CNN doubles down that Israel did open fire at aid site despite denial of previous claims – The Jerusalem Post

  1. CNN doubles down that Israel did open fire at aid site despite denial of previous claims  The Jerusalem Post
  2. ‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting  CNN
  3. Israel says it fired ‘warning shots’ near aid site; health officials say 27 dead  The Washington Post
  4. Israeli-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Close Temporarily After Deadly Shootings  The New York Times
  5. Exclusive: What Hamas tried to hide in incident at aid center  www.israelhayom.com
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IDF recovers bodies of two Israeli-American hostages from 7 October attack

Remains of Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai returned to Israel after overnight operation in southern Gaza

Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages who were killed and abducted in Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the remains of Judih Weinstein, 70, and Gad Haggai, 72, both of whom had Israeli and US citizenship, were returned to Israel by the army and the Shin Bet internal security agency after an overnight operation in southern Gaza.

Their deaths had been announced in December 2023. “My beautiful parents have been freed. We have certainty,” their daughter, Iris Haggai Liniado, wrote in a Facebook post. She thanked the Israeli military, the FBI and the Israeli and US governments and called for the release of all the remaining hostages.

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Hungary’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ content violates human rights, says EU’s top court

ECJ advocate general condemns ‘stigmatising’ law that bars such content from schools and primetime TV

A Hungarian law banning content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV has been found to violate basic human rights and freedom of expression by a senior legal scholar at the European court of justice.

The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general, Tamara Ćapeta, issued on Thursday, represents a comprehensive demolition of the arguments made by the Hungarian government defending its so-called childprotection law, passed in 2021.

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New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given record suspensions

Parliament votes to enact punishment after hours of fraught debate including attitudes towards Māori culture

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record parliamentary suspensions for three MPs who performed a Māori haka to protest against a controversial proposed law.

Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Te Pāti Māori (the Māori party), Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days. Three days had previously been the longest ban for a New Zealand MP.

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Lidia Thorpe urges Albanese to ‘do his homework’ as PM insists Dorinda Cox allegations have been ‘dealt with’

Independent senator – who made complaint about Cox – says Labor needs to take bullying allegations in the workplace seriously

Lidia Thorpe has urged Anthony Albanese to “do his homework” on bullying allegations against Greens turned Labor senator Dorinda Cox, claiming the prime minister was “wrong” to publicly declare the matters had been dealt with.

The independent Victorian senator – previously a member of the Greens – revealed on Wednesday she had formally filed a bullying complaint against Cox in March 2023, months after she first notified the then Greens leader, Adam Bandt.

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Brittany Higgins warns of #MeToo backlash and urges Labor to ‘transform’ how Australia handles sexual assault

Higgins decries pushback against ‘the very idea that sexual violence deserves to be taken seriously’ in first speech since returning to public life

Brittany Higgins has warned of an orchestrated “backlash” to the #MeToo movement in her first speech since returning to public life.

During her keynote address to the fourth Conversations That Matter event in Geelong on Thursday, Higgins also urged the Albanese government to use its election mandate to “transform how sexual assault is handled in Australia”.

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New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka in protest – NPR

  1. New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka in protest  NPR
  2. New Zealand: Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka  BBC
  3. New Zeland Maori MPs suspended for parliamentary haka protest  Al Jazeera
  4. New Zealand passes record suspension of lawmakers over haka  DW
  5. New Zealand’s Parliament Suspends Maori Lawmakers Over Haka Protest  The New York Times
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Setback for Minns government as controversial workers’ compensation bill sent to inquiry

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who opposed the inquiry, said NSW’s compensation scheme was running a $5m deficit every day

A controversial bill to curtail workers’ compensation claims for psychological injuries incurred by New South Wales workers will be sent to a parliamentary inquiry, after crossbenchers and the Coalition banded together to force the inquiry.

The independent Mark Latham moved for a relatively swift inquiry, with the date of reporting to be set by the chair of the inquiry, once the scope of evidence is known.

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Mushroom trial: Accused weighed fatal dose on kitchen scales, prosecutors say – BBC

  1. Mushroom trial: Accused weighed fatal dose on kitchen scales, prosecutors say  BBC
  2. Admitted lies, emojis and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson spars with prosecutor as fatal mushroom lunch deconstructed  The Guardian
  3. Australian woman on trial for mushroom murder of in-laws says she was trying to fix a 'bland' lunch  AP News
  4. Woman who denies mushroom murders of her in-laws accepts that she served them death caps for lunch  ap.org
  5. Erin Patterson denies telling lunch guests she had cancer in triple-murder mushroom trial  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Police ‘Racing Against Time’ in Madeleine McCann Case – Newser

  1. Police 'Racing Against Time' in Madeleine McCann Case  Newser
  2. Madeleine McCann search in Portugal ends after three days  BBC
  3. Madeleine McCann search latest: Neighbour recalls ‘angry’ rows with suspect on third day of hunt for missing girl  The Independent
  4. Police Renew Searches in Madeleine McCann Investigation in Portugal  The New York Times
  5. What happened to Madeleine McCann? Timeline of the 18 year missing girl mystery  The Independent
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New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka – AP News

  1. New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka  AP News
  2. New Zealand: Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka  BBC
  3. New Zealand parliament suspends Maori MPs who performed protest haka  Al Jazeera
  4. More than half of voters back proposed penalty for Te Pāti Māori MPs, poll suggests  RNZ
  5. Maori lawmakers suspended over protest haka performed in New Zealand Parliament  NBC News
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In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship – The New York Times

  1. In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship  The New York Times
  2. Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S.  CNBC
  3. Trump's travel ban: What happens to visas granted before June 9, list of exceptions — All you need to know  Mint
  4. Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  The White House (.gov)
  5. Trump announces travel ban on 12 countries and partial restrictions for 7 others  NBC News
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