This roundup summarises the most important news stories around the world in the last month (June 2025).

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In India, the crash of an Air India flight bound for London killed over 260 people. Victims also included students at a medical college in a densely populated area where the plane crashed. The accident is among the deadliest in the country’s aviation history. In Syria, a suicide bomber in a packed church killed at least 25 people.

And in the United Kingdom, lawmakers backed a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales – over 18 and expected to live less than six months – to request for assisted death.

Politically, in the Netherlands, a far right party left the governing coalition, thereby toppling the government and likely leading to new elections. In Poland, the eurosceptic opposition candidate won the second round of the country’s presidential election. And in South Korea, a left-leaning candidate won the country’s presidential election by a landslide.

Geopolitically, Israel launched waves of airstrikes against dozens of Iranian targets, especially Iran’s military chain of common and critical nuclear facilities, prompting Iranian missiles to strike Israel in retaliation. Warplanes from the United States then dropped bombs on three key nuclear sites in Iran, creating further tension and uncertainty. Finally, Rwanda and DR Congo signed a draft agreement to end fighting in eastern DR Congo.