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- Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- 2025 Goma offensive
- M23 rebels solidify control of Goma and are confirmed to be holding captured Congolese troops and allied Wazalendo militiamen at the Stade de l'Unité. They also begin advancing on Bukavu, capital of the South Kivu Province, according to senior Congolese officials and a Rwandan diplomat. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Around 280 Romanian mercenaries fighting alongside the Congolese military in North Kivu surrender to the M23, according to the Rwandan military. They are now being transported to Kigali after being handed over to Rwandan authorities. (BBC News)
- 2025 Goma offensive
- M23 offensive
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Chasiv Yar
- Russian forces have captured the city of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, after a year of intense fighting for control of the front line city. (The Moscow Times)
- Battle of Chasiv Yar
Business and economy
- Expansion of Heathrow Airport
- UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves approves the construction of a third runway at Greater London's Heathrow Airport after decades of delays. (Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela
- 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela crowd crush
- At least 30 people are killed in a crowd crush at a Hindu festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. (BBC)
- 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela crowd crush
- 2025 Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash
- A Beechcraft 1900D carrying employees of an oil company crashes in Unity, South Sudan, killing 20 of the 21 people onboard, including one Indian and two Chinese nationals. (CNN) (Reuters)
- A Venezuelan Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace Cessna Citation II aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in Caracas, Venezuela, killing all three people on board. (Caraota Digital)
Law and crime
- Illegal immigration in the United States, Murder of Laken Riley
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law, the first legislation of Trump’s second term. (NBC News)
- Police in Stuttgart, Germany, arrest 59 French fans of the Paris Saint-Germain football club for hooliganism before a match against German club VfB Stuttgart. (DW)
Sports
- 2025 in sumo
- Mongolian sumōtori Hōshōryū Tomokatsu becomes the 74th yokozuna. (NHK)
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