Portal:Current events/2017 April 1

Current events of April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Military intervention against ISIL
  • The Iraqi State Television says Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be ISIL's second-in-command, is killed by an Iraqi airstrike near Al Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. (Daily Mail)

Disasters and accidents

• Cyclone Debbie
  • At least three people have died in heavy rain following Cyclone Debbie and 20,000 forced to leave their homes in New South Wales and Queensland. (News Limited), (ABC)
  • Police search for four missing people in southeast Queensland as the Logan River reaches record levels. (AAP via Yahoo News Australia)
• More than two dozen people are missing after a landslide hits the Indonesian island of Java. (DPA via News Limited)
• 2017 Putumayo landslide
  • A landslide in Colombia's southwestern border department of Putumayo sends mud and debris crashing onto houses killing over 250 people and injuring at least 400. A further 200 are missing. (Hindustan Times) (Reuters)
• An explosion occurs at a carnival in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, injuring at least 18 people. (Independent), (BBC News)
• A South Korean cargo freighter goes missing and is believed to have sunk off the coast of Uruguay. (SBS Australia)

Politics and elections

• 2017 dissolution of Venezuelan National Assembly
  • Venezuela's Supreme Court reverses Thursday's controversial ruling, now restoring legislative power to the National Assembly. However, the court's decision still allows President Nicolás Maduro to enter joint-venture deals. (BBC) (The Washington Post)
• After two weeks of social unrest in French Guiana, the French government promises € 1 billion for education, healthcare, security and justice. (France24) (Reuters)

Sports

• 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
  • Gonzaga defeats South Carolina 77–73 to advance to the title game on April 3. (AP via ESPN)
  • In the other semifinal, North Carolina defeats Oregon 77–76. (AP via ESPN)