Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden discuss efforts to reach a deal to solve the hostage crisis as well as a ceasefire to end the war.
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January 12, 2025 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 16 civilians are killed in an airstrike conducted by the Nigerian Air Force in Zamfara State, apparently after being mistaken for criminal gangs.
The Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo says that over the days it has recaptured several towns that fell to M23 rebels and other armed groups in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.
Disasters and accidents
California Governor Gavin Newsom states that the ongoing wildfires impacting Los Angeles County could become the worst natural disaster in American history "in terms of the scale and scope", amid current estimated damages of more than US$135 billion.
Officials say that the Kenneth Fire has been contained.
Three people are killed and two others are injured in an avalanche in Trasquera, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy.
The death toll from the wildfires increases to 24.
Ten people are killed and several others are injured after large floods engulf the city of Ipatinga in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
At least 17 miners are trapped in a gold mine in La Libertad Department, Peru, after a group of illegal miners attacked the mine.
Health and environment
The Bangladeshi IEDCR reports the country's first case of HMPV in Bhairab, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
International relations
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pledges €50 million in food, emergency shelters, and medical care to Syria following talks with the Syrian transitional government in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Foreign ministers and senior officers of Arab countries, the European Union, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States hold a series of diplomatic meetings focused on Syria in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Politics and elections
Croatians vote in the second round to elect the President between incumbent Zoran Milanović and former science and education minister Dragan Primorac.
Ilza Amado Vaz unexpectedly resigns as Prime Minister of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe three days after being appointed Prime Minister by President Carlos Vila Nova. The ruling Independent Democratic Action party then proposes Adelino Pereira to replace Vaz, but Vila Nova appoints AmĂ©rico d'Oliveira dos Ramos. ,
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