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Doctor from Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital dies in Israeli prison
Boris Johnson, who brought in U.K. voter ID rules, is turned away from polling station after forgetting his – NBC News
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Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment – The Associated Press
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UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next?
Prominent Gaza doctor dies in Israeli prison – Reuters
Panama’s top court rejects bid to disqualify candidacy of presidential frontrunner – The Guardian
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Palestinian employee of German development agency ‘abused’ in Israeli jail
Palestinian journalists in Gaza awarded World Press Freedom prize
US Senators, ICC meet over possible arrest warrants for Netanyahu – Axios
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I spent 43 days in Gaza’s now-destroyed hospitals. My mind is still there.
Starmer hails ‘incredible’ swing as Labour wins byelection and Tories suffer heavy losses in local elections – live
Chris Webb wins back ‘red wall’ Blackpool South seat held by Tories since 2019
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The results of the London mayoral contest and London assembly elections are due on Saturday. Labour’s Sadiq Khan is seeking a third term and polls have put him comfortably ahead of Tory Susan Hall, despite jitters in Khan’s campaign team.
Following the closure of the polls tonight, Khan said his campaign and Labour activists “sent out a message of fairness, of equality and of hope”.
Continue reading...Australian government weighs supporting Palestine to become full UN member as draft resolution revealed
Exclusive: Penny Wong says a two-state solution is ‘the only path out’ of a cycle of violence as she meets Germany’s Annalena Baerbock
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The Australian government faces a decision next week on whether to support admitting Palestine as a full member of the UN and is swapping notes with allies including South Korea and Germany.
A copy of the draft resolution, seen by Guardian Australia, expresses “deep regret and concern” that the US used its veto power to block the proposal at the UN security council last month.
Continue reading...Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostage in Gaza confirmed dead by government as ceasefire negotiations continue
Israel has not said how it learned of the death of Dror Or, who was kidnapped on 7 October
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Turkey’s trade halt with Israel will continue until a permanent ceasefire in Gaza is secured as well as unhindered humanitarian aid flow to the region, Turkish trade minister Omer Bolat said on Friday, reports Reuters.
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian troops enter US base in Niger
Move puts forces in close proximity at a time when military and diplomatic rivalry is increasing over Ukraine
The Russian defence ministry said on Friday that its air defence forces destroyed six drones that Ukraine launched overnight.
Five of the drones were downed over the Belgorod region that borders Ukraine and one over the Crimean Peninsula, the defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Continue reading...US can learn from controversial UK policy as first migrants rounded up for deportation, expert says – Fox News
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India’s Rahul Gandhi to contest elections from family borough – Reuters India
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Bonza urged to pay April wages; data breach exposes family violence, sexual assault data – as it happened
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PM responds to reports regional women camping out, sleeping in cars
Anthony Albanese has commented on reports that carparks in regional areas are being opened for women to sleep in tents or their cars.
We have allocated funding through our Housing Australia Future Fund for emergency accommodation for women and children escaping domestic violence. I will be in discussions with the states and territories as well about what more can be done.
We know that the circumstances where a woman is escaping a violent situation [and] has to sleep in her car or surf on a couch of a friend and rotate around, we hear stories about that as well, is unacceptable in 2024. We need to do better. There’s no question about that.
We need to look at bail laws. More importantly, we actually need to look at how we can keep women, or victims and children in the home environment and force the perpetrator to leave. We have a program in NSW called the Staying Home: Leave Violence program. There are over 138 LGAs in this state at the moment, only 91 have access to that program, even though we know it is incredibly effective. We need programs like that funded immediately, not just across NSW but across the country.
I am optimistic about who we are as a country and our capacity to take responsibility for ourselves. The time of us to do this is now. We don’t have three months, which is what the government is suggesting, to wait and see what happens next. By then another 23 women will have lost their lives.
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