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Trump says he persuaded Israel and Hezbollah to halt attacks, seeking to prevent a wider war in Lebanon.
In Kyiv, 63 people were injured as a result of a Russian strike, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko has said.
The life of a child was cut short by Russia’s night attack on Dnipro, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Hanzha has said.

Missiles and drones struck the cities of Kyiv and Dnipro, Ukrainian officials said. At least 10 people were killed.

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By Tuesday morning, Russian troops launched nearly 900 strikes on Zaporizhia region, injuring three people, head of the Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov reported.
Another person has died following Russia’s attack on Dnipro overnight into Tuesday, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha has said.
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The number of people injured in Russia's combined missile and drone attack against Kyiv on June 2 has risen to 63, while four people have been confirmed dead.

British heavy armour has deployed within 25km of the Russian border to rehearse defending against an incursion, as a battlegroup built around the Royal Regiment of Scotland took part in Exercise Spring Storm in south-eastern Estonia. British battle tanks on the Russian border first appeared on UK Defence Journal.

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The Pentagon has barred journalists from entering its press office after redesignating it as a classified facility (SCIF), citing the presence of speechwriters who handle classified information. Source: WaPo
Russian forces struck Kharkiv and 18 settlements in the region over the past day, wounding 18 people including an 11-year-old child, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration head Oleh Synehubov said.
Two experienced Taiwanese Air Force pilots were killed when a T-34C training aircraft crashed during an emergency-training exercise at Gangshan Air Base on Tuesday.
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Israeli opposition attacks Netanyahu after Trump announces Lebanon ceasefire US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon and the reported cancellation of an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs sparked criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from opposition figures and political rivals. Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid wrote on X that Israel had become “a country completely under guardianship”, suggesting Netanyahu had yielded to Trump’s dem

SHANGLA: Six children from the same family were killed and another was injured when the roof of a mud house collapsed in Shangla district’s Alpuri tehsil, Rescue 1122 said on Tuesday. Rescue 1122 Shangla Spokesperson Rasool Khan Sharif told Dawn that seven children were buried under the debris when the roof of the house collapsed early morning in Rahimabad Bassi area. He said the rescue team responded immediately to the emergency call, began the operation, and recovered the bodies within an hour
The ceasefire is dead. Israel should stop pretending otherwise before more Israelis pay the price for this diplomatic fiction.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are developing a massive off-grid private island in the Mediterranean.
On June 1, 249 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded at the front.
Khanna, and Massie both said over the weekend that they would seek to remove a provision from the House’s annual defense bill that would expand US-Israeli defense technology cooperation.
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A top US general’s description of South Korea as a “dagger in the heart of Asia” aimed at China has laid bare the differences in how Washington and Seoul view their alliance and Beijing. US Forces Korea commander General Xavier Brunson made the blunt remark in a podcast interview hosted by the US Army War College on May 22, drawing a backlash both from Beijing and from Seoul itself. South Korea’s presidential office said on Saturday that it was “aware” of Brunson’s remarks and that close...

A Taiwanese air force aircraft crashed during a training mission on Tuesday, killing two experienced pilots and prompting renewed scrutiny of the island’s ageing fleet of T-34 basic trainers. The T-34C aircraft went down at about 8.08am at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, while conducting a simulated engine-failure exercise, according to the island’s air force. Both pilots on board, Lieutenant Colonel Kuo Chun-nan and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Chi-yu, were killed. The air force...

French UN envoy calls Israeli incursion into Lebanon a ‘strategic mistake’ French Ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont described Israel’s expanding military incursion into Lebanon as a “major strategic mistake”, warning that the raising of an Israeli flag over Beaufort Castle reflected a “worrying return to the past”. Bonnafont said Hezbollah, with support from Iran, had helped drag Lebanon into war, but stressed that there was no justification for the continuation of Israeli

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The Russian president earlier said that "the Kiev leadership has decided to turn a new page in the series of its crimes"
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British and French forces worked together to track and board a tanker accused of helping Russia bypass sanctions

Former frontbencher launches most significant internal criticism of $368bn Aukus deal since ALP national conference in 2023 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia needs a backup plan for the Aukus submarine agreement, Labor MP Ed Husic has warned, arguing sluggish American production and the “transactional nature” of the Trump administration have put the multi-billion-dollar defence deal at risk. The defence
On Tuesday night, June 2, a military aviation operation commenced in Polish airspace against the backdrop of a massed Russian attack on Ukraine, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces has said.
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Russian air attacks on major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least nine and wounded more than 60 early on Tuesday, authorities said, following days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault. Russia has targeted Ukraine’s power supply and infrastructure while Ukraine has stepped up attacks this year on Russian oil facilities in a war now more than four years old, sometimes causing casualties, but both deny targeting civilians. Five people were killed and 25

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Russia’s military activity has Japan fearing a dual-front war Japan’s call to maintain “impeccable” defences on its northern frontier reflects Tokyo’s deepening concern over growing Russian military activity in the region, analysts say. 2. Rising costs in Singapore spur.