid extradition to [[Sweden]] in a sexual assault case that has since been dropped. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46027963 (BBC)]
*[[Boston]] convicted organized crime boss and former [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive]] [[Whitey Bulger]] dies in the [[United States Penitentiary, Hazelton|United States Penitentiary at Hazelton]], [[West Virginia]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/us/james-whitey-bulger-killed/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Arrest of Juan Requesens]], [[Human rights in Venezuela]]
**It is reported that imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader [[Juan Requesens]] has been transferred from isolation to a military hospital in Caracas, after days of reports that he has been suffering an untreated dental infection as well as wounds of torture. [http://www.venezuelaaldia.com/2018/10/27/regimen-tortura-y-niega-asistencia-dental-al-diputado-juan-requesens/ (Venezuela al día)]
*John Letts, the father of the alleged [[British Canadians|British-Canadian]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] fighter [[Jack Letts]] who is being held by [[Kurds|Kurdish]] forces in [[Syria]], calls for the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]] to help secure his release. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46039145 (BBC)], [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/father-of-alleged-isis-fighter-pleads-with-ottawa-to-help-free-son-in-syria-1.4156578 (CTV News)]
;Politics and elections
*[[United States Constitution]]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] denounces the right to automatic citizenship given to children born on [[United States]] land to [[illegal immigrant]]s. According to most authorities, [[birthright citizenship in the United States]] is protected in the [[Citizenship Clause]] of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46032075 (BBC)]
*[[Taliban in Qatar]]
**[[Taliban Five|Five members]] of the [[Taliban]] who were freed by the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] from [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] in exchange for former captive [[Bowe Bergdahl]] join the insurgent group’s political office in [[Qatar]]. [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/10/30/5-freed-from-gitmo-in-exchange-for-bergdahl-join-insurgents-in-qatar-taliban-says/ (''Military Times'')], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/taliban-5-freed-from-us-military-prison-now-in-qatar-office/2018/10/31/5fe3f448-dcc7-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
;Science and technology
*[[NASA]]'s ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' spacecraft becomes the closest ever sent to the [[sun]], by passing 42.7 million km (26.6 million miles) from the sun's surface. The previous record was set in 1976 by the ''[[Helios (spacecraft)|Helios 2]]'' spacecraft. Parker's elliptical orbit will eventually take it to within 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) of the sun. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46030852 (BBC)]
*[[NASA]] announces that the ''[[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler]]'' spacecraft has expended all its fuel and will be retired after nearly 10 years of service, having found more than 2,600 exoplanets. [http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-nasa-kepler-retires-20181030-story.html (''Los Angeles Times'')]
*The [[Hawaii]] [[Hawaii Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] affirms the permit for the [[Thirty Meter Telescope]] on [[Mauna Kea]]. [https://www.tmt.org/news/361 (Thirty Meter Telescope)]
<!-- All news items above this line -->}}
<!-- All news items below this line -->
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**[[Typhoon Yutu]] causes landslides in the [[Philippines]], leaving at least four people killed and thirty-one others trapped. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-yutu/typhoon-triggers-deadly-landslides-in-philippines-dozens-trapped-idUSKCN1N4033 (Reuters)]
*A fire along [[South Africa]]'s [[Garden Route]] in the [[Cape Province]], kills at least seven people. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46029553 (BBC)]
;Health and environment
*[[Complications of pregnancy]]
**Research published in ''[[JAMA Internal Medicine]]'' describes that mothers should wait at least a year between giving birth and getting pregnant again to reduce health risks to mother and baby. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46017789 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*[[List of serial killers by number of victims]]
**[[Germans|German]] convicted serial killer and former nurse [[Niels Högel]] begins his third trial (previous convictions were in 2008 and 2015), this time in [[Oldenburg]], for additional patient murders by administering fatal doses of medication between 1999–2005 which may include his assignment as one of Germany's worst serial killers since [[World War II]]. At the beginning of the trial, Högel confesses to the murder of 100 of his patients. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46027355 (BBC)], [https://www.dw.com/en/german-former-nurse-confesses-to-killing-100-patients/a-46084584 (Deutsche Welle)]
*''[[Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority]]''
**A judge in [[Ecuador]] rules against [[WikiLeaks]] co-founder [[Julian Assange]], who had contested new rules imposed on him in [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|the country's embassy]] in [[London]]. Assange had argued that the conditions violated his "fundamental rights and freedoms", and were intended to force him to leave. His lawyers have appealed against the ruling. Assange took refuge in the embassy six years ago to avoid extradition to [[Sweden]] in a sexual assault case that has since been dropped. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46027963 (BBC)]
*[[Boston]] convicted organized crime boss and former [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive]] [[Whitey Bulger]] dies in the [[United States Penitentiary, Hazelton|United States Penitentiary at Hazelton]], [[West Virginia]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/us/james-whitey-bulger-killed/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Arrest of Juan Requesens]], [[Human rights in Venezuela]]
**It is reported that imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader [[Juan Requesens]] has been transferred from isolation to a military hospital in Caracas, after days of reports that he has been suffering an untreated dental infection as well as wounds of torture. [http://www.venezuelaaldia.com/2018/10/27/regimen-tortura-y-niega-asistencia-dental-al-diputado-juan-requesens/ (Venezuela al día)]
*John Letts, the father of the alleged [[British Canadians|British-Canadian]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] fighter [[Jack Letts]] who is being held by [[Kurds|Kurdish]] forces in [[Syria]], calls for the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]] to help secure his release. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46039145 (BBC)], [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/father-of-alleged-isis-fighter-pleads-with-ottawa-to-help-free-son-in-syria-1.4156578 (CTV News)]
;Politics and elections
*[[United States Constitution]]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] denounces the right to automatic citizenship given to children born on [[United States]] land to [[illegal immigrant]]s. According to most authorities, [[birthright citizenship in the United States]] is protected in the [[Citizenship Clause]] of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46032075 (BBC)]
*[[Taliban in Qatar]]
**[[Taliban Five|Five members]] of the [[Taliban]] who were freed by the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] from [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] in exchange for former captive [[Bowe Bergdahl]] join the insurgent group’s political office in [[Qatar]]. [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/10/30/5-freed-from-gitmo-in-exchange-for-bergdahl-join-insurgents-in-qatar-taliban-says/ (''Military Times'')], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/taliban-5-freed-from-us-military-prison-now-in-qatar-office/2018/10/31/5fe3f448-dcc7-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
;Science and technology
*[[NASA]]'s ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' spacecraft becomes the closest ever sent to the [[sun]], by passing 42.7 million km (26.6 million miles) from the sun's surface. The previous record was set in 1976 by the ''[[Helios (spacecraft)|Helios 2]]'' spacecraft. Parker's elliptical orbit will eventually take it to within 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) of the sun. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46030852 (BBC)]
*[[NASA]] announces that the ''[[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler]]'' spacecraft has expended all its fuel and will be retired after nearly 10 years of service, having found more than 2,600 exoplanets. [http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-nasa-kepler-retires-20181030-story.html (''Los Angeles Times'')]
*The [[Hawaii]] [[Hawaii Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] affirms the permit for the [[Thirty Meter Telescope]] on [[Mauna Kea]]. [https://www.tmt.org/news/361 (Thirty Meter Telescope)]
<!-- All news items above this line -->}}
