On This Day: July 5th

Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election.

The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.

British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.

The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).

A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

The Staffordshire Horde, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.

The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.

The World Health Organization announces that the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak has been contained.