Portal:Current events/2025 August 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • A series of Russian strikes targeting Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Sumy Oblasts kills at least five people and injures 13 others. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Uttarakhand flash flood
  • At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali village, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. (NDTV) (Hindustan Times)
• Four people are killed when a civil protection surveillance Safir-43 aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport near Jijel, Algeria. (The Indian Express) (ASN)
• Four people are killed when a medical transport Beechcraft Super King Air small plane crashes near Chinle Municipal Airport in Chinle, Arizona, United States. (KOAT-TV)

Health and environment

• Japan records its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) in Gunma Prefecture, prompting the government to issue heat advisories and measures to protect rice crops amid rising cases of heat illness and concerns over agricultural damage. (Reuters)

International relations

• Australia–Japan relations, Australian general purpose frigate program
  • Australian defence minister Richard Marles announces that the country will purchase eleven Mogami-class frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its Navy as the New FFM. (DW)

Law and crime

• A court in Chișinău sentences the governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for violations related to the financing of the banned opposition Șor Party. (Reuters) (Caliber)

Politics and elections

• Former finance minister Rimantas Šadžius is appointed acting Prime Minister of Lithuania following the collapse of the Paluckas government. (Politico)
• Nestor Ntahontuye is appointed the new prime minister of Burundi, succeeding Gervais Ndirakobuca. (Burundi Times)