The day

Saturday 19 July 2025

11 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   Sport

   In boxing, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk defeats British challenger Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in London, England, via a fifth-round knockout to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.

2. 2

   NewsSouthern Syria clashes

   An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda.

3. 3

   CrimeTurkish involvement in the Somali civil war

   The Puntland Maritime Police Force confiscates a Turkish vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including armoured personnel carriers and crates of weapons, to Mogadishu in Bareeda, Ras Aseir region.

4. 4

   News

   Eight people are killed and six others are injured when a truck collides with two passenger vans in Aurora, Isabela province, Philippines.

5. 5

   Crime

   At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack at a night club in Los Angeles, California, United States.

6. 6

   NewsM23 campaign

   The M23 paramilitary group and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a declaration of principles stating that a full ceasefire and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier DR Congo–Rwanda agreement.

7. 7

   NewsCapsizing of the Wonder Sea

   At least 38 people are killed, 11 are rescued and eight others are reported missing, including children, when a storm causes the tourist boat Wonder Sea to capsize in the Hạ Long Bay in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.

8. 8

   NewsSouthern Syria clashes

   Street-to-street fighting in Suwayda, Syria, is reported between local Druze forces and pro-government Bedouin tribesmen.

9. 9

   News2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

   At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites.

10. 10

    News

    At least 21 people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus overturns and crashes in Kavar, Fars province, Iran.

11. 11

    Crime

    At least 12 people are killed in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Playas, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 19 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.