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A shooting at a San Diego mosque left five dead including both suspects, who were shot by an armed security guard who protected the children present. The FBI opened a hate crime investigation, reigniting debate over Islamophobia in the United States.
Bulgaria wins Eurovision 2026 with 516 points for "Bangaranga", Israel finishes second despite a record boycott from five countries. Sofia will host the 2027 edition.
WHO classifies the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Nearly 90 deaths in DRC, first cases confirmed in Uganda, Bundibugyo strain with no available vaccine.
Over 500 Ukrainian drones targeted Russia during the night of May 17, killing 4 and constituting the largest aerial assault in more than a year, hitting refineries and infrastructure.
The King's Speech of May 13, 2026 unfolded against the backdrop of an unprecedented political crisis for Keir Starmer: several Labour ministers resigned, over 100 MPs offered conditional public support, and comparisons emerged with Joe Biden's fall. The British Prime Minister refused to step down, invoking his governing mandate.
Israel's Knesset passed a law establishing a special military tribunal empowered to impose the death penalty on those responsible for the October 7, 2023 attacks, while the European Union reached a long-blocked agreement to sanction extremist Israeli settlers responsible for violence in the West Bank. These two simultaneous decisions are sparking a global debate on legal standards, Israeli sovereignty, and Western diplomatic pressure.
The international evacuation operation for the MV Hondius, hit by a hantavirus outbreak, concluded at the Canary Islands. Passengers were repatriated by nationality, but one French evacuee is showing symptoms. The Filipino crew of 150 faces a 42-day quarantine in the Netherlands. British paratroopers were dropped on Tristan da Cunha for a suspected case.
Iran has sent its response to the US peace proposal via Pakistan: it agrees to transfer its enriched uranium stockpile but flatly refuses to dismantle its nuclear facilities. Trump declared the response 'totally unacceptable.' The nuclear red line is now the sole public sticking point.
British local elections on May 8-9, 2026 dealt a historic defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party. Nigel Farage's Reform UK made massive gains in traditional Labour strongholds. Starmer refuses to resign but urgently appoints Gordon Brown as an adviser, while a former minister threatens to trigger an internal leadership election. Analysts speak of the end of two-party politics in the United Kingdom.
Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs for the first time since the April 17 ceasefire, killing Malek Ballout, operations commander of Hezbollah's Radwan force — an act Netanyahu frames as self-defense, but one that endangers the truce underpinning the Iran-US negotiations.
Zelensky declares a unilateral ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9. Russia violates it 1,820 times, strikes a kindergarten in Sumy killing two, and Kyiv threatens a mirror response during Moscow's parade.
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