{{Transclude selected current events | <search pattern 1> | ... | <search pattern n> | not1= | ... | notn= | days= | max= | none= | dates= | more= |header= |footer= }}

Basic

{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern }}

Multiple search patterns

{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | second search pattern | third search pattern }}

Add as many search patterns as needed

With patterns to exclude items

{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | not=search pattern to exclude from results }}

Add additional search patterns to exclude items from results using |not2=, |not3=, etc.

As a portal component which only displays when news items are found

{{Transclude selected current events| header= header template | footer= footer template | other parameters }}

As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page

{{Transclude selected current events| wikitext=yes | other parameters }}

|1=, |2=, |3= ...

Search patterns for items

|not1=, |not2=, |not3= ...

Search patterns for excluding items

|days=

Number of days to search through for current events (counting backwards from the current day); default is 30 (nb. you may find large numbers equal to several years won't work for technical reasons).

|max=

Maximum number of items to display; default is 6

|wikitext=

Set to yes to display the wikitext of the items, e.g. when using this template just to generate suggestions

|none=

Wikitext to display if no matching items are found; default is "No recent news"

|dates=

Set to mdy to use MDY-formatted dates (e.g. Jan 24, 2025 rather than 24 Jan 2025)

|more=

Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR

Set to yes to show More current events... link at the bottom of the list

|header=

Wikitext to show above the items; typically {{Box-header}} or {{Box-header colour}} or similar (with appropriate parameters filled in)

If set, this template only displays output when items are found (overriding |more= if set)

|footer=

Wikitext to show below the items; defaults to {{Box-footer}}

Can only be used in conjunction with |header=

Search patterns are Lua patterns, which are similar to regular expressions. This means that ^$()%.[]*+-? characters have special meaning, such as . matching any character. To search for those characters themselves, they need to be escaped by prefixing a %

For piped links, both the target article name as well as the displayed text are searched for matches. External links are not searched for matches.

B Tip: To make a letter in a search pattern case-insensitive, put both the upper-case and lowercase letter inside square-brackets, i.e. [Aa]pple will match both An apple is... and Apples are....

Europe

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe}}

24 January 2025 – 2024–25 European windstorm season

Storm Éowyn

A wind gust provisionally measured at 183 km/h was recorded in Connemara in County Galway, which would surpass Ireland's record wind gust of 182 km/h set in 1945. A mean wind speed of 135 km/h was also measured, which would surpass Ireland's sustained wind record also set in 1945. (The Irish Times)

19 January 2025 –

The Washington Post reports that there is an "emerging consensus" among U.S. and European intelligence officials that maritime accidents, rather than Russian sabotage, was the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines. (Washington Post)

12 January 2025 –

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. (Saudi Gazette)

10 January 2025 – 2025 Moldovan energy crisis

Moldova's unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria extends its state of emergency for another month due to an energy crisis following the suspension of Russian gas supplies. (Reuters)

9 January 2025 – 2024–25 European winter

Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a snowstorm in northern France. (AP)

Europe (as portal component that is only displayed when there is news; limited to a maximum of 4 items)

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|header={{Box-header color|In the news}}|max=4}}

United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom}}

Europe OR United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|United Kingdom}}

Europe AND United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe.*United Kingdom|United Kingdom.*Europe|days=10}}

United Kingdom AND NOT Australia

{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom|not=Australia}}

SomethingWithNoMatches

{{Transclude selected current events|SomethingWithNoMatches}}

• {{Template cache}} – companion template