Disasters and accidents

• At least ten people are killed by the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Lakilaki in Flores, Indonesia. (ABC News) (BBC Indonesia)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza
      • More than 50 children are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia in northern Gaza in the past two days. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 31 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, primarily in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medics. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
    • Dozens of people are killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Three people are killed and nine others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Pokrovsk offensive
    • The Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian military news site DeepStateUA report that Russia has captured the settlement of Vyshneve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with Russian troops advancing towards Hryhorivka to the west. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • At least eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion caused by an unknown militant group in a flea market in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Two police officers are injured in a stabbing attack by Naxalite insurgents in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India, with their weapons being stolen. (Indian Express)
• Somali Civil War
  • Three people are killed and several others are injured when Al-Shabaab fires several mortar shells into the Halane base camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Eastleigh Voice) (Horseed Media)

Disasters and accidents

• Fourteen people are killed and 34 others are injured in a lightning strike at the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda. (AP)
• A truck plunges into a ravine in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador, killing ten people. A 3-year-old girl survives as the sole survivor of the crash, according to police. (AP)

Health and environment

• Air pollution in Lahore
  • The air pollution in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, reaches a record high air quality index score of 1,073 with the Punjab government ordering a mandatory closure of all primary schools for one week, blaming stubble burning for the poor air quality. (BBC News) (Geo News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Moldovan presidential election
  • Moldovans vote for a President in the second round of the presidential election. (The Guardian)
  • Incumbent Maia Sandu wins reelection, defeating former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo amid allegations of Russian interference. (Euronews) (Reuters)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Hundreds of activists engage in demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest state corruption and negligence by Serbian officials which lead to the deadly collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (Reuters)
• October 2024 Spain floods
  • Protestors pelt the King and Queen of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and Valencian President Carlos Mazón with objects and mud and boo them as "murderers" during their visit to Paiporta, Valencia. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is evacuated from the area after being hit with a shovel. (Levante) (AP) (BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 Japan Series
  • In baseball, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to win the Japan Series in six games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1998. (NHK)

November 4: Constitution Day in the Dominican Republic (2024); National Unity and Armed Forces Day in Italy

• 1890 – The City and South London Railway, the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.
• 1912 – The keel of ' was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".
• 1938 – The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.
• 1964 – Ruhollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and exiled to Turkey.
• 2008 – Barack Obama (pictured) became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.