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December 1, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria offensive
  - Battle of Aleppo
    - Twelve people are killed and 23 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (SOHR)
    - Turkish-backed militants say that they captured Aleppo's Ramouseh district as well as the city of As-Safira and the town of Khanasir in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher) (SOHR)
  - At least nine people are killed and at least 62 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on Idlib. (SOHR)
  - The Syrian National Army says that they captured the city of Tell Rifaat and Menagh Air Base in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher)
Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
  - The Rapid Support Forces establish a civilian administration in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, including the adjacent cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North. (The National News) (Dabanga Sudan)

Disasters and accidents

2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Nineteen people are killed by Cyclone Fengal in India and Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
Nineteen people are injured, including eight severely, when a Polish truck driver strikes several vehicles on the A46 highway near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (DW)
Two people are killed and 30 others are injured, with 15 critically, when a bus coming from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelonès, Catalonia, Spain, crashes in Porté-Puymorens, Occitania, France. (Europa Press) (DW)

International relations

Ukraine–United States relations
- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that the United States will not return to Ukraine the nuclear weapons that they dismantled. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2024 Nzérékoré stampede
- At least 56 people are killed during a stampede at a football match in Nzérékoré, Guinea, after the police tear gassed the field as rival fans stormed it following a controversial referee decision. A police station is later set ablaze. (Al Jazeera)
Hunter Biden laptop controversy
- United States President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden of tax and firearms charges. (BBC News)
Seventy-nine people are injured in football hooliganism clashes between fans of FC Carl Zeiss Jena and BSG Chemie Leipzig following a match in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. (DW)

Politics and elections

2024 Icelandic parliamentary election
- In Iceland, the Social Democratic Alliance wins 15 seats in the Althing elections, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority. (DW)
2024 Romanian parliamentary election
- Romanians vote for the 330 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the 136 seats of the Senate. (RFE/RL)

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 '''Law and crime'''
+*[[2024 Nzérékoré stampede]]
-*At least 56 people are killed during a [[Human stampede|stampede]] at a football match in [[Nzérékoré]], [[Guinea]], after the police [[tear gas]]sed the [[Football pitch|field]] as rival fans stormed it following a controversial [[referee]] decision. A police station is later [[Arson|set ablaze]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/12/2/dozens-feared-dead-after-stampede-breaks-out-at-guinea-football-match (Al Jazeera)]
-*Seventy-nine people are injured in [[football hooliganism]] clashes between fans of [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]] and [[BSG Chemie Leipzig (1997)|BSG Chemie Leipzig]] following a match in [[Jena]], [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-football-violence-leaves-79-injured/a-70931907 (DW)]
+**At least 56 people are killed during a [[Human stampede|stampede]] at a football match in [[Nzérékoré]], [[Guinea]], after the police [[tear gas]]sed the [[Football pitch|field]] as rival fans stormed it following a controversial [[referee]] decision. A police station is later [[Arson|set ablaze]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/12/2/dozens-feared-dead-after-stampede-breaks-out-at-guinea-football-match (Al Jazeera)]
 *[[Hunter Biden laptop controversy]]
 **[[United States]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] [[presidential pardon|pardons]] his son [[Hunter Biden]] of tax and firearms charges. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwl3venz39o.amp (BBC News)]
+*Seventy-nine people are injured in [[football hooliganism]] clashes between fans of [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]] and [[BSG Chemie Leipzig (1997)|BSG Chemie Leipzig]] following a match in [[Jena]], [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-football-violence-leaves-79-injured/a-70931907 (DW)]
 '''Politics and elections'''