Portal:Current events/2024 June 1

June 1, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities. Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, with at least 8 people being reported dead. (RFE/RL)

Law and crime

Capital punishment in Yemen
- A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News)
Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
- A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders of his ex-wife and two of his wife's children. (AP)
Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2024 Icelandic presidential election
- Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland position. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announced that he would not be seeking a third term. (Al Jazeera)
- Halla Tómasdóttir is announced as the President of Iceland with the majority of the votes at 32.1%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election as the opposition with 25.1%. (DW)
2024 Indian general election
- The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters)

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