Portal:Current events/2013 September 22

Current events of September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22) (Sunday)

Armed conflict and attacks

• A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing at least 78 people. (BBC)
• Westgate centre shooting
  • The death toll from the Westgate centre shooting in Nairobi, Kenya reaches 59 with 175 injured. (BBC)
  • Kenyan troops launch an assault on cornered Somali militants holding hostages inside the shopping mall to end the deadly siege. (AFP via News24)

Disasters and impacts

• Hong Kong braces for the impact of Typhoon Usagi after two people are killed in the Philippines. (Ap)

Law and crime

• A Chinese court finds former senior politician Bo Xilai guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power and sentences him to life imprisonment. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• Voters in Germany go to the polls for a federal election with Chancellor's Christian Democratic Union achieving its highest vote since 1990. (AP via USA Today), (AFP via the Australian)

Sport

• In Gaelic football, Dublin win the Championship Final - their second in three years - by a single point (2-12 - 1-14), condemning opponents Mayo to yet another final defeat, their seventh since their last victory in 1951. (The Times) (BBC)