Thursday

The people of 5 June

5 people in 5 stories, 24 deaths recorded, 2025

Greta Thunberg

Swedish activist (born 2003)

  1. The Freedom Flotilla, a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, Irish actor Liam Cunningham, and French European Parliament member Rima Hassan, rescue four Sudanese civil war refugees from a dinghy near Libya.

    Disasters · 5 Jun · with Liam Cunningham, Rima Hassan

Zia Yusuf

British politician (born 1986)

  1. Zia Yusuf announces via X that he is stepping down as the Chairman of Reform UK.

    Politics · 5 Jun

Donald Trump

President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)

  1. Chad suspends the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to a new travel ban announced by U.S. president Donald Trump, that includes Chad among twelve countries facing entry restrictions.

    World · 5 Jun

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)

  1. The United States imposes sanctions on 4 ICC judges in retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

    World · 5 Jun

Daphne Caruana Galizia

Maltese journalist and blogger (1964–2017)

  1. Two members of the Ta' Maksar gang are convicted as accessories to murder for supplying the explosive that killed the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

    Crime & Justice · 5 Jun

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