The edition of

Thursday 7 August 2025

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

International

M23 rebels attack Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo positions in Kamakombe and Kasheke, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi announces a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, saying his capture and extradition to the United States is vital for national security.

British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness Rushanara Ali resigns amid controversy over increasing the rent at a property she owns in east London by £700 in order to force the tenants to move.

The cabinet of Lebanon approves a U.S. proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, along with ending Israel's occupation in the country, despite Hezbollah's rejection of this demand.

Israel's Leviathan natural gas field signs the largest export agreement in the country's history, worth up to US$35 billion, to supply gas to Egypt.

Two people are killed and three others are injured, including two state troopers, in a mass shooting when a man kills his neighbor and opens fire on law enforcement before being killed in Thompson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 with "PhD-level intelligence" to the general public.

At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an air ambulance crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, Kenya.

At least eight people are killed and several others are injured when a train and a Kenya Pipeline-owned bus collide on a level crossing in Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya.

Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, United States.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 7 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.