The day

Sunday 10 August 2025

8 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   NewsKilling of journalists in the Gaza war

   Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

2. 2

   News2025 Russia–United States Summit

   U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

3. 3

   News2025 Balıkesir earthquake

   A Mw 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 buildings and two mosque minarets to collapse in Balıkesir Province and Manisa.

4. 4

   News

   More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.

5. 5

   CrimeGaza war protests in the United Kingdom

   More than 500 people are detained by the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, under the Terrorism Act 2000 for attending a protest in support of the now proscribed organisation Palestine Action.

6. 6

   News

   Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.

7. 7

   News

   Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

8. 8

   Crime

   Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 10 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.