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• Israel–Hamas war
□ Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
☆ A spokesperson for Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades claim that they
captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday, which the IDF denies.
(Reuters)
□ The Al-Qassam Brigades fire rockets towards Tel Aviv area in central
Israel for the first time in four months. (BBC News) (El Confidencial)
• French president Emmanuel Macron makes the first state visit to Germany in
24 years. (AP)
• 2024 Enga landslide
□ The death toll from the massive landslide in Papua New Guinea is
estimated to be more than 670 people. (AP)
• 12 people are injured when a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by Qatar
Airways suffers mid-flight turbulence en route to Dublin, Ireland. The
plane lands safely in Dublin. (CNN)
• Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
□ The death toll from a tornado outbreak last night into this morning
across the United States rises to 11. The same storm system also delays
the start of the 2024 Indianapolis 500. (The Virginian-Pilot)
(IndyStar)
• 2024 EFL Championship play-off final
□ Southampton beat Leeds by a score of 1–0 to return to the Premier
League. (The Guardian)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Eastern Ukraine campaign
☆ Russia captures the village of Arkhanhelske in Donetsk Oblast. (The
Moscow Times)
□ Kharkiv strikes
☆ At least six people are killed and 58 others are injured in Russian
strikes on a hardware store and residential area in Kharkiv,
Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
□ Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war,
☆ Israeli allegations against UNRWA
○ Italy restores €35 million (US$38 million) of funding for UNRWA
several months after it suspended the aid due to allegations
linking UN staff to the October 7 attacks. (Al Jazeera)
☆ Four U.S. Army vessels connected to a floating pier off the Gaza
Strip become disconnected and wash up on beaches, two in Israel and
two in the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
• 2024 Cannes Film Festival
□ Anora, directed by Sean Baker, wins the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes
Film Festival. (Reuters)
• 2024 Rajkot gaming zone fire
□ At least 27 people, including many children, are killed in a building
fire at a family entertainment venue in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. (NDTV)
• Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
□ At least 5 are killed after a strong tornado strikes the cities of
Pilot Point and Valley View in Texas, United States.(NBC Dallas-Fort
Worth)
• 2024 United Kingdom general election
□ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces plans to conscript young persons
with an option for alternative civilian service if the Conservative
Party wins the upcoming election. (BBC News)
• 2023–24 AFC Champions League
□ Al Ain win their second Champions League title after beating the
Yokohama F. Marinos by an aggregate score of 6–3 over a two-legged
final. (Reuters)
• 2023–24 DFB-Pokal
□ Bayer Leverkusen win their second DFB-Pokal title after beating 1. FC
Kaiserslautern by a score of 1–0 in the final at the Olympiastadion in
Berlin, Germany, completing the first unbeaten double-winning season in
German football. (The New York Times)
• 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
□ Barcelona win their third Women's Champions League title after
defeating Olympique Lyonnais 2–0 in the final. (BBC Sport)
• 2023–24 FA Cup
□ Manchester United win their 13th FA Cup title after beating the
defending champions, Manchester City, by a score of 2–1 in the final at
Wembley Stadium in London, England. (The Guardian)
• Israel–Hamas war
□ Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
☆ In Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, the Israeli Army recovers the
bodies of three civilians who were murdered and taken to Gaza by
Palestinian militants in the October 7 attacks. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Sources claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is interested in
negotiating a ceasefire, which would freeze the conflict at the current
frontlines. (Reuters)
□ The European Union makes a decision allowing Ukraine to use interest
funds from frozen Russian bank accounts, totaling €2.5 billion ($2.7
billion) per year. (Al Jazeera)
• Haitian crisis
□ Two American Christian missionaries, one of them the daughter of a
Missouri State Representative, and a Haitian pastor are killed in a
gang ambush in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (The Wall Street Journal)
• 2024 Cannes Film Festival
□ Norah becomes the first film from Saudi Arabia to screen as part of the
official calendar at the Cannes Film Festival. (Arab News)
□ Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain
Regard prize for international films at the Cannes Film Festival.
(Reuters)
• 2024 Enga landslide
□ Four people are confirmed killed and many others are presumed dead in a
landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea
Post-Courier) (RNZ)
• Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured in a building fire
in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam. (VnExpress) (Reuters)
• Dozens of people are killed across Mexico in a deadly heatwave, with
temperatures as high as 45 °C (113 °F) recorded. (France 24) (DW)
• 2024 Bishkek riots
□ Hundreds of international students from Pakistan and other Asian
countries leave Kyrgyzstan following attacks by Kyrgyz nationalist mobs
on student hostels in Bishkek earlier this month. (Reuters)
• Crocus City Hall attack
□ Russia arrests more than 20 people in connection with the Islamic State
– Khorasan Province attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, in March. (Reuters)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
□ The International Court of Justice, in a 13–2 decision, orders Israel
to stop their military offensive in Rafah. (Reuters)
• United States v. Live Nation Entertainment
□ The first consumer class action lawsuit by ticket buyers is filed
against Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment, following the
lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice. (Reuters)
• Uvalde school shooting
□ Families in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., file a lawsuit against Daniel Defense
and Activision Blizzard for creating the DDM4 V7 gun and promoting the
weapon through the game Call of Duty, respectively. They also sue Meta
Platforms for owning Instagram, which was used by the gunman. (AP)
• 2024 United Kingdom general election
□ A record number of Conservative MPs stand down ahead of the UK
election. (BBC News) (Sky News)
□ Jeremy Corbyn is expelled from the Labour Party after confirming that
he will stand as an independent candidate in the election. (The
Independent)