German chancellor Friedrich Merz announces that Germany and several other NATO allies have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weaponry inside Russia. Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov says that the decision is contrary to efforts to reach a political settlement to end the war.
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May 26, 2025 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
U.S. president Donald Trump says the implementation of 50% tariffs on all goods imported from European Union countries will be postponed until July 9.
Disasters and accidents
A vehicle ploughs into crowds of Liverpool F.C. fans celebrating their Premier League title win in the city centre of Liverpool, England. At least 47 people are injured, 27 of whom are hospitalised, and a suspect is detained by Merseyside Police.
Law and crime
A Sharia court in Kano State, Nigeria, sentences a 38-year-old man to death and 150 strokes of the cane for setting a mosque on fire and killing 23 people inside in May 2024.
Two people are killed and nine are injured in a mass shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
A barangay captain and two Sangguniang Barangay members are killed, while a Sangguniang Kabataan secretary is critically injured, in a shooting in Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines. The shooter, a former tanod, fatally shoots himself.
A court in Ica, Peru, opens a criminal investigation into an Israeli soldier who is on vacation in the country who is accused of war crimes. The Public Ministry referred the case to the local court to locate the man.
Politics and elections
Sports
The XX Games of the Small States of Europe are inaugurated in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.
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