Portal:Current events/2024 November 6
November 6, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv, with one rocket striking the Ben Gurion Airport. (Ynet News)
- Israeli strikes on the Lebanese town of Barja kill at least twenty people. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- Republican candidate Donald Trump declares victory in the 2024 United States presidential election following the Associated Press calling Pennsylvania in his favor, and gives a victory address to supporters in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- Slightly later, the AP calls Wisconsin in his favor, handing him the win. (AP)
- Trump's victory results in him becoming the second President-elect since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to serve non-consecutive presidential terms once he is inaugurated. (AP)
- Claims of election interference include hoax bomb threats linked to Russian email domains targeting polling places in contested states. (Reuters)
- Republican candidate Donald Trump declares victory in the 2024 United States presidential election following the Associated Press calling Pennsylvania in his favor, and gives a victory address to supporters in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP) (Al Jazeera)