The day
Saturday 22 February 2025
16 stories, biggest first.
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Politics
The Vatican City issues a statement informing of the worsening health of Pope Francis after more than a week in hospital due to respiratory problems. Vatican officials say Pope Francis is now in critical condition and that the prognosis "remains guarded".
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News2025 Gaza war ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the delay of the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners indefinitely, citing the "humiliating" procedure of the hostages' release.
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News2025 Mulhouse stabbing attack
A 69-year-old Portuguese Lino Sousa Loureiro is killed and seven other people are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 37-year-old Algerian man at a market in Mulhouse, France. The stabbing is being treated as a suspected Islamic terrorist attack.
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NewsChina–Cook Islands relations
The Cook Islands signs a five-year memorandum of understanding to collaborate with China in seabed mining, which includes technology transfer, logistics support, and deep-sea ecosystem research.
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CrimeUPMC Memorial Hospital shooting
Two people, including a police officer, are killed and seven other people are injured in a mass shooting at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Culture75th Berlin International Film Festival
Norwegian drama film Dreams (Sex Love) wins the Golden Bear award at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival, while Tilda Swinton is awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for her range and legacy.
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News2025 Bukavu offensive
Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance.
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NewsOperation Prosperity Guardian
Houthi forces launch surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. fighter jet and MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea for the first time with both missiles missing their target.
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NewsMali War
The Tuareg independence movement accuses Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries of killing 24 civilians, which constitutes a war crime.
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NewsReal Plaza Trujillo roof collapse
The death toll following the structural collapse of a metal roof of the Real Plaza Trujillo in Trujillo, Peru, rises to eight. The La Libertad government announces a period of mourning from February 22–23.
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NewsTelangana tunnel collapse
A tunnel collapse in the under-construction Srisailam Left Bank Canal project in Telangana, India, trapped eight workers, with only two bodies recovered.
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News2025 Gaza war ceasefire
Hamas releases six living hostages, including pre-war hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, both captive for more than nine years.
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News
A bus crashed into a petrol tanker in Niger State, killing 14 and injuring six.
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Crime
One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The FBI is investigating the shooting but it is believed the incident was not an act of terrorism.
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Crime
Mohamed Amra, a French criminal and suspected drug lord known as "The Fly", is recaptured in Romania, nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 22 February 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.