Portal:Current events/2023 May 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Bakhmut
    • Wagner Group forces begin withdrawing from Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, transferring control over to the Russian Ground Forces. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • The German economy enters a recession for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic amid high levels of inflation. (BBC News)
• Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
  • Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 606,000, mostly due to non-EU arrivals, according to the Office for National Statistics. In response, Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick reaffirmed the governments commitment "to reducing overall net migration to sustainable levels". (Sky News)

International relations

• Belarus–Russia relations
  • Russian military presence in Belarus
    • Russia and Belarus sign an agreement in Minsk allowing the stationing of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that the weapons are already being transferred to Belarus. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan–Iran relations, Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran does not recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan due to the lack of an inclusive government as well as recent tensions between Iran and the Taliban over border incidents and a dispute over the Helmand River. (Xinhua)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
    • Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attacks on the Capitol. (CNN)
• 2023 Nagano attack
  • A man kills four people in a shooting and stabbing attack in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. (BBC News)
• The Supreme Court of Russia orders the liquidation of the People's Freedom Party, the oldest opposition party in the country. (The Moscow Times)
• Police in South Africa arrest Fulgence Kayishema, who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2001 for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide. (Al Jazeera)
• Police arrest a man after he crashed his car into the gates outside Downing Street in London, which houses the official residences and offices of the prime minister Rishi Sunak. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Neuralink's first-in-human clinical study of brain implants to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness. (Reuters)
• A potent new antibiotic, abaucin, capable of killing Acinetobacter baumannii (one of three superbugs the World Health Organization has identified as a "critical threat" to humanity), is created using artificial intelligence. (BBC News)