Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal cause "massive destruction," according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and wounding three others.
    • In response Hezbollah fires dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona, lightly injuring a man from shrapnel. (Reuters)
  • Ten Israeli civilians are injured after Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. (Reuters) (Jerusalem Post)
• Terrorism in Australia
  • A man is injured during a stabbing at a car park in Perth, Australia. The 16-year-old perpetrator is killed by police officers and has been described as a "religious radicalized individual". A possible Islamist motive is behind the attack.(DW)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • The death toll for the flooding in Kenya rises from 219 to 228. The heavy rains that have caused the flooding are expected to worsen further into this month. (Reuters)
• 2024 Brazil floods
  • The death toll from the heavy flooding in southern Brazil rises to 75, with over a hundred people still missing. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close all Al-Jazeera offices in Israel. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Terrorism in Germany
  • German MEP Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" in Dresden, Germany, in what is suspected to be a politically-motivated attack against the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Two people are killed and six others are injured in Russian overnight drone strikes on the Kharkiv and Dnipro regions of Ukraine. (Reuters) (VOA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Brazil floods
  • The death toll from ongoing heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 56, with 67 people still missing and nearly 25,000 displaced. The airport in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, suspends all flights until further notice. (Reuters)
• At least 14 people are killed by floods and landslides in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Reuters)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Schengen Area
  • Palestinian doctor and rector at the University of Glasgow Ghassan Abu-Sittah is denied access into France after landing at Charles de Gaulle airport on his way to speak at the French Senate. Last month, he was denied entry into Germany. (Al Jazeera)
• Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar rejects comments made by US President Joe Biden saying that India's economic growth was being held back by "xenophobia". (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Russian state media reports that a number of officials from Ukraine and NATO countries have been placed on Russia's wanted list, including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former president Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Pavlyuk, and Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas. The Ministry of Internal Affairs neither states what crimes the wanted individuals are being charged with, nor clarifies the allegations that are being brought against them. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 London mayoral election
  • Sadiq Khan wins re-election as mayor of London, England, with 43.8% of the vote, becoming the first London mayor to be elected to a third term. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 Kentucky Derby
  • The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby is held, with American thoroughbred racehorse Mystik Dan winning in a photo finish. (AP)
• 2023–24 La Liga
  • Real Madrid are crowned champions of La Liga after Barcelona's 4–2 defeat at Girona. (BBC News)
• The International Olympics Committee (IOC) bans Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from all positions within the committee for 15 years over ethics breaches. Sheik Ahmad was previously banned by the IOC for three years in 2023 over his alleged interference in the Olympic Council of Asia elections, as well as for forgery and a fake arbitration procedure. (Reuters)

May 5: Easter (Eastern Christianity, 2024); Lixia begins in China (2024); Children's Day in Japan; Cinco de Mayo in Mexico and the United States

• 1646 – First English Civil War: Charles I surrendered himself to Scottish Covenanter leader David Leslie near Newark, England.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia began with the inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness in Spotsylvania County.
• 1891 – Carnegie Hall (interior pictured) in New York City, built by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, officially opened with a concert conducted by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
• 1980 – The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab separatists had seized it.
• 2007 – Kenya Airways crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.