The day

Sunday 3 August 2025

6 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   News2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

   Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger.

2. 2

   NewsAttacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

   A massive fire is reported at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility. Smoke from the fire prompts Russian authorities to close Sochi International Airport.

3. 3

   News

   Sixty-eight people are killed, 74 others are reported missing and 12 others are injured when a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsizes off Abyan Governorate, Yemen.

4. 4

   News

   Krasheninnikov, a volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupts for the first time since the 15th century and the first in historical records. The eruption takes place four days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the same region on July 30, which may have contributed to the eruption.

5. 5

   News

   Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

6. 6

   Crime

   Two people are killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a primary school in Caizichi, Leiyang, Hunan, China.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 3 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.