Germany's foreign minister said Israeli forces are continuing to advance into southern Lebanon, a development he described as a matter of serious concern.

Qiushi magazine (June 1 issue) will publish an article by Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping titled "Forward-looking Layout and Development of Future Industries." Xi orders tech innovation to lead, saying the scale of technological breakthroughs largely determines the speed, breadth and depth of future-industry development; he urges leveraging the advantages of a new whole-of-nation system, adhering to "industry sets the questions, science answers," boosting technology support and leadership capacity, stepping up efforts to tackle key core technologies in priority fields, strengthening basic research with strategic, forward-looking and systematic planning, and accelerating commercialization and application of scientific and technological results.

U.S. Southern Command said on May 30 the Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal strike against a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization.