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Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
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- Gaza war
- Gaza peace plan
- Hamas hands over the 20 remaining living Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, and Israel releases over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including 250 people serving life sentences for convictions in attacks on Israelis, as part of the ceasefire agreement. (AP)
- Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, local authorities shut down aid distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which were the locations of shootings by the Israeli military, which killed over 2,600 people seeking food aid. (AP)
- Hamas returns the bodies of only four of the 30 remaining deceased Israeli hostages, in violation of the ceasefire agreement that all the hostages would be returned in the same day. (Haaretz)
- Hamas reportedly publicly executes several militia members in Gaza City, accusing them of collaborating with Israel or being linked to ongoing internal fighting between the group, local clans and militias. (Ynet)
- Gaza peace plan
- 2025 Malagasy protests
- 2025 Malagasy mutiny
- Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina flees the country after losing the support of the armed forces following weeks of Gen Z-led protests calling for his resignation. Rajoelina's office announces he will address the nation, without specifying his whereabouts. (AP)
- President Rajoelina says he is "sheltering in a safe place" and refuses to resign, saying he has survived an assassination attempt. He says a coup d'état is underway. (Global Nation)
- President Rajoelina confirms he has fled Madagascar saying he "would not allow Madagascar to be destroyed" after the Madagascar Armed Forces turned on him. (AP)
- 2025 Malagasy mutiny
Business and economy
- 2025 Nobel Prizes
- Joel Mokyr is jointly awarded this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress", with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for "the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction". (CNN) (Nobel Prize)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 66 people are injured, including around 16 seriously, when two trains collide outside Jablonov nad Turňou, Slovakia. (Reuters)
- Two people are killed and one is injured in a plane crash in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States. (AP News)
Health and environment
- Tipping points in the climate system, Environmental issues with coral reefs
- Scientists at the University of Exeter in England report large-scale die-off of coral reefs, the first major tipping point in large changes in the climate system. (The Guardian) (Nature)
International relations
- 2025 Gaza peace summit
- Heads of government of 30 countries and leaders of the main international organisations gather in Egypt to discuss the next steps in the implementation of the Gaza peace plan. It is expected that the focus will be on the future governance of the Gaza Strip, security, and humanitarian assistance. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (BBC News)
- China–Netherlands relations
- The Dutch government invokes the Goods Availability Act to seize control of the Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, which is headquartered in Nijmegen, Gelderland, amid concerns that the company's governance "could pose a risk to Dutch and European economic security". (AP) (Financial Times)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Nauruan parliamentary election
- Results from Saturday's election in Nauru show that incumbent president David Adeang has been reelected to his seat, though the parliament must decide whether Adeang continues to serve as president. (RNZ)
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