Portal:Current events/2019 January 13

• Syrian Civil War
  • The Syrian government and pro-government militants fire artillery into villages inside the Idlib de-escalation zone, killing one civilian and leaving two civilians injured. (AA)

• British newspaper The Guardian switches from polythene wrappers to compostable material made from potato starch based on customer feedback. The paper said this packaging, which is biodegradable but cannot be recycled, increases operating costs. (BBC News)

• Ten Mile Junction LRT station along the Bukit Panjang LRT line has been permanently closed which led to the cessation of Bukit Panjang LRT Service C which ran from this station and looping at Bukit Panjang town via Senja. This was the first ever operational MRT or LRT station to be permanently closed in Singapore's history of MRT and LRT. (Straits Times)

• An avalanche near the Austrian Lech am Arlberg ski resort kills three skiers and leaves a fourth missing. (NBC News) (BBC News)

• A man stabs the Mayor of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz, on stage at a Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity event in Gdańsk, Poland. (The Guardian)
• Italian far-left terrorist Cesare Battisti is extradited to Italy after his capture in Bolivia. Battisti was convicted of multiple murders nearly three decades ago. (ABC)

• Macedonia naming dispute
  • Alexis Tsipras, leader of SYRIZA in Greece, announces a vote of confidence in his government after Panos Kammenos, leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL), announces that it will withdraw from the ruling coalition due to opposition to the Prespa agreement. (FT)
• 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
  • The President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, is briefly detained in Caracas after saying he was prepared to assume the country's presidency. (BBC News)