Portal:Current events/2022 November 9

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
      • Russian forces announce a retreat from the city of Kherson, the western bank of the Dnieper River in Mykolaiv Oblast, and the western part of Kherson Oblast. (BBC News)
      • Russian officials say that deputy head of the Kherson military–civilian administration Kirill Stremousov has been killed in a car crash while travelling to Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree posthumously awarding Stremousov the Order of Courage. (BBC News)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • French President Emmanuel Macron announces the official end of Operation Barkhane in the Sahel. (Africanews)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian teenager is killed and three others are injured in Nablus as clashes occur between Israeli soldiers and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade at Joseph's Tomb when the latter allegedly opened fire on Jewish worshippers. (Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Economy of Greece
    • Greek workers begin a strike demanding higher wages amid rapidly increasing inflation in the country, with the main trade union calling it "suffocating". Ground transport, flights, and ferry services are disrupted due to the strike. (Reuters)
  • 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
    • The UK's Royal College of Nursing announces the first strike in the union's 106-year history as it demands higher wages for medical workers in order to keep up with rising inflation. (BBC News)
  • The International Monetary Fund agrees to a preliminary deal with Bangladesh for a US$4.5 billion loan to support the struggling Bangladeshi economy amid rising energy and food prices. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Nicole makes landfall in the Bahamas, with flooding and power outages reported in the Abaco Islands. In the United States, Walt Disney World and other resorts in Florida close because of the storm. (AP)
• Nine people are killed in a house fire in Yıldırım, Bursa Province, Turkey. (AP)