How Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in Gaza – The New York Times

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  1. How Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in Gaza  The New York Times
  2. Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed  AP News
  3. Iran's Foreign Ministry Says U.S. Response to Truce Proposal Is Being Reviewed  Haaretz
  4. Thirteen killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, health ministry says  BBC
  5. Israel issues new forced displacement orders in southern Lebanon  Al Jazeera
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Taiwan leader visits Eswatini despite China’s attempts to block trip – Al Jazeera

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  1. Taiwan leader visits Eswatini despite China’s attempts to block trip  Al Jazeera
  2. Taiwan Outfoxes China in Test of Wills Over Tiny African Country  WSJ
  3. Taiwan's Lai lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance  NPR
  4. Taiwan's 12 remaining diplomatic allies  Reuters
  5. Taiwan president defiant on visit to Eswatini; China calls him a 'rat'  NBC News
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Australia news live: dozens paddle out in Sydney and Newcastle in solidarity with Gaza Flotilla; PM commits another $1.8bn to urgent care clinics

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Parents of Australian who was detained by IDF call for stronger government response. Follow updates live

Canavan defends Coalition decision to preference One Nation ahead of independent in Farrer: ‘Socialists and communists always go last’

Matt Canavan said he understood why voters in Farrer, set for a byelection next Saturday, were disillusioned with the federal opposition.

I‘ve been down there for 20 days, 15 nights – and 10 of those I’ve been in a swag – over the past month.

I’m doing everything I can to fight for them. I’d love to fight for that great part of our country again, it’s a wonderful part of our nation where we pioneered the use of irrigation and dams. It still produces 40% of our food, 60% of our fruit.

Under my leadership, [in] my view, socialists and communists always go last.

I think we need to really see how the overseas conflict evolves, how prices evolve for oil. But I think, you know, it is doing what it was intended to do. It’s not a silver bullet, but it is providing material support for people. And as I said, it’s providing support for people who are really doing it tough when they can’t shift away from using petrol.

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Polanski takes combative approach as Greens enter media spotlight

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From legitimate scrutiny to lurid scare stories, the Green party’s rise has brought a sudden spike in attention

It is the lot of smaller parties that grow rapidly that they tend to endure something of a trial by the media in the UK. The attention from some of the newspapers and broadcasters to the Green party before this week’s elections has occasionally borne an unlikely resemblance to the height of Clegg-mania in the spring of 2010, when the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was rewarded for his positive polling with the unlikely Daily Mail headline “Clegg in Nazi slur on Britain”.

All manner of colourful tales have emerged about Green policies and personnel as the party has risen up the national opinion polls, making them something of a target for news editors and reporters. That attention has ranged from legitimate questions over the views of members to more eccentric warnings of a dire future for everyone in Britain from exotic animals to members of the clergy.

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US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies – Al Jazeera

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  1. US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies  Al Jazeera
  2. Israel Acquiring Low-cost Systems From U.S. to Intercept Drones  Haaretz
  3. Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies  Financial Times
  4. US Approves Nearly $9 Billion in Weapons Sales to Mideast States  Bloomberg.com
  5. U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners  The New York Times
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