Portal:Current events/2024 May 6

May 6, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Israel tells civilians to evacuate parts of eastern Rafah ahead of a planned ground invasion. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
- Hamas states that it has accepted a ceasefire proposal negotiated by Egypt and Qatar. Israel rejects the proposal, claiming that the deal does not meet its "core demands", but confirms that it will continue negotiations in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters) (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Six people are killed and 35 others are injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
  - The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

The 2024 Met Gala takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with the theme "The Garden of Time", celebrating the Met's exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. (Vanity Fair)
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize ceremony is held, with 16 awards in Journalism and 10 in Letters, Drama, & Music. (NPR)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
- The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 85. (Reuters)
An under construction apartment building collapses in George, South Africa, killing seven people and leaving dozens more missing. (AP)
Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo, Italy. (Palermo Today)
Tornado outbreak of May 6–10, 2024
- The U.S. Storm Prediction Center issues a rare high risk convective outlook ahead of an expected significant tornado outbreak in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. (Storm Prediction Center)
- An EF4 tornado strikes the cities of Barnsdall and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, killing one and leaving one other missing. (Washington Post)

Law and crime

An American soldier is arrested in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct. According to US officials, the soldier was based in South Korea and had been accused of stealing from a woman. (Reuters)

Politics and elections