Morning Digest: Alarm sounded on board Gaza-bound aid ship amid Israel’s warning to turn back; Alcaraz wins French Open, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest: June 9, 2025

A vessel that was approaching Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s Gaza-bound charity ship the Madleen has left, the coalition said early on Monday (June 9, 2025), after an alarm was sounded on the ship warning of a possible interception.

Bad starts in Grand Slam finals are nothing new for Carlos Alcaraz, and each time it’s happened he has won the tournament anyway. But not in such dramatic style as Sunday’s French Open final, however, when the Spaniard rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) for his fifth major title in as many finals.

Violence broke out across Manipur’s Imphal Valley after a top leader of Arambai Tenggol, an armed Meitei radical group, was picked up by security forces on Saturday (June 7, 2025) evening. Four others belonging to the Arambai Tenggol were reportedly detained for questioning.

Citing the BJP’s success in forming governments in New Delhi, Odisha and Maharashtra, party leader and Union Home Minister on Sunday (June 8, 2025) declared in Madurai that the BJP-AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu would assert its position in the next year’s Assembly elections and defeat the incumbent DMK government.

Amid the row over alleged irregularities in the voter lists of West Bengal, a person who was active in the students’ protest in Bangladesh in 2024, was found to be a registered voter in the State’s Kakdwip Assembly segment.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has defended the government’s action against police officials for security lapses during the function organised to felicitate players of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, during which 11 people died in a stampede.

A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sought the Election Commission’s response on his article alleging rigging in Maharashtra polls, sources in the poll authority said on Sunday (June 8, 2025) the constitutional body would respond only if the Leader of the Opposition writes to it directly. They also pointed out that as part of its outreach, the EC had invited all six national parties for separate interactions. While the other five met the EC brass, Congress cancelled the May 15 meeting.