The day

Friday 30 May 2025

17 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   News2025 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.

2. 2

   CultureTaylor 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.

3. 3

   NewsSyrian 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.

4. 4

   NewsMexican 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.

5. 5

   PoliticsImmigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration

   The United States Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump can revoke the Biden administration's parole programme for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants, totaling over 530,000 people.

6. 6

   News

   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.

7. 7

   NewsDiplomatic impact of the Gaza war

   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.

8. 8

   Crime2025 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.

9. 9

   NewsKordofan campaign

   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.

10. 10

    NewsInsurgency 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.

11. 11

    Politics2025 South Korean presidential election

    The voter turnout during the two-day early voting period for the presidential election reaches 34.74%, the second highest after the 2022 presidential election.

12. 12

    NewsChina–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.

13. 13

    CrimeCorruption 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.

14. 14

    MoneyTariffs 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.

15. 15

    News

    Twelve people are killed after a vehicle carrying Sudanese migrants collided with a truck near Kufra, Libya.

16. 16

    Money

    The African Development Bank elects Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its next president in a three round election between five candidates.

17. 17

    CrimeMurder of Tina Satchwell

    Richard Satchwell is found unanimously guilty and convicted of the 2017 murder of his wife Tina in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 30 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.