The number of people confirmed killed in central and eastern
Japan by
Typhoon Hagibis rises to 77, while nine other people are still missing.
(NHK World)
Police in
Anchorage, Alaska charge Brian Steven Smith, who was arrested on October 8 for the murder of Kathleen Jo Henry, with a second murder, that of Veronica Abouchuk. Smith reportedly confessed to killing Abouchuk and told authorities where her body could be found.
(KTLA Los Angeles)
The fourth night of violence in the streets of
Catalonia in protest of the sentence of the Catalan independence leaders leaves 33 arrested and 80 injures. In
Tarragona, the main door of the city hall is burnt.
(El País)(La Vanguardia)
The Catalan president
Quim Torra, in a special plenary session at the
Parliament of Catalonia, announces that he will convene a third independence referendum and a Constitution throughout the legislature.
(El Periódico)
Science and technology
NASA announces that the
InSight Mars lander's heat probe had successfully dug 3 centimetres (1.2 in) into the ground after becoming stuck 35 centimetres (14 in) in the ground in February 2019, confirming that the probe had not hit a rock and instead simply didn't have enough friction in the soil to dig much deeper. The vehicle landed near the Martian equator in November 2018.
(Space.com)
The number of people confirmed killed in central and eastern
Japan by
Typhoon Hagibis rises to 77, while nine other people are still missing.
(NHK World)
Police in
Anchorage, Alaska charge Brian Steven Smith, who was arrested on October 8 for the murder of Kathleen Jo Henry, with a second murder, that of Veronica Abouchuk. Smith reportedly confessed to killing Abouchuk and told authorities where her body could be found.
(KTLA Los Angeles)
The fourth night of violence in the streets of
Catalonia in protest of the sentence of the Catalan independence leaders leaves 33 arrested and 80 injures. In
Tarragona, the main door of the city hall is burnt.
(El País)(La Vanguardia)
The Catalan president
Quim Torra, in a special plenary session at the
Parliament of Catalonia, announces that he will convene a third independence referendum and a Constitution throughout the legislature.
(El Periódico)
Science and technology
NASA announces that the
InSight Mars lander's heat probe had successfully dug 3 centimetres (1.2 in) into the ground after becoming stuck 35 centimetres (14 in) in the ground in February 2019, confirming that the probe had not hit a rock and instead simply didn't have enough friction in the soil to dig much deeper. The vehicle landed near the Martian equator in November 2018.
(Space.com)