Portal:Current events/2025 January 8

January 8, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram insurgency
- 2025 N'Djamena attack
  - Gunfire and military vehicles are reported near the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena, Chad, with the Chadian government accusing Boko Haram of being behind the attack. The attack has reportedly been dealt with as of now but 19 people have been killed in the attack. (Devdiscourse) (Deutsche Welle)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian forces attack an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing 13 people and injuring 18 others. Further strikes on Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs kill 13 more people and injure 32 others. (Ukrainska Pravda) (Ukrainska Pravda 2)
Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 22 people. (Arab News)

Disasters and accidents

2025 California wildfires
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
  - Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Sunset Fire
    - More than 100,000 people are evacuated from approaching wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and Hollywood neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Altadena, California, United States, that have burnt more than 3,000 acres, aggravated by an ongoing extreme windstorm and drought conditions. Five people are killed, dozens of others are injured, and around 1,000 structures are destroyed. (AP) (The Independent) (NBC News) (Reuters)
Six people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a stampede at a Hindu temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. (AP)

International relations

Law and crime

The British government freezes the assets of neo-Nazi music network Blood & Honour, becoming the first far-right group in the UK to be sanctioned by the government. (BBC News)