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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire
    • Israel and Hamas reach a diplomatic agreement to initiate a ceasefire and an end to military operations in Gaza, and to facilitate the exchange of hostages and prisoners, marking the first major cessation of hostilities since the 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire. (CNN)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Kivu conflict
    • Allied Democratic Forces militants kill ten people in an attack on a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country of plotting terror attacks on airliners across the world. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• Stilfontein mine deaths
  • Seventy-eight bodies of workers are retrieved from a closed illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa following a months-long siege by the police. Over 200 survivors are arrested as they exited the mine. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
    • Anti-corruption officials and police attempt to breach the residence of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol for a second time to execute his arrest warrant, while facing resistance from the Presidential Security Service, People Power Party lawmakers, and pro-Yoon protesters. (Yonhap) (AP)
    • Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested at his residence in central Seoul following a five-hour-long standoff, becoming South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested. (Yonhap) (AP)
• 2024 drone sightings
  • The Government of Germany authorises the Bundeswehr to shoot down suspicious drones seen near military sites or other critical infrastructure. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser points to Russia as suspected of being behind such activity. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Daniel Chapo, from the ruling FRELIMO party, is sworn in as President of Mozambique, succeeding Filipe Nyusi. The inauguration takes place amid fresh political unrest with more protesters killed, while opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane insists that the October 2024 election was rigged. (France 24)

Science and technology

• Exploration of the Moon
  • Commercial Lunar Payload Services
    • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, United States, carrying two moon landers belonging to private companies, the Blue Ghost M1 from the American Firefly Aerospace and the Hakuto-R Mission 2 from Japan's ispace Inc.. (BBC News)

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