The people of 31 May

A U.S. official says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to push for a new ceasefire in Lebanon, including an ending of Hezbollah attacks on Israel with Israel refraining from escalation in Beirut in return.

Conflict · 31 May · with Joseph Aoun, Benjamin Netanyahu

Hungarian president Tamás Sulyok announces that he will not resign despite the prime minister Peter Magyar's ultimatum after accusing him of being an "Orbán puppet".

Politics · 31 May · with Peter Magyar, Viktor Orbán

The National Salvation Movement's candidate Abelardo de la Espriella wins the election and will face Iván Cepeda from Historic Pact in the runoff on 21 June.

Politics · 31 May · with Iván Cepeda

Preliminary results from yesterday's election revealed that the Labour Party, currently led by incumbent prime minister Robert Abela, won a record fourth consecutive term in government.

Politics · 31 May

President Gustavo Petro announces that it does not recognize the results due to doubts about the computerised vote-counting system.

Politics · 31 May