The edition of
Tuesday 5 August 2025
9 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
A series of Russian strikes targeting Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Sumy Oblasts kills at least five people and injures 13 others.
Australian defence minister Richard Marles announces that the country will purchase eleven Mogami-class frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its Navy as the New FFM.
Politics
Former finance minister Rimantas Šadžius is appointed acting Prime Minister of Lithuania following the collapse of the Paluckas government.
Nestor Ntahontuye is appointed the new prime minister of Burundi, succeeding Gervais Ndirakobuca.
The Law
Science
Japan records its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) in Gunma Prefecture, prompting the government to issue heat advisories and measures to protect rice crops amid rising cases of heat illness and concerns over agricultural damage.
Environment
At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali village, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.
Four people are killed when a civil protection surveillance Safir-43 aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport near Jijel, Algeria.
Four people are killed when a medical transport Beechcraft Super King Air small plane crashes near Chinle Municipal Airport in Chinle, Arizona, United States.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 5 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.