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June 7, 2025 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
  - Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades during the October 7 attacks. (BBC News)
- Israeli airstrikes kill 55 people in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israel announces that it killed Asaad Abu Sharia, leader of the Mujahideen Brigades which was responsible for the abductions of several hostages during the October 7 attacks, including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons. (The Times of Israel)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
  - A Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, involving Shahed drones, cruise missiles and glide bombs kills four people and wounds at least 60 others, according to local officials. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Decommunization
- Kyrgyzstan takes down a 23-meter-tall statue of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, thought to be the tallest statue of Lenin in Central Asia. (BBC News)

Law and crime

Attempted assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
- Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campaign event in Bogotá, leaving him in serious condition. Police arrest a 15-year-old suspect at the scene. (Infobae) (NBC News)

Politics and elections

Afghan prime minister Hasan Akhund announces that no Afghan refugees who left the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 will be prosecuted if they return to Afghanistan. (Arab News)
Municipal elections are held in Latvia. Preliminary results indicate the far-right populist party Latvia First leading with 18.2% of the votes, followed by the centre-left Progressives with 16.64% and the conservative National Alliance with 14.13% of the votes. (Euractiv)

Sports