The day

Wednesday 11 June 2025

13 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   NewsGaza war hostage crisis

   Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of two hostages abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attacks.

2. 2

   News

   At least 49 people are killed, including four schoolchildren, in flooding caused by heavy rainfall and snowfall in a winter storm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

3. 3

   NewsIsraeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

   The Gaza Health Ministry reports that the official death toll of Palestinians killed in the war since October 2023 has reached 55,000 people, with over 127,000 people wounded.

4. 4

   NewsMediterranean Sea migrant smuggling

   At least eight migrants are found dead and 22 others are missing as the United Nations International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government launch a joint rescue operation after migrants were forced off a boat and forced to swim to shore off the coast of Djibouti.

5. 5

   Culture

   Argentine president Javier Milei is awarded the Genesis Prize during a state visit to Israel for his support for Israel, becoming the first non-Jewish person to receive such recognition.

6. 6

   NewsRafah aid distribution killings

   At least 31 Palestinians are killed by the Israel Defense Forces at an aid distribution site in central Gaza.

7. 7

   NewsKharkiv strikes

   Russia launches drone attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing three people and injuring 60 others.

8. 8

   News2025 New York Peace Conference on Gaza

   The Trump administration calls on countries not to attend a conference for ceasefire and peace in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, United States, and warns of potential diplomatic consequences should any measures be taken that are deemed hostile toward Israel.

9. 9

   NewsNorth Korea–South Korea relations

   The military of South Korea shuts down its loudspeakers across the border with North Korea and stops its propaganda messages against the government of North Korea by order of President Lee Jae-myung to ease tensions between the countries.

10. 10

    CrimeOpposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia

    A court in Moscow, Russia, sentences Leonid Volkov, an ally of Alexei Navalny, to 18 years in prison in absentia and fines him 2 million rubles (US$25,000) on criminal charges including justifying terrorism and organizing and financing an extremist group.

11. 11

    CrimeOpposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia

    The same court places Lev Shlosberg, chair of the opposition social-liberal party Yabloko, under house arrest for two months for discrediting the Russian army.

12. 12

    NewsArgentina–Israel relations

    Argentine president Javier Milei announces that the Argentine embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem in 2026.

13. 13

    Money

    Australian flag carrier Qantas announces the closure of its Singapore-based, partly owned low-cost airline Jetstar Asia due to rising costs and regional competition.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 11 June 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.