Armed conflicts and attacks

United States president Donald Trump announces that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and the first phase of his peace plan to end the Gaza war. (Al Jazeera).

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/8/trump-says-he-may-travel-to-middle-east-as-gaza-deal-very-close

Armed conflicts and attacks

A family is injured, including a 4-year-old girl critically, and dozens of civilian infrastructure facilities are damaged in a drone strike on a house in Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)

• https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-strikes-ukraine-s-sumy-region-casualties-reported-4-year-old-in-severe-condition/ar-AA1O4zoW?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=139fb081d23e42aca8a86db770a80b26&ei=21

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Ukrainian missile strike kills three people and injures nine others in Maslova Pristan, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. A search and rescue operation is underway for others believed to be trapped under rubble. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9j8jlyzzno

Armed conflicts and attacks

Eleven soldiers and 19 Pakistani Taliban fighters are killed in an ambush on a military convoy and subsequent shootout in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/8/dozens-killed-as-pakistani-army-fighters-clash-near-afghan-border

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed and eight others are critically injured in a fire at a firecracker factory in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. (India Today)

• https://www.indiatoday.in/india/andhra-pradesh/story/andhra-pradesh-firecracker-factor-fire-workers-dead-burn-injuries-2799715-2025-10-08

Law and crime

Derrick Groves, the last remaining prisoner from a group of ten who escaped the Orleans Parish Prison in May in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is captured in Atlanta following a standoff with police at a house. (NBC News)

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-jail-escapee-derrick-groves-captured-atlanta-rcna236463