Category: Politics
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The Israeli prime minister has threatened bilateral actions and annexation, but he cannot afford to jeopardise deal touted by Trump Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to denounce the recognition of a Palestinian state by many of Israel’s historic allies, but the prime minister may be struggling to decide how to turn rhetoric into a concrete response.…
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UK, Australia, Canada and Portugal recognised Palestinian statehood on Sunday with France set to do the same The Israeli military, which justifies its assault on Gaza City by saying it wants to “destroy Hamas military infrastructure” hasn’t given a timeline for the ground offensive, but there are indications it could take months. Amid this flurry…
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Consumer advocacy bodies and Greens say Labor failed to act fast enough to prevent last week’s outage linked to multiple deaths An independent manager of the triple-zero emergency system has not yet been staffed by the federal government, despite it being a key recommendation of the review into Optus’ last emergency outage. The communications minister,…
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Nerida O’Loughlin said the body usually gets multiple emails per day from telcos when something goes wrong with their networks. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Any penalties would be financial, not criminal The Australian Communications Media Authority said any penalties would largely be financial if…
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US president en route to Glendale, Arizona, as number of far-right commentators including Steve Bannon and Lauren Boebert attend event Students who debated with Kirk: ‘His goal was to defeat us’ US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing Christian nationalists in the US are positioning Charlie Kirk as a…
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Witness recounts shooter yelling ‘free Palestine’ while targeting someone as investigators try to determine motive A man shot one person to death and wounded two others at a New Hampshire country club as a wedding took place there on Saturday, according to authorities. A witness to the attack – named as Tom Bartelson of Pepperell,…
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US Secret Service leads massive security presence, while conservatives demand punishment of those who disparaged rightwing ‘youth whisperer’ Thousands were gathering in Arizona on Sunday for a public memorial honoring Charlie Kirk, the rightwing youth organizer who was fatally shot during an event at a Utah college. Donald Trump, his vice-president, JD Vance, and Kirk’s…
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Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Low tariffs not dependent on sit-down meeting with Trump, Bowen says On the potential for a meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump, Bowen has poured cold water on whether any charm offensive by the Australian PM might have turned…
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US Secret Service in Phoenix says man said he was law enforcement and there to provide private security A man armed with a gun and a knife was detained Saturday at State Farm Stadium near Phoenix before Charlie Kirk’s memorial service at that venue on Sunday – with authorities accusing him of brandishing inactive law…
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Poland said it had scrambled aircraft to protect its airspace as Ukraine reported a Russian attack featuring more than 600 drones and missiles At least 10 flights were cancelled out of Brussels airport and another 17 delayed by over an hour after the system was hit by a “cyber-attack” overnight on Friday, the airport said.…