Disasters and accidents
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- 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- One person is killed, thirteen people are injured and one person is missing after a wildfire breaks out in Aude department, France, also burning at least 16,000 hectares of land. (BBC News) (DW)
- Over 1,500 people are evacuated from a resort in Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain, after a wildfire breaks out in Campo de Gibraltar. (Le Monde) (Europa Sur)
- Gaza Strip famine
- A truck carrying humanitarian aid overturns near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people. (The Guardian)
- A Ghanaian Air Force Z-9 helicopter crashes near Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, killing eight people, including defence minister Edward Omane Boamah, environment and science Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed and regional minister Samuel Sarpong. (BBC News Pidgin)
- Five people are killed and 24 others are injured when a suspension bridge deck tilts at a scenic spot in Zhaosu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. (China Daily)
International relations
- Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- U.S. president Donald Trump issues an executive order raising the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States to 50%, with additional 25% that will take effect 21 days after August 7 due to its purchases of Russian oil. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2025 Fort Stewart shooting
- Five people are injured in a mass shooting at the Fort Stewart army post southwest of Savannah, Georgia, United States. (AP)
- South Korean former first lady Kim Keon Hee appeared for questioning by a special prosecutor in central Seoul for investigating the allegations surrounding stock manipulation, bribery and interference in People Power Party nominations. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Polish presidential election
- Former Institute of National Remembrance chairman Karol Nawrocki is sworn in as the new president of Poland, succeeding Andrzej Duda. (CNN)
- Impeachment of Sara Duterte
- The Philippine Senate votes 19–4–1 to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, following a Supreme Court ruling that declared the complaint unconstitutional. (Bloomberg)
Science and technology
- Strait of Messina Bridge
- The Italian government authorizes a construction project for a bridge over the Strait of Messina to connect Sicily with mainland Italy. The project will be the longest suspension bridge in the world by the time of its completion in 2032 or 2033. (AP) (Politico EU)
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