Thursday

The people of 25 September

6 people in 6 stories, 26 deaths recorded, 2025

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

  1. Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal association, becoming the first former French president to be sentenced to prison. His former interior ministers Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant are sentenced to two years and six years of house arrest under electronic tagging respectively, due to a French law allowing prison sentences equal or inferior to 2 years to be converted in another sentences, and to Guéant's health issues.

    Crime & Justice · 25 Sep · with Brice Hortefeux, Claude Guéant

Sandro Dias

Brazilian skateboarder (born 1975)

  1. Brazilian professional skateboarder Sandro Dias breaks the records for the highest drop in ever and fastest speed reached (103 km/h) on a standard skateboard after skating down the Administrative Center of the Rio Grande do Sul state in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at 70 meters-high.

    Sport · 25 Sep

Chiz Escudero

President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2024 to 2025

  1. The Philippine Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation file criminal graft and malversation charges against Senator Chiz Escudero, former senator Nancy Binay, and former house speaker Martin Romualdez in connection with investigations into alleged corruption in flood control projects.

    Crime & Justice · 25 Sep · with Nancy Binay, Martin Romualdez

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)

  1. The Slovenian government formally bans Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from entering the country, linking the ban to the International Criminal Court arrest warrant out for Netanyahu.

    World · 25 Sep

Irina Vlah

Moldovan politician (born 1974)

  1. Poland bars Moldovan politician Irina Vlah from entering its territory for five years for allegedly assisting Russian interference in Moldova's upcoming parliamentary election.

    World · 25 Sep

Inga Ruginienė

Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2025 to 2026

  1. Lithuania's parliament votes 80–42 to approve a coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party, installing Inga Ruginienė as the new prime minister.

    Politics · 25 Sep

Entries adapted from the work of Wikipedia contributors (Current events, 25 September 2025), CC BY-SA 4.0.