The day

Sunday 6 April 2025

16 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   Sport2024–25 NHL season

   In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scores his 895th career goal, surpassing the all-time goals record held by Wayne Gretzky.

2. 2

   News2025 Shabelle offensive

   At least eight civilians are injured after Al-Shabaab militants launch mortar shells for the second consecutive day targeting Aden Adde International Airport and the heavily fortified Halane compound in Mogadishu. Following the attack, Turkish Airlines and Egyptair cancel scheduled flights.

3. 3

   News

   An air ambulance helicopter crashes in the Tsushima Strait off the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, killing three of the six occupants onboard.

4. 4

   NewsMarch–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen

   Between four and 70 people are killed and at least 16 others are injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes targeting Houthi forces in Saada, Yemen.

5. 5

   News2025 South Korea wildfires

   The death toll from the wildfires across South Korea rises to 32 after a Bell 206 firefighting helicopter crashes during operations to combat a wildfire in Daegu, killing the pilot.

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   News2025 Sumy Oblast incursion

   Russian troops reportedly capture the village of Basivka in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

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   NewsKyiv strikes

   A Russian airstrike in Darnytskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine, kills one person and injures three others.

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   NewsKryvyi Rih strikes

   The death toll from Friday's missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, rises to 20 deaths, including several children, and 75 injuries.

9. 9

   NewsIsraeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

   At least 46 people are killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours.

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    Politics2025 French far-right protests

    The National Rally party organizes a large demonstration in central Paris to protest Marine Le Pen's conviction in the National Front assistants affair rendering her ineligible to run in the 2027 French presidential election.

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    News

    Around thirty people are killed from overnight heavy flooding caused by torrential rains and water overflowing from the banks of the Ndjili River in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

12. 12

    NewsTornado outbreak and floods of April 2–7

    The death toll from the severe weather in the United States rises to 18.

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    NewsTornado outbreak and floods of April 2–7

    Kentucky governor Andy Beshear says that two people have died and 500 roads are closed in the state due to flooding.

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    Science2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak

    A child dies from measles complications at the UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, United States, becoming the third measles-related death amid outbreaks and the second unvaccinated child victim.

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    Crime

    Four children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. The perpetrator was shot and critically injured by responding police officers.

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    Sport2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game

    The UConn Huskies win the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, defeating the defending champion South Carolina Gamecocks 82–59. UConn's Azzi Fudd is named the Most Outstanding Player.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 6 April 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.