Armed conflicts and attacks

M23 forces advance into South Kivu, capturing several towns and villages, including Kalungu in Kalehe Territory. (MSN)

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/armed-rebels-seize-two-more-towns-after-huge-city-falls/ar-AA1y97nF

Armed conflicts and attacks

Hamas confirms that Israel killed Mohammed Deif along with Marwan Issa, Raed Thabet, Rafa Salama, Ayman Nofal and Ghazi Abu Tamaa. (Al Arabiya)

• https://www.alarabiya.net/arab-and-world/2025/01/30/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81

Armed conflicts and attacks

Islam critic and Quran burner Salwan Momika is assassinated at his apartment in Södertälje, Sweden. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdx2wqpg7zo

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Russian drone strikes a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, killing nine people and injuring 13 others. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-drone-strikes-apartment-block-ukraine-killing-four-governor-says-2025-01-30/

Health and environment

Uganda confirms an outbreak of Ebola, with the first death, a nurse at Mulago National Specialised Hospital in Kampala, being confirmed yesterday. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/uganda-confirms-outbreak-ebola-capital-kampala-2025-01-30/

Health and environment

The United States Federal Drug Administration approves Vertex Pharmaceuticals' new Journavx drug, a non-opioid analgesic used to treat acute pain and potentially eliminate the risks of opioid addiction and overdose. (AP) (FDA)

• https://apnews.com/article/nonopioid-painkiller-fda-vertex-pharmaceuticals-b1dd4276fce3d88ff32e3062e95f408f
• https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-novel-non-opioid-treatment-moderate-severe-acute-pain

Politics and elections

Thousands of people gather in Berlin, Germany, to protest against Chancellor-candidate Friedrich Merz and the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union parties after they collaborated with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on a non-binding motion to restrict immigration. Members of the Bundestag debate on motions to ban the AfD, alleging that its beliefs and legal practices are unconstitutional. (DW) (Anadolu Ajansi)

• https://www.dw.com/en/germany-mass-protests-after-far-right-afd-helps-cdu-csu/a-71464257
• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/german-parliament-debates-potential-ban-on-far-right-afd/3467314

Science and technology

Apollo-type asteroid 2024 YR4 triggers global planetary defence procedures for the first time and rises to the top of the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale after recent observations confirmed it has a 1-in-77 (1.3%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. Follow up observations in 2028 will provide a more refined estimation of the likelihood of impact in 2032. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/30/asteroid-spotted-chance-colliding-with-earth-2032