The day

Wednesday 8 October 2025

14 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   Science2025 Nobel Prizes

   Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi are jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on metal–organic frameworks.

2. 2

   Crime

   At least six people are injured, including four musicians, in a mass shooting at an Agua Marina concert in Lima, Peru. No arrests have been made.

3. 3

   NewsGaza war peace plan

   United States president Donald Trump announces that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and the first phase of his peace plan to end the Gaza war..

4. 4

   News2025 Sumy offensive

   A family is injured, including a 4-year-old girl critically, and dozens of civilian infrastructure facilities are damaged in a drone strike on a house in Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

5. 5

   NewsAttacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

   A Ukrainian missile strike kills three people and injures nine others in Maslova Pristan, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. A search and rescue operation is underway for others believed to be trapped under rubble.

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   NewsInsurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

   Eleven soldiers and 19 Pakistani Taliban fighters are killed in an ambush on a military convoy and subsequent shootout in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

7. 7

   News

   Six people are killed and eight others are critically injured in a fire at a firecracker factory in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

8. 8

   CrimeOperation Midway Blitz

   Hundreds of Texas Military Forces troops arrive at a United States Army Reserve military base near Chicago, Illinois, ahead of a deployment to the city.

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   Crime2025 New Orleans jailbreak

   Derrick Groves, the last remaining prisoner from a group of ten who escaped the Orleans Parish Prison in May in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is captured in Atlanta following a standoff with police at a house.

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    CrimeCapital punishment in Singapore

    Singapore executes Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, a Malaysian man convicted of drug offenses, bringing this year's number of executions in the country to 12.

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    CrimeJanuary 2025 Southern California wildfires

    A 29-year-old man is arrested for allegedly starting the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 homes in Los Angeles County, Southern California, United States, earlier this year.

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    CrimeAttempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

    Sabag Montiel is sentenced to ten years for attempting to assassinate the former president of Argentina and then-vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. His girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, is sentenced to eight years for being an accomplice.

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    News

    The World Health Organization intervenes as the death toll from toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, India, rises to at least 20.

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    Crime

    Four people are killed, including the perpetrator, in a shooting spree at three locations across southwest Houston and Sugar Land, Texas, United States.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 8 October 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.