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Portal:Current events/2017 May 27

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May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- At least 18 people are killed and 6 others injured in acar bomb explosion inKhost, easternAfghanistan.(The Independent)
Second Libyan Civil War
- Ansar al-Sharia announces it is formally dissolving amid heavy losses that have wiped out its leadership and decimated its fighters. The group was responsible for the2012 Benghazi attack.(Reuters)

Arts and culture

Business and economy

British Airways cancels all flights fromHeathrow Airport andGatwick Airport amid a "major IT system failure", that is causing severe disruption to flight operations worldwide.(BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Summit Air Flight 409
- ASummit Air Let L-410 crashes after hitting a tree while landing atLukla Airport inNepal following a cargo flight. Both pilots die. A third crewman survives.(The Aviation Herald)

International relations

43rd G7 summit
- The meeting ofGroup of 7 leaders inTaormina, Italy, concludes with a disagreement on whether to uphold theParis Agreement;U.S. President Donald Trump is the only leader not to confirm commitment to the agreement, due tohis climate change denial.(BBC)

Law and crime

Colombey authorities report the tomb ofFrench national heroCharles de Gaulle has been vandalized.(Reuters)
Manchester Arena bombing
- Theresa May announces that the Britishterror threat level has been downgraded from "critical" to "severe" and thatOperation Temperer will be phased out shortly, following productivecounter-terrorism investigations.(The Guardian)
Marawi crisis
- President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte tells soldiers fighting inMindanao, wherehe proclaimed martial law earlier this week, that he will accept responsibility for abuses they commit, and jokes that "[i]f you hadraped three, I will admit it, that's on me."(Reuters via Aus. Broadcasting Corp.)
Police search for a driver who witnesses believe was driving aggressively around campers inGrays Harbor County,Washington, and deliberately backed over two campers while yelling racial slurs, killing one and injuring a second. Both victims are from theQuinault Indian Nation.(The Seattle Times)
Police announce charges of attempted murder against 150 protestors fromDhaka University over a protest to restore a statue ofLady Justice outside the Supreme Court. Protestors and police clashed near the High Court, with police firingtear gas andwater cannons after protestors breached a barricade. Police claim protestors wielded sticks and stones in a bid to murder on-duty officers.(Dhaka Tribune)

Sport