Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Israel said that it has killed the new military chief of Hamas, Mohamed Odeh, just 11 days after his predecessor was killed. (Ynetnews)
Sudanese civil war
Sudanese Armed Forces announce that they have recaptured four more towns in the Blue Nile region following clashes with Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N). (Sudan Tribune) (TRT World)
Business and economy
BP chair Albert Manifold is removed with immediate effect over "serious" conduct concerns. (BBC News)
The Uzbek National Statistics Committee reports that Uzbekistan has resumed the export of gold in April with an export of $1.5 billion following a six-month pause. (Bloomberg) (Zamin)
Disasters and accidents
Six people are killed after entering an under-construction septic tank in Kalahandi District, India. (Xinhua)
Three people are killed and three others are injured after an overpass collapses in Seoul, South Korea. (Xinhua)
Buggenhout train collision
Four people, including two children, are killed and five more injured in a collision between a train and a school bus in Buggenhout, Belgium. (RTÉ)
Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility incident
Multiple people are killed, 10 others are critically injured and multiple are missing in a major chemical explosion at a facility in Longview, Washington, United States. (KGW)
Law and crime
Jeffrey Donaldson criminal trial
A jury is sworn in for the criminal trial of former Northern Irish MP Jeffrey Donaldson for sexual offences, which is to begin at 10:30 the following day. His wife Eleanor is undergoing a separate trial of the facts as she was deemed to be unfit to stand trial by medical experts. (RTÉ)
Politics and elections
2025–2026 United States redistricting
The South Carolina Senate rejects a redistricting effort to change the congressional districts in the U.S. state of South Carolina before the upcoming U.S. midterms. (The Hill) (NPR)
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