On Wednesday, June 4, 2018, this is the current situation:
Fighting
Four people were killed and 28 injured by Russian shelling in Sumy, according to a post on Telegram from the Ukrainian interior ministry.
Two people were killed in fires that started after a Russian attack on homes in Chistovodivka, in the Kharkiv region, the interior ministry reported.
The Crimea Bridge, which links Russia and Russia-occupied Crimea, was attacked by Ukrainian SBU security staff, who claimed the country’s SBU had detonated explosives that had been targeting underwater supports. The structure was “severe damage” to the structure.
According to Russia’s TASS news agency, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced in a statement that “standard operations” had resumed on the bridge following previous “temporary closures.”
military assistance
As part of the UK’s 4.5 billion pound ($6 billion) military support for Ukraine this year, Secretary of Defense John Healey announced that the UK would spend 350 million pounds ($473.5 million) on delivering 100, 000 drones to Ukraine.
Politics and diplomacy
According to Karoline Leavitt, a spokesman for the White House, Donald Trump “wasn’t” made aware of the unprecedented drone attack by Ukraine on Russian air bases earlier this week. Leavitt, who was questioned about whether Trump supported the attack, said that “the president does not want this war to continue.”
As the Senate works with Trump to “get Russia finally to the]negotiating table in a real way,” said US Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
On Wednesday, Russia’s UN Security Council will meet informal on “understanding and eliminating the ideological root causes of the Ukrainian crisis” at 10am (14:00 GMT).
In response to Russia’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine, Switzerland announced that it would impose sanctions on “17 individuals and 58 entities” listed in the most recent sanctions package from the European Union.
The #EmergencyResponse team of the Ukrainian Red Cross is responding to #Sumy’s Russian shelling. First aid is provided by volunteer workers, as well as hospital transportation. 3 dead, 16 injured. Damage was reported to hospitals, warehouses, cars andamp, and homes. #NotATargetPicture https://twitter.com/ymyuJc9Hs
The governor of Lagos State has read the riot act to all state residents who blatantly violate environmental laws and claim that they will be subject to the law’s full force from the start.  ,  ,
Tokunbo Wahab, the commissioner for environment and water resources for Lagos State, made this statement at an Ikeja press conference in Alausa.
According to the provisions of the Lagos Sanitation Environmental Law, anyone found dumping refuse illegally or littering the environment will face a stiff fine of up to N250, 000, or three months in prison, he added. Repeat offenders may also face even more severe punishment.
The Commissioner cautioned those who regularly dump solid waste in driveways, medians, or other road setbacks to stop, stressing that unfavorable deeds cause flash flooding, threaten public health, and deface the city.
Additionally, Mr. Wahab cautioned squatters on the state’s pedestrian bridges to leave because they regularly engage in open defecation and criminal activity there, which discourages pedestrians from using the bridges and puts their lives at risk, saying defaulters face being arrested.
Read more about Lagos’ demolished buildings on the way to disaster: the government of Lagos.
Over 3, 000 environmental offenders have been arrested and prosecuted by the government. We won’t let up, we will continue to increase our enforcement and sensibilization, he said, and we must all be aware that behavioral change must take place over time.
He emphasized that urination and open defecation are completely prohibited. More than 1,710 public toilets have been provided by the government and private organizations, he claims, and more are being made available in state eateries and gas stations for those who are compelled to use them.
Mr. Wahab reaffirmed that all forms of street trading are still prohibited and that no type of trading is permitted on pedestrian-friendly streets and medians. He urged traders to limit trading to specific market/stall space restrictions.
He urged all local governments, including those in homes, to only use approved and assigned PSP operators, not those who generate waste, as well as those who take on responsibility for its proper disposal. He claimed that timely payment of waste bills supports the system and ensures consistent service.
“If a PSP operator fails to collect your waste, report immediately to LAWMA through the following LAWMA helpline channels: 080000Lawma (08000052962), 07080601020”, he said.
He claimed that there is a new commitment to detain, prosecute, name, and shame all convicted offenders and that surveillance and enforcement personnel from the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, KAI, and LAWMA’s surveillance teams are fully operational across states.
Residents should refrain from patronizing them and always patronize registered PSPs because the ban on cart pushers has not been lifted because they dump waste indiscriminately across the , state.
He also mentioned World Environment Day, which will be observed on June 5 with the theme “Ending Plastic Pollution,” and that it is an opportunity to honor and promote the environment.
According to him, “We as a state are determined to eradicate the problem of plastic waste in our state.” The July 1 Deadline for the beginning of the single-use plastics ban has no place in history.
“After a 18-month suspension for producers, distributors, and users. He added that we are stepping up our advocacy for the citizenry to be aware of the ban, which follows that of styrofoam food packs.
A man suspected of attacking a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado over the weekend has been taken into custody by federal authorities in the United States.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained the family of Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, according to US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a video released on Tuesday.
Noem said in the video, “This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” We are looking into whether his family knew about this heinous attack, whether they knew about it, or whether they had provided proof for it.
Soliman, 45, is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a crowd for Run for Their Lives, a movement that demands the release of Israeli prisoners imprisoned in Gaza.
Soliman yelled “Free Palestine” while hurling the incendiary devices, according to an affidavit.
Twelve people were hurt by the firebombs, three of whom are still in critical condition. Soliman has claimed that he planned the attack for more than a year. Federal hate crime charges are pending against him.
He claimed during a press conference on Monday that when he was asked about the attack, that he wanted them all to die, that he had no regrets, and that he would go back and do it again.
Nobody else knew about Soliman’s plans, he claimed, and that he acted alone. However, US President Donald Trump’s administration officials said they would look into whether his wife and five children were aware of the suspect’s intentions.
Officials in the administration have also cited Soliman’s arrest and that of his family as part of a larger campaign against illegal immigration because the Egyptian national was currently residing in the US on an expired tourist visa.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated to reporters on Tuesday that “the United States has zero tolerance for foreign visitors who support terrorism.”
“Aliens will only be admitted into the United States through the legal process and only if they don’t harbor hostile attitudes toward our citizens, our culture, our government, our institutions, or, most importantly, our founding principles,” according to the Trump administration.
A wife and five children make up Soliman’s family. According to the official White House account posted on X social media platform, they “could be deported by tonight.”
“Moses’ Wife and Five Kids: Six One-Way Tickets. Final Boarding Call is soon to be announced, according to Tuesday’s post.
The attack comes as the US is tense over Israel’s ongoing conflict in Gaza, which UN experts and human rights organizations have compared to a genocide. It comes less than two weeks after two Israeli embassy employees were fatally shot inside a Jewish museum in Washington, DC.
Since the start of the war, harassment and violence have increased significantly in both the Jewish and Muslim communities as well as in Arab countries.
Trump and his allies have used anti-Semitism-related concerns as a pretext to push tough immigration laws and a crackdown on pro-Palestine activists.
Trump stated in a Monday social media post that “this is yet another illustration of why we must keep our borders safe and deport illegal, anti-American radicals from our country.”
However, it is claimed that the president and his supporters have a slew of anti-Semitic racial slurs. Civil liberties organizations are concerned about his administration’s efforts to expel foreign nationals.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student, is one of several international students who are engaged in pro-Palestine activities.
His country’s stratospheric rise from poverty to one of the world’s leading economies is reflected in Lee Jae-myung’s difficult path to becoming president of South Korea.
South Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was comparable to that of sub-Saharan African countries when Lee, a scandal-prone school dropout-turned-lawyer, was born in 1963.
Lee’s birth certificate was issued in South Korea for about a year, which is a mystery because his parents, like many other families, were aware of the country’s skyrocketing infant mortality of the time.
Even by today’s standards, Lee’s early years were marred by poverty and hardship, including work as an underage factory worker.
Lee, the standard bearer of the left-leaning Democratic Party, has frequently attributed his humble beginnings to shaping his progressive beliefs. He is renowned for his populist and outspoken style.
In a speech in 2022, Lee said, “Poverty is not a sin, but I was always particularly sensitive to the injustices I experienced because of poverty.”
“I’m in politics right now to assist those who are still living in the pit of poverty and despair from which I was able to escape by creating a just society and a world filled with hope.”
Lee, the fifth of seven children, left his early years of education to move to Seongnam, a satellite city in Seoul, and start a family support business.
Lee, who was 15 years old, was permanently unable to straighten his left arm in a manufacturing accident at a factory that made baseball gloves.
Lee completed her middle and high school studies while working from home, despite missing her years of formal education.
Lee Jae-myung announced his presidential bid in April, 2025 on a TV screen at Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea.
He was accepted to Chung-Ang University in Seoul in 1982 to study law, and he passed the bar exam four years later.
Lee is renowned for standing up for the rights of the underprivileged, including those who were injured at work or who were facing eviction as a result of urban redevelopment projects.
Lee launched his first political campaign in 2006 with a run unsuccessful for Seongnam mayor. Two years later, he lost the election for a city parliamentary seat.
He won his second attempt to win the mayoral election in 2010 and won re-election four years later, finally making it his first step into politics.
Lee served as governor of Gyeonggi, the most populous province in the region that surrounds Seoul, between 2018 and 2021.
By introducing a number of populist-flavoured economic policies, including a limited form of universal basic income, Lee attracted attention from both his immediate electorate as mayor and governor.
After resigning as governor, Lee took the Democratic Party’s presidential campaign to lose to Yoon Suk-yeol by a narrow margin, the lowest margin in South Korean history.
Lee led the Democratic Party to one of its best results in the parliamentary elections of last year, winning it 173 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly despite facing a slew of political and personal scandals, culminating in at least five legal cases.
Lee won almost 90 percent of the primary vote after Yoon was impeached and removed from office following his brief but brief lapse in declaring martial law in December.
His approach to communication is direct and straightforward, and he is astute in recognizing social and political trends, which is unusual for politicians of his generation in Korea, according to Michigan State University’s Lee Myung-hee.
“Despite the fact that it may easily offend his opponents, this direct communication style can occasionally hinder his political advancement.”
Lee underlined his progressive credentials in his election campaign by adopting a more realistic persona and a less populist economic agenda.
Lee’s victory was rarely in doubt in the weeks leading up to the election, with Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party frequently trailing the candidate by more than 20 points in polls.
A “progressive pragmatist”
As president, Lee has pledged to prioritize the economy, recommending, among other things, a significant increase in artificial intelligence investment, the introduction of a four-and-a-half day work week, and parental tax deductions in proportion to the number of children they have.
In terms of foreign affairs, he has promised to repair relations with North Korea while urging it to end its nuclear program, in keeping with his Democratic Party’s tradition, and to keep the US-Korea security alliance without excluding Russia and China.
He is a progressive pragmatist, I would say. He won’t adhere to any steadfast progressive or even conservative policies, according to Yong-chool Ha, director of the University of Washington’s Center for Korea Studies.
He is described as “manipulative,” while his supporters call him “flexible.”
He is a survivor, I would say.
While Lee will win the support of a majority in the National Assembly, he will assume leadership in a divided and divided nation.
His success will depend on his ability to navigate the country’s highly polarized and conflicted political landscape, according to Lee, a professor at Michigan State University.
Lee will also have to navigate the conflict in international relations caused by US President Donald Trump’s shake-up of trade and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
[Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via Reuters] South Korea’s presidential candidates Kim Moon-soo of the People’s Party, Kwon Young-guk of the Democratic Labor Party, Lee Jun-seok of the New Reform Party, and Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party pose for a photo ahead of a televised debate in Seoul, South Korea, on May 18, 2025.
After two unsuccessful attempts to become president, Lee’s election represents an extraordinary comeback that is appropriate for the story of his rise.
In connection with a land corruption scandal, Lee was facing five criminal charges, including those involving election law violations and trust breaches.
Lee’s five-year term in office will almost certainly not lead to a trial following his election.
Standing presidents are protected from prosecution under the South Korean Constitution, aside from insurrection and treason, but legal experts disagree on whether this protection extends to already-running proceedings.
More than 100 of Britain’s most famous athletes have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in an open letter urging him to support London’s bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
The athletes, both current and former, include Sir Mo Farah, Keely Hodgkinson, Kelly Holmes, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and Daley Thompson among those who signed the letter.
If successful, the bid proposal would result in the holding of the World Championships at London Stadium and call for a “one-off injection of public funding in 2028” with the promise of “£400 million in national economic impact.”
The letter read, “Hosting in 2029 would bring the world’s best athletes back to British soil, but it would also inspire a new generation to get involved in the most diverse and inclusive sport there is.”
“Some of us had the opportunity to go home in 2012 and 2017 in London.” Some of us gave our time, while others were watching. We were all inspired by this.
Many of us were inspired by that spark, just like countless other young people who have gone on to join clubs, coaches, officiate, or just fall in love with athletics.
This summer, the 2029 bid process will begin, with organizers urging ministers to commit to ensuring the UK’s participation in the World Championships.
More than 100 of Britain’s most famous athletes have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in an open letter urging him to support London’s bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
The athletes, both current and former, include Sir Mo Farah, Keely Hodgkinson, Kelly Holmes, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and Daley Thompson among those who signed the letter.
If successful, the bid proposal would result in the holding of the World Championships at London Stadium and call for a “one-off injection of public funding in 2028” with the promise of “£400 million in national economic impact.”
The letter read, “Hosting in 2029 would bring the world’s best athletes back to British soil, but it would also inspire a new generation to get involved in the most diverse and inclusive sport there is.”
“Some of us had the opportunity to go home in 2012 and 2017 in London.” Some of us gave our time, while others were watching. We were all inspired by this.
Many of us were inspired by that spark, just like countless other young people who have gone on to join clubs, coaches, officiate, or just fall in love with athletics.
This summer, the 2029 bid process will begin, with organizers urging ministers to commit to ensuring the UK’s participation in the World Championships.
