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In October, many of the worst events took place where you might pass through any day: airport terminals, railway platforms, city centers on a Saturday night. November brings elections in the United States and South Africa, and strikes in France, Spain and Italy. Under each report you will find our advice on what to do.
This month airports were in the news more than usual. Houthi missiles and drones hit airports in Saudi Arabia, and a co-pilot attacked his captain on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. In Ethiopia, the war in the north has started again, and in France protests and strikes will slow travel in the coming weeks. Under each report you will find our advice on what to do.
Nepal's glacier collapse led the bulletins this month. Two other developments did not, and they matter as much. The US and Iran passed six months of open war, with the Strait of Hormuz still effectively closed. And the Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo has passed 3,000 deaths while borders close around it. Both change how you plan movement, not just where you avoid.
Ebola is still spreading in DR Congo, and Russia is still attacking Kyiv. July also brought wildfires across southern Europe, an earthquake in Japan, and floods in South Asia and the United States.
Collapsed ceasefires, cross-border strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan, two major earthquakes, and two viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Central Africa.
Iran moves from active strikes to fragile diplomacy, a new Ebola-type outbreak strains health systems across Central Africa, and anti-immigration riots return to Belfast.
US and Israeli strikes on Iran and the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, a strike in Beirut's Dahieh district, and a tested comparison of ride-hailing apps.
Thousands killed in Iranian protests, a ceasefire between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces, and five travel safety habits for the year.
Hurricane Erin reaches Category 5, a political assassination on a US campus, and the regional picture across four continents.
The worst US flu season for children in fifteen years, a senior Sinaloa cartel figure removed, and how to keep your belongings where you left them.
A car bomb near Moscow kills a Russian lieutenant general, the deadliest barrage on Kyiv in months, and the regional picture for Europe and Africa.
An EU and Brazil migration agreement, Mexico under renewed pressure from Washington, and the regional picture across four continents.
Four major US plane crashes inside twelve days, a death under investigation in St Kitts and Nevis, and what actually belongs in a travel health kit.
An island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico, the vehicle attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, and cyber security for people who travel for work.
West coast wildfire season, the higher-risk regions of Colombia, and why the first thing to do in a hotel room is to find the second way out.
Drug-resistant Salmonella and dengue out of Mexico, firefights in Port-au-Prince after the prime minister's replacement, and how to choose a hotel room.
Atlantic hurricane season, an Oropouche fever outbreak across South America, circulating poliovirus in Africa, and a review of the standing Level 4 advisories.
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