Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday (6 June) that police were treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an act of terrorism in which a gunman was killed. The Islamic State (Isis) militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the gunman was one of its soldiers. A day earlier, on Monday, the attacker, identified as Yacqub Khayre, 29, held a woman hostage inside an apartment building in Melbourne. While the hostage was rescued unharmed, three police officers suffered injuries when they engaged in a firefight with Khayre. The attacker was shot dead by police. A man was found dead in the foyer of the building where Khayre held the woman against her will.
British actor Peter Sallis, the man behind the voice of Wallace from Wallace and Gromit, died age 96 on June 5. With an acting career spanning over eight decades, Sallis was a staple of British TV screens for most of his life, appearing on Last of the Summer Wine for 37 years.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick visited the scene of the attack on London Bridge and addressed the media on June 5. Khan says he thinks that they are not receiving the sort of funding they need as a capital city. The Mayor also took a sly dig at US President Donald Trump when talking about state visits, making the point that they have to protect the vistis, even if some guests are less welcome.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on 5 June that the leader of the opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, would not keep Britain safe if he were to win the UK general election on 8 June. Commenting on his defence policies at a campaign speech in central London, the prime minister said that is not leadership, its an abdication of leadership. Its a failure to meet the minimum requirement of the job of prime minister: to keep the country safe.
Video footage of a British man wielding a large machete and what he claims is a grenade threatening to blow up mosques and stab Muslims surfaced online in the aftermath of the London Bridge terror attack. However another video has emerged showing the same man apologizing for his comments, clamming he never posted the video and that it was a joke that wasnt meant for the internet.
May has come under pressure over her record as police cuts during her time as home Secretary. Corbyn said that he does back calls for May to resign, although he added that the general election on 8 June is perhaps the best opportunity to deal with it.
The countries have accused Qatar of embracing multiple terrorist and sectarian groups. Qatar has called this move unjustified, claiming the accusations have no basis in fact.
The Islamic State-linked Amaq News Agency released a video on 4 June showing militants destroying a church in Marawi, Philippines.
Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao city on 23 May to suppress rising terror in different parts of the region.
Britain needs to have difficult conversations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states about the funding of Islamist extremism, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on 4 June, resuming his election campaign after a deadly attack in London. He also He attacked Prime Minister Theresa May for cutting police numbers during her tenure as interior minister and repeated his pledge to recruit 10,000 new police officers, including armed officers.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressed his dismay about the 3 June London Bridge attacks in a video posted to Facebook, a day after the deadly incident. In the video, Turnbull shared his intention to: Defy the terrorists, in the field we find them, we destroy them, we kill them.
U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande headlined a star-studded benefit concert in Manchester on Sunday (5 June) that was both joyful and mournful, in aid of victims of the bombing that rocked the city last month, as security fears ran high after attackers in London killed seven people the night before.
World Environment Day is observed every year on 5 June.
A former leader of the FALN (Armed Forces of National Liberation) and a Puerto Rican nationalist, Oscar Lopez Rivera is one of the last prisoners Barack Obama commuted during his presidency. Opponents call Oscar a terrorist and supporters compare him to Nelson Mandela. In honor of his release, Lopez Rivera was set to healine the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City, but in light of his controversial commutation he decided to step down. Oscar Lopez Rivera no longer condones the use of violence for the freedom of Puerto Rico but he will still march in the Puerto Rican Day Parade as a humble Puerto Rican.
Hundreds of chanting Afghan protesters demanded the resignation of President Ashraf Ghanis government following this week and amp;#39;s devastating truck bomb attack in Kabul, squaring off against police who fired into the air to keep them back.
