In the news
Freddie Freeman
- In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees to win the World Series (MVP Freddie Freeman pictured).
- Flooding in Spain kills more than 200 people.
- The Social Democrats, led by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, win the Lithuanian parliamentary election after the second voting round.
- In the Japanese general election, the LDP-led ruling coalition loses its majority in the House of Representatives.