Current events: 2025-06-03

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • The Crimean Bridge is temporarily closed and subsequently reopened by Russian authorities after several underwater C-4 explosives planted under the bridge detonated. The Security Service of Ukraine claims responsibility, saying its agents planted {{cvt|1100|kg|t|abbr=on}} of TNT equivalent at a support section of the bridge. (BBC News)
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Four people are killed and 25 others are wounded after Russian forces launch an MLRS rocket barrage at the centre of Sumy, Ukraine. (AP)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Three Israeli soldiers from the Givati Brigade are killed by an IED explosion in Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, during clashes with Hamas militants. (The Times of Israel)
  • Rafah aid distribution incidents
    • At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, Gaza. (AP) (Reuters)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda, on Uganda Martyrs' Day. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Five aid workers are killed in an attack on a 15-vehicle convoy delivering food to families in the Darfur region, Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blame each other for the attack. (DW)

Arts and culture

• CJ Opiaza is officially crowned as Miss Grand International 2024 following Rachel Gupta's resignation and termination from the title. (ABS-CBN News)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus crash leaves eleven people dead and 17 others injured in Hualahuises, Nuevo León, Mexico. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Fall of the Assad regime
  • A court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentences a Syrian man to life in prison under universal jurisdiction for leading a Hezbollah-backed group and committing alleged war crimes against Sunni Muslims in Busra al-Sham, Syria, during the Syrian civil war. (DW)
• Killing of Nahel Merzouk
  • A French police officer goes on trial after being charged with killing 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023, whose death sparked the riots across France and other French territories. (Reuters)
• LGBTQ rights in Hungary
  • Police in Hungary deny the request for permission to hold the Budapest Pride, citing the recent ban by the Hungarian government. (AP)
• 216 prisoners escape from a prison in the Malir District, Pakistan. During the escape, one prisoner is killed and two prison officers are injured. A search operation is ongoing and 80 prisoners are meanwhile recaptured. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Mongolian protests
  • Mongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns after weeks of protests. (The Guardian)
• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Citizens of South Korea vote in a snap election to elect their president between five candidates. The election is held 60 days after Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court of Korea six months after the failed declaration of martial law. (Financial Times)
  • Lee Jae-Myung of the Democratic Party is elected the 14th president of South Korea. (Yonhap News Agency) (NPR)
• Schoof cabinet
  • The Party for Freedom withdraws from the current Dutch cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners over amending the Netherlands's asylum rules. (NLTimes)
  • Prime Minister Dick Schoof announces his resignation. (The Guardian)

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