Syrian president al-Sharaa unveils transitional government
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Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election
Opposition leader floats – then walks back – polls on Indigenous recognition, four-year parliamentary terms and stripping citizenship of dual nationals
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Peter Dutton has floated – then quickly walked back – proposals for three separate referendums if he wins office, shutting down ideas he had raised to change the constitution for Indigenous recognition, four-year parliamentary terms and stripping citizenship of dual nationals.
The opposition leader had told The Australian newspaper in an interview published on Saturday that he was open to referendums on the three issues if there could be bipartisanship found with the Labor party. “I hope at some stage there will be common ground,” Dutton told the newspaper.
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Continue reading...Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail
Opposition leader promises to release secret modelling within days as former ACCC chair urges Coalition to explain how they would lower prices
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Energy minister Chris Bowen claims Peter Dutton is “making it up as he goes” with his gas plan, as experts question how a Coalition government would force gas producers to sell to Australians at cheaper prices.
In his first public comments on Dutton’s plan to bring more gas into Australia’s energy market, Bowen claimed the Coalition was simply dusting off a plan created under the former Morrison government.
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,130
These are the key events on day 1,130 of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Mapping how Israel’s land grabs are reshaping the occupied West Bank – Al Jazeera English
Gazan man murdered by Hamas after joining protests against terror group, family says – The Times of Israel
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- Palestinians protest Hamas in a rare public show of dissent in Gaza The Associated Press
Gazan man murdered by Hamas after joining protests against terror group, family says – The Times of Israel
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‘Expressing your pain in artistic form is not easy’: exiled Russian theatre director builds bridges in London
Dmitry Krymov, who fled Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans Dickens hybrid with UK and Russian actors
The acclaimed Russian stage director Dmitry Krymov the winner of many of Moscow’s top theatre prizes before his exile due to public criticism of the invasion of Ukraine, has spoken angrily of the impact of the war ahead of his first work with British actors. The Moscow-born director, 70, plans to use Dickens’s two stories Great Expectations and Hard Times to create a new performance.
Arriving in London this weekend for a short stay, Krymov, who is regarded by many western theatre pundits as among the best directors in the world, told the Observer he wants to link British and Russian performers and audiences, despite the divisions caused by President Vladimir Putin.
Continue reading...‘SNL’ Weekend Update Roasts Everyone In White House’s War Chat Scandal – Rolling Stone
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Stolen truck collides with vehicles during California police chase
Ariel footage shows the stolen work truck crashing into multiple vehicles while attempting to evade police in Southern California.
Queensland premier warns worst flooding yet to come after NSW man swept away by rising waters
Man had been attempting to cross a causeway through rising flood waters that have now cut off a campsite, stranding more than 20 people
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Police have resumed the search for an elderly man who was swept into a flooded river on Saturday night, as authorities warn more heavy rain could isolate inland parts of New South Wales and Queensland for up to six weeks.
Flood warnings remain in place for vast areas of eastern Australia, after a record-breaking rain event.
Continue reading...‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan
Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule
More than 50 prominent female Afghan women’s rights activists sheltering in Pakistan are facing deportation home, where they fear they will be imprisoned or killed under Taliban rule.
Under a draconian policy, the Pakistan government has pledged to deport millions of Afghan nationals, after relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan severely deteriorated and attacks by militants in the border areas surged.
Continue reading...Why British boarding schools are so eager to open in Nigeria
With UK school fees rising, Nigeria's elite can now choose to give their offspring a British education at home.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on table in new negotiations
Hamas reportedly agrees to proposals sent by mediators, while Israel offers its counter-proposal.
Israel-Gaza conflict: Ceasefire plan back on table – BBC.com
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War Day 540: IDF Strikes Beirut, Egypt Had Tricked Israel – Anash.org – Good News
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- Israel's Foreign Ministry slams Erdogan for condemning Israel's Beirut strike The Jerusalem Post
Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake – The Guardian
- Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake The Guardian
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Snow White, Rachel Zegler and a toxic debate that’s not going away
The 23-year-old star of Disney's remake has become a battleground on social media.
Kink and LGBT dating apps exposed 1.5m private user images online
The often-explicit pictures are being stored without password protection, leaving them vulnerable to a hack.
The US firms backing Trump’s fight over trade
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