Portal:Current events/2025 May 30

May 30, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Mexican drug war
- Nine alleged members of the Los Metros drug cartel are arrested by Mexican law enforcement on suspicion of the abduction and murder of the musical group Grupo Fugitivo who disappeared in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
Sudanese civil war
- At least six people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a hospital in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan. (Anadolu Agency)
Syrian civil war
- Islamic State claims responsibility for a vehicle bombing in Al-Safa, Suwayda Governorate, on May 22 which wounded several soldiers of the Syrian transitional government. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News)
Insurgency in Balochistan
- The Balochistan Liberation Army briefly seizes control of a high-security area in Sorab in southwestern Pakistan, killing a government official and looting a bank before fleeing. (AP)

Arts and culture

Taylor Swift masters dispute
- American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announces that she has reacquired the rights to her entire body of music and content, including the master recordings of her first six studio albums. (AP) (The Guardian) (Billboard)

Business and economy

Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the tariff on steel and aluminum imports will be doubled to 50%, potentially raising prices for housing, autos, and other goods. (AP)
The African Development Bank elects Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its next president in a three round election between five candidates. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Nigeria floods
- 2025 Mokwa flood
  - The death toll from heavy flooding that submerged the market town of Mokwa in Niger State, Nigeria, on Wednesday, rises to at least 117. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and a nearby dam collapsed. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News) (DW)
At least 17 people are killed, at least 12 others are injured, including six seriously, and eight people are missing when a stone quarry collapses in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. (AP) (CTV News)

International relations

China–United States trade war
- U.S. president Donald Trump accuses China of violating the temporal suspension of tariffs accorded two weeks ago, while China accuses Trump of discriminatory restrictions against the country. (BBC News)
Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, France–Israel relations
- French president Emmanuel Macron states that France may be willing to impose sanctions on Israel if humanitarian aid is blocked, and says a Palestinian state is a political necessity. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

2025 Liverpool parade incident
- Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old British man accused of driving his car into a crowd after Liverpool FC's trophy parade, appears at both the Liverpool Magistrates' Court and Liverpool Crown Court and faces seven charges. (BBC News) (The Independent)
Corruption in the Czech Republic
- Czech Republic justice minister Pavel Blažek resigns after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoins and sold them for about 1 billion Czech koruna (over US$45 million) earlier this year. (ABC News)
Murder of Tina Satchwell
- Richard Satchwell is found unanimously guilty and convicted of the 2017 murder of his wife Tina in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. (RTÉ)

Politics and elections