The edition of
Friday 14 February 2025
8 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
A drone strikes the New Safe Confinement structure housing the site of the Chernobyl disaster. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that a Russian combat drone caused significant damage to the structure, but did not produce an increase in external radiation levels.
M23 forces and Rwandan troops enter the city of Bukavu, according to local security and humanitarian officials. There are no reports of resistance as most Congolese troops withdraw.
Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi cancels his participation in an upcoming African Union summit to end the conflict due to the "situation on the ground". Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of invading the country to seize its mineral-rich regions.
M23 rebels and Rwandan troops seize control of Kavumu Airport in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Eleven coal miners are killed and five others are wounded when a bomb hits a truck in Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Environment
Ten people are killed and 19 others are injured in a collision between a car and a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims heading to Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
At least six people are killed and seven injured in a fire at a construction site in Busan, South Korea.
A shop explosion and fire in Oudomxay province, Laos, kills four people and injures others.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 14 February 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.