The edition of

Thursday 22 May 2025

9 stories, section by section, the most important first.

International

At least 80 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.

Venezuelan interior minister Diosdado Cabello announces the arrest of several foreign citizens on "conspiracy" charges. The government of Argentina acknowledged the arrest of an Argentine citizen and warned Argentines against travelling to Venezuela, accusing the Venezuelan government of "taking hostages".

British prime minister Keir Starmer signs a deal formally handing over sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Archipelago in its entirety to Mauritius. The UK and United States will retain control of the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for 99 years as part of the deal.

Philippine president Bongbong Marcos reshuffles the entire Cabinet, with all Cabinet secretaries ordered to submit their courtesy resignations in the wake of the results of the midterm elections.

Prosecutors in Sweden announce that they will charge a Swedish citizen with "aggravated war crimes and terrorist crimes committed in Syria" for the 2015 murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh.

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem orders the termination of Harvard University's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, removing the institution's ability to enroll new international students and requiring current international students to transfer or lose their legal status.

Six people are presumed dead (including Daniel Williams, former drummer of metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada), eight others are injured, about 100 people are displaced, and damage to houses and vehicles are reported when a Cessna Citation II aircraft crashes on approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in the military neighborhood of Murphy Canyon in San Diego, California, United States.

At least four people are killed in major flooding in various Mid North Coast areas of New South Wales, Australia.

Four people are killed and 17 more are missing after heavy rains triggered landslides in Guizhou, China.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 22 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.