A year on as Queensland premier, will David Crisafulli’s small-target strategy prove his undoing?

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The LNP government has a firm stance on only one issue – youth crime – and is looking like it’s in need of an agenda

When David Crisafulli speaks to the Liberal National party faithful, his message tends to become a blunt warning to members and MPs to keep any unsavoury, unelectable tendencies out of sight.

“We don’t exist for culture wars,” the Queensland premier – who marks a year in office on Sunday – told the party’s state council just after the 2024 election.

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Honduran immigrant dies while fleeing ICE, bringing raids death toll to three

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Jose Castro Rivera, 24, was killed Thursday morning after running onto a highway and being struck

A 24-year-old Honduran man died while trying to flee Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Virginia, bringing the death toll among those trying to escape detention in the Trump administration’s mass deportation crackdown to at least three people.

Jose Castro Rivera was killed on Thursday morning after running onto a busy highway and being struck and fatally injured while trying to evade ICE agents, local authorities said.

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Israel launches air strike in Gaza allegedly targeting Islamic Jihad militant – France 24

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  1. Israel launches air strike in Gaza allegedly targeting Islamic Jihad militant  France 24
  2. LIVE: Israeli attacks across Gaza threaten ceasefire, one Palestinian dead  Al Jazeera
  3. IDF says it struck Islamic Jihad militant who planned 'imminent terror attack'  Haaretz
  4. Israeli military says it conducted 'targeted strike' in central Gaza  Reuters
  5. This Weekend’s Violence in Gaza Shows How Fragile the Cease-Fire Really Is  The New York Times
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First, came the Louvre heist. Then came the memes – NPR

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  1. First, came the Louvre heist. Then came the memes  NPR
  2. The $100 million Louvre theft could make France’s stolen Crown Jewels as famous as the Mona Lisa  The Hill
  3. Mystery man in dapper suit goes viral after appearing in Louvre heist investigation photo  Fox News
  4. Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist, RTL reports  KSL.com
  5. A Break-In That Shook France  The New York Times
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Epping migrant sex offender ‘likely in London’, says Met Police as it takes over manhunt – BBC

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  1. Epping migrant sex offender 'likely in London', says Met Police as it takes over manhunt  BBC
  2. Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself in as manhunt continues  BBC
  3. UK police hunt for an imprisoned asylum-seeker who was released in error  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Wrongly-released migrant 'tried to return to prison 4 or 5 times', witness says  Sky News
  5. Migrant ‘tried to return to prison but guards turned him away’  The Telegraph
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Hurricane Melissa could explode into a Category 5 in coming days – The Washington Post

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  1. Hurricane Melissa could explode into a Category 5 in coming days  The Washington Post
  2. Hurricane Melissa, now Category 3, threatens heavy floods in Jamaica, Haiti  Al Jazeera
  3. Deadly Melissa strengthens to major hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding, storm surge to Jamaica  FOX Weather
  4. Hurricane Melissa Maps Tracker: Forecast Track, Rainfall, Winds And More  The Weather Channel
  5. Jamaica braces as Hurricane Melissa 'rapidly intensifies'  Sky News
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Catherine Connolly’s landslide shakes Ireland’s establishment – but not its politics

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Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolic

Catherine Connolly’s landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election is a stunning political feat that humiliates the establishment but does not signify a national swerve to the left.

There was nothing inevitable about her triumph, let alone its scale. In July, when she declared her candidacy, she was a one-woman act: an independent leftwing member of parliament from Galway who was unfamiliar to most voters.

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Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK

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Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification

Labour has called on the Conservatives to clarify their plan to strip the right to remain permanently in the UK from thousands of people, saying those affected had a right to know what was being proposed.

Anna Turley MP, the Labour chair, has written to Katie Lam, the shadow Home Office minister whose interview about the plans last weekend sparked renewed interest in the policy of retrospectively revoking indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status for large numbers of people.

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Zelensky Hails ‘Historic’ Gripen Deal as Ukraine Secures 150 Fighter Jets Starting in 2026 – Kyiv Post

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  1. Zelensky Hails ‘Historic’ Gripen Deal as Ukraine Secures 150 Fighter Jets Starting in 2026  Kyiv Post
  2. What Are Gripen Fighter Jets and Why Does Ukraine Want Them From Sweden?  The New York Times
  3. Ukraine could get 150 advanced Swedish fighter jets under just-signed deal  CNN
  4. Zelensky seeks fighter jets deal on Sweden visit as Russian strikes slam Ukraine  France 24
  5. Ukraine just got a whole lot closer to getting Gripen fighter jets built for battling Russia  businessinsider.com
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As Putin Digs In, a Long—and Different—War With Ukraine Looms – The Wall Street Journal

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  1. As Putin Digs In, a Long—and Different—War With Ukraine Looms  The Wall Street Journal
  2. Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again  The Economist
  3. Don’t believe Putin’s lies: Russia is not winning in Ukraine  New York Post
  4. Growing losses in Ukraine breed disaffection, protests in Russia  The Militant
  5. Hundreds attend Telegraph’s sold-out Ukraine: The Latest podcast event in London  Yahoo
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Connolly set to be Ireland’s next president after rival concedes defeat – Al Jazeera

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  1. Connolly set to be Ireland’s next president after rival concedes defeat  Al Jazeera
  2. Leftwinger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide  The Guardian
  3. A landslide victory in a lacklustre presidential election that wounds the Irish government  Sky News
  4. Left-wing Connolly set to win Irish presidency in landslide  Reuters
  5. Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza  The Washington Post
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DNA reveals the diseases that devastated Napoleon’s doomed army – NBC News

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  1. DNA reveals the diseases that devastated Napoleon's doomed army  NBC News
  2. DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise  CNN
  3. What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth : Shots - Health News  NPR
  4. DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army  The New York Times
  5. Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army  The Washington Post
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Met police take over search for Epping sex offender after London sighting – as it happened

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The accidental release of the asylum seeker was a “mind-blowing” blunder, says the MP for Chelmsford.

The Liberal Democrat MP Marie Goldman said on Saturday: “My mind has blown. How this could possibly happen?”

He came out of the airlock, and kept saying to the officers there, ‘Where am I going? What am I doing? I don’t know where I’m going and what I’m doing.’

He was holding a pack of paperwork in his arms, and his bag of bits …

He knew he’d been deported. He came over to me and said, ‘I need you to help me.’

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