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• Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi called for renewed unity among Global South nations during a visit to Seoul, South Korea. • Mudavadi criticized the current state of international relations, arguing that diplomacy is being treated as a transaction and national sovereignty as a negotiable property.

• Russia launched a series of deadly strikes on Kyiv following a week of repeated warnings and threats from Moscow. • The delayed timing of the attacks appeared designed to inflict a psychological toll on the residents of the Ukrainian capital.

• During the June 2, 2026, noon briefing, the UN Secretary-General addressed the General Assembly, highlighting the President-elect's theme as an inspiring call to action for the multilateral system. • The UN chief issued a strong condemnation of the Russian Federation's armed forces for conducting large-scale missile and drone attacks against Ukraine.

• The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved over USD 67 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in eight vulnerable nations. • Recipient countries include Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Niue, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, and Togo.

• A truce in Lebanon announced by Donald Trump is collapsing as Israeli forces advance south of the Litani River and Hezbollah launches rocket attacks against Israeli tanks in Hadatha. • The European Union is finalizing a major migration reform following the 2024 Asylum Pact, which will establish "return centres" outside EU borders to accelerate the deportation of rejected asylum seekers.

Airstrikes in south of country kill nine people and wound another 150, most of them medical staffMiddle East crisis – live updatesThree hospitals in southern Lebanon have been attacked by Israel in under a week, wounding more than 150 people and killing nine, according to Lebanon’s ministry of health.Israel carried out an attack in the immediate vicinity of the public hospital in Tebnine on Wednesday, just days after strikes next to the Hiram and Jabal Amel hospitals in Tyre. The attack next to Jabal Amel on Monday killed four people and injured 127 – most of whom were medical staff. Continue reading...

Hearing in New York state case over shooting of healthcare executive sealed at short notice ‘at request of the defense’Luigi Mangione’s New York state case in the killing of the healthcare executive Brian Thompson descended into secrecy on Wednesday when Judge Gregory Carro held sealed proceedings despite press objections.Mangione’s state trial for allegedly shooting dead Thompson on a Manhattan Street in late 2024 is scheduled for 8 September. Mangione also faces a federal trial in relation to Thompson’s killing. The murder triggered an intense manhunt but also prompted an outpouring of public rage against the practices of the for-profit US healthcare industry. Continue reading...

Christi Hill and male police officer misidentified in Vickrum Digwa case on AI platforms including GrokUK politics live – latest updatesA former police officer has been forced to flee to a safe space after she was falsely accused online of being involved in the Henry Nowak murder.Christi Hill, who served as a police constable for 12 years, has criticised social media and AI platforms, including Elon Musk’s Grok, for spreading the false claim that she was one of the officers who arrested Nowak as he lay dying after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa. Continue reading...

Non-binding agreement to start building vehicles in 2027 would safeguard jobs at UK’s largest car factoryNissan has agreed to look at building cars in northern England for Chinese manufacturer Chery, in a move that would secure jobs at the UK’s largest car factory.The Japanese carmaker on Wednesday said it had signed a non-binding agreement and that discussions were ongoing over contract manufacturing by Nissan for Chery, which is part-owned by the Chinese state. Continue reading...

Premier Chris Minns says changes would balance road safety and a more practical approach for medicinal cannabis usersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMotorists who use medicinal cannabis may soon be able to drive on New South Wales roads without fear of a severe penalty as the Minns government announces long-awaited reforms.The government announced on Thursday it would introduce legislation which would see drivers with a medicinal cannabis prescription no longer face a three-month licence suspension or fine for having the THC component of cannabis in their system. Continue reading...

Obstetricians and gynaecologists say anti sex-selective abortions bill ‘predicated on misinformation’ and ‘underlying aim is to restrict access to abortion’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe man who wants to ban “sex-selective abortions” is the first person who will tell you it won’t work.New South Wales Libertarian party MLC John Ruddick has introduced legislation that would see health practitioners sent to prison or fined thousands if they carry out a termination because of the sex of a foetus. Continue reading...

There’s a three-week wait on test results in Yuendumu, near Alice Springs, and locals say NT Health has dropped the ball on telling locals what to do if they test positiveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA remote Aboriginal community at the centre of the Northern Territory’s diphtheria outbreak is struggling to cope with rising case numbers, with locals saying there is no hand sanitiser at the health clinic and limited information about how to avoid the disease or what to do if you test positive.There have been more than 240 cases of the once-eradicated disease reported in Australia since October, primarily in remote Indigenous communities in the NT, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia, according to data released by the Australian Centre for Disease Control. One of the largest clusters in the NT is in Yuendumu, a community of about 700 people 300km from Alice Springs. Continue reading...