Portal:Current events/2025 June 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 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)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2025 Crimean Bridge explosion
    • 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 1.1 tonnes 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 injured after Russian forces launch an MLRS rocket barrage at the centre of Sumy, Ukraine. (AP)
• 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 kills eleven people and injures 17 others in Hualahuises, Nuevo León, Mexico. (Reuters)
• Cessna Citation I is reported missing after takeoff from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela. On June 4, authorities reported finding remains of the aircraft including documents from inside the aircraft. It was revealed that 5 people were onboard instead of the previously reported 3. All onboard are presumed dead. (Notiprensa Digital)

International relations

• Brazil–United States relations
  • Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defend Supreme Court chief Alexandre de Moraes from potential U.S. sanctions, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened over the ongoing trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. (Reuters)
• 2025 United Nations Security Council election
  • Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia are elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term. (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 event, citing the recent ban by the Hungarian government. (AP)
• MI5 domestic abuse scandal
  • MI5 apologizes to the UK High Courts for providing false evidence in regards to an agent who abused their partner. (The Independent) (BBC News)
• Two hundred and sixteen prisoners escape from a prison in the Malir District, Pakistan. During the escape, which was a result of panic caused by an earthquake, one prisoner is killed and two prison officers are injured. A search operation is ongoing and 80 prisoners have been recaptured. (BBC News)
• Nineteen prisoners, including eleven members of the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army, escape from a prison in Nabire, Central Papua, Indonesia. Three prison staff were critically injured. A search around the city is ongoing. (Tempo)

Politics and elections

• 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)
• 2025 Mongolian protests
  • Mongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns after weeks of protests. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2025 IPL Season
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru win their maiden IPL finale in 18 years against the Punjab Kings. (Hindustan Times)