Portal:Current events/2024 May 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Israeli allegations against UNRWA
      • Italy restores €35 million (US$38 million) of funding for UNRWA several months after it suspended the aid due to allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attacks. (Al Jazeera)
    • Four U.S. Army vessels connected to a floating pier off the Gaza Strip become disconnected and wash up on beaches, two in Israel and two in the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
• Syrian civil war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two Hezbollah militants killed in an Israeli airstrike on a truck in Al-Qusayr, Syria.(L'Orient le Jour)
  • A Hezbollah-Syrian Army officer killed in a car bombing in Damascus.(Agence France-Presse)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia captures the village of Arkhanhelske in Donetsk Oblast. (The Moscow Times)
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least fourteen people are killed and 58 others are injured in Russian strikes on a hardware store and residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 2024 Cannes Film Festival
  • Anora, directed by Sean Baker, wins the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rajkot gaming zone fire
  • At least 27 people, including many children, are killed in a building fire at a family entertainment venue in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. (NDTV)
• Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
  • At least five people are killed after a tornado strikes the cities of Pilot Point and Valley View in Texas, United States. (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United Kingdom general election
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces plans to conscript young persons with an option for alternative civilian service if the Conservative Party wins the upcoming election. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2023–24 AFC Champions League
  • Al Ain win their second Champions League title after beating the Yokohama F. Marinos by an aggregate score of 6–3 over a two-legged final. (Reuters)
• 2023–24 DFB-Pokal
  • Bayer Leverkusen win their second DFB-Pokal title after beating 1. FC Kaiserslautern by a score of 1–0 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, completing the first unbeaten double-winning season in German football. (The New York Times)
• 2023–24 FA Cup
  • Manchester United win their 13th FA Cup title after beating the defending champions, Manchester City, by a score of 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England. (The Guardian)
• 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
  • Barcelona win their third Women's Champions League title after defeating Olympique Lyonnais 2–0 in the final. (BBC Sport)