Portal:Current events/2025 July 8

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • Five Israeli soldiers are killed and two others are seriously injured in an ambush in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. (The New York Times) (The Washington Post)
  • Israeli–Lebanese conflict
    • An Israeli airstrike kills at least three people and injures 13 others in an attack on Tripoli, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • German vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck announces it will cut around 5,000 jobs in the country by 2030 in an effort to save €1 billion following a drop in sales. (DW)
• Bulgaria and the euro
  • The European Parliament and the European Council approve Bulgaria's request to adopt the euro, which will replace the lev as Bulgaria's official currency on 1 January 2026. (Euronews) (European Council)

Disasters and accidents

• July 2025 Southern New Mexico floods
  • At least three people are killed, four people are trapped, including a father and his two children, and 85 others are rescued when they are washed away in flash floods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. (AP) (LBC)
• Ten people are killed and others are injured when a fire and explosion cause eight rooms to collapse at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Star)

Law and crime

• Treatment of women by the Taliban
  • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban official Abdul Hakim Haqqani over alleged persecution of girls, women and the LGBTQ+ community. (AP)
• Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, and six others are injured, including three police officers and three seriously, in a shootout at a house in Calldetenes, Catalonia, Spain. (Ara)
• A 9-year-old is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 16-year-old at a school in Estação, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (CTV News)