## [2017-10-19](/feed/2017/10/19/index.md)

##### Nature reserves
### [Scientists studying flying insects in nature reserves and protected areas of western Germany report a decline of more than 75% of the population in about three decades. ](/feed/2017/10/19/scientists-studying-flying-insects-in-nature-reserves-and-protected-areas-of-western-germany-report-a-decline-of-more-th.md)
##### 2017 New Zealand general election
### [New Zealand First leader Winston Peters chooses to create a minority coalition with the Labour Party and form the sixth Labour government. ](/feed/2017/10/19/new-zealand-first-leader-winston-peters-chooses-to-create-a-minority-coalition-with-the-labour-party-and-form-the-sixth.md)
##### 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis
### [Rajoy announces that he will begin the process of stripping Catalonia of its autonomy starting on October 21. This follows a letter Puigdemont wrote before the deadline again asking for dialogue, and blaming Rajoy for escalating the crisis. Rajoy had wanted dialogue after reassurances that the independence bid was dropped. ](/feed/2017/10/19/rajoy-announces-that-he-will-begin-the-process-of-stripping-catalonia-of-its-autonomy-starting-on-october-21-this-follo.md)
### [Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warns Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont that the region's autonomy will be suspended if he fails to drop the Catalonian government's bid for secession by 10:00 a.m. CEST (08:00 a.m. GMT). ](/feed/2017/10/19/spanish-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-warns-catalonian-president-carles-puigdemont-that-the-region-s-autonomy-will-be-sus.md)
##### Crime in Florida
### [Two people are arrested and five people suffer minor injuries at the University of Florida during protests of Richard B. Spencer's speech at an event there. ](/feed/2017/10/19/two-people-are-arrested-and-five-people-suffer-minor-injuries-at-the-university-of-florida-during-protests-of-richard-b.md)
##### 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush
### [The United States Africa Command sends a team to Niger to investigate an October 4 ambush which killed four U.S. soldiers. ](/feed/2017/10/19/the-united-states-africa-command-sends-a-team-to-niger-to-investigate-an-october-4-ambush-which-killed-four-us-soldier.md)
##### War in Afghanistan
### [At least 43 Afghan soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack on an army base in Kandahar Province. Around 10 Taliban fighters also died in the attack. ](/feed/2017/10/19/at-least-43-afghan-soldiers-are-killed-in-a-taliban-attack-on-an-army-base-in-kandahar-province-around-10-taliban-fight.md)
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