Portal:Current events/2025 August 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • M23 rebels attack Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo positions in Kamakombe and Kasheke, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

Business and economy

• The Egyptian government signs a $35bn deal to import 130 billion cubic metres of gas from Israel's Leviathan gas field which will remain in effect until 2040, despite the Israeli invasion of Gaza, where over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 200 have died due to Israeli-imposed starvation. The deal comes during widespread public backlash in Egypt against President Sisi over alleged complicity in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. (Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

• At least eight people are killed and several others are injured when a train and a Kenya Pipeline-owned bus collide on a level crossing in Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya. (Daily Nation)
• At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an air ambulance crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, Kenya. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. (MSN)
• Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, United States. (AP)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations
  • U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi announces a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, saying his capture and extradition to the United States is vital for national security. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Two people are killed and three others are injured, including two state troopers, in a mass shooting when a man kills his neighbor and opens fire on law enforcement before being killed in Thompson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. (BBC News) (WHP-TV)

Politics and elections

• British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness Rushanara Ali resigns amid controversy over increasing the rent at a property she owns in east London by £700 in order to force the tenants to move. (BBC News)
• The cabinet of Lebanon approves a U.S. proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, along with ending Israel's occupation in the country, despite Hezbollah's rejection of this demand. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 with "PhD-level intelligence" to the general public. (The Guardian)