Portal:Current events/2016 November 27
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November 27, 2016 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aleppo offensive (November 2016)
- Syrian Armed Forces have captured the entire Hanano district in eastern Aleppo and are working on removing mines and improvised explosive devices from the district, while the rebels blame lack of hospitals for collapsing defences. (Reuters)
- Syrian Armed Forces, Liwa al-Quds and other allied forces capture Jabal Badro Neighbourhood, Ard Hamra area and began advance at Al-Sakhour district. (South Front)
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that nearly ten thousand civilians have fled Aleppo in the past day. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Turkey–ISIL conflict
- Turkish Armed Forces claim that an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant rocket attack on Turkish-backed Syrian rebel forces caused symptoms of chemical weapons in 22 soldiers. (Al-Arabiya)
- Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
- An Israeli Army patrol kills four ISIL-affiliated militants after they open fire from positions in Syria near the Golan Heights. (AP via ABC News America)
- Fourteen police and 41 militants are killed in clashes in western Uganda, leading to the arrest of tribal Rwenzururu king Charles Mumbere. (BBC) (Reuters) (The New York Times)
- At least 30 civilians are killed in an attack by ethnic Nande militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from an outbreak of thunderstorm asthma on 21 November in the Australian city of Melbourne reaches 6. Three others are in a critical condition. (BBC)
- A National Iranian Drilling Company helicopter crashes into the Caspian Sea with all five people onboard killed. (AFP via Daily Star) (Press TV)
Law and crime
- One person is killed, and nine others wounded in a mass shooting in the French Quarter section of New Orleans, following the Bayou Classic football game. Police arrest two men, one of whom was injured during the shooting. (The Times-Picayune)
Politics and elections
- The Republicans (France) presidential primary, 2016
- A second-round runoff takes place in France between François Fillon and Alain Juppé to decide who will be the Republican presidential candidate in next year's presidential election. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
- François Fillon wins in a landslide with two-thirds of the vote (90% counted). Alain Juppé subsequently concedes defeat and says he will support Fillon for President. (Euronews) (Sky News) (The Guardian)
- Swiss referendums, 2016
- In a referendum, Switzerland rejects a proposal to abolish commercial nuclear power by 2029. (BBC)
- 2016 United States presidential election recount and audit
- The campaign of Republican president–elect Donald Trump has called the planned recounts by Green nominee Jill Stein's campaign in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan a "scam" and has criticized the participation of the campaign of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. (BBC)
- Mr. Trump claims, via Twitter, his loss of the popular vote to Hillary Clinton happened because "millions" of people voted illegally. (The Washington Post)
Sports
- English football sexual abuse scandal
- The Football Association sets up an internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse in English football. (BBC)
- 2016 Formula One season
- In motor sport, Nico Rosberg wins the 2016 Drivers Championship finishing five points ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. It is Rosberg's first Formula One title. (Fox Sports)
- 104th Grey Cup
- In Canadian football, the Ottawa Redblacks defeat the Calgary Stampeders 39–33. It is the first Grey Cup won by the Redblacks in franchise history. Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris is MVP and becomes the oldest player to win the MVP award in a Grey Cup. (CBC)