Australia election 2025 live updates: Coalition won’t cut working holiday visas, McKenzie says; Labor promises 24/7 free telehealth

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Nationals senator says working holiday visa, which supplies labour to regional areas, will not be part of Coalition’s planned migration cuts. Follow updates live

Peter Dutton is due to arrive any moment at a campaign rally in the Labor-held seat of Hawke in Melbourne’s west.

The opposition leader is expected to deliver an energetic sermon to the party faithful ahead of the Coalition’s last-week “blitz”.

Over the last three years, when defence comes to us, the independent strategic review identifies capabilities and assets that need to be bought, then we have put that in the budget. The biggest expansion in peacetime since World War II, you see defence spending growing as a share of the economy or GDP over the forward estimates and over the next ten years.

If more needs to be done, of course the prime minister has indicated we’re open to doing that.

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Trump news at a glance: US president meets Zelenskyy at Vatican as popularity plunges at home – The Guardian

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  1. Trump news at a glance: US president meets Zelenskyy at Vatican as popularity plunges at home  The Guardian
  2. Amid plea to build bridges at papal funeral, Trump has a revelation – about Russia  The Guardian
  3. A Trump-Zelensky Meet At Vatican Basilica, Then A "Dealt With" Jab At Putin  NDTV
  4. Trump Administration Live Updates: President Meets With Zelensky, Says Putin Might Not Be Serious About Peace  The New York Times
  5. Trump meets Zelensky, then threatens new sanctions against Russia  The Washington Post
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 26, 2025 – Institute for the Study of War

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  1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 26, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Russia launches deadly aerial barrage on Ukraine as US pushes for peace plan  CNN
  3. Russian attacks during Easter ceasefire declared by Putin killed 3 in Ukraine's Kherson region  AP News
  4. Ukraine Says Russia Broke Its Own Easter Cease-Fire Vow  The New York Times
  5. Analysis | Art of the ceasefire  The Washington Post
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Counter-terror police investigate incident in Leeds that left two women seriously injured

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A crossbow and firearm were found at the scene in Headingley, and a man detained with a self-inflicted injury

Counter-terrorism police are investigating an incident that has left two women seriously injured in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Police were called at 2.47pm on Saturday following reports of a man with weapons.

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UNSC condemns attack, but Pak works to water it down – Times of India

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  1. UNSC condemns attack, but Pak works to water it down  Times of India
  2. India Seems to Be Building Its Case for Striking Pakistan  The New York Times
  3. Global Water Disputes: Indus Treaty Suspension Highlights Rising Tensions  Deccan Herald
  4. Here’s why a flare-up between India and Pakistan over Kashmir matters  AP News
  5. Pahalgam attack: Will India suspending Indus Waters Treaty affect Pakistan?  BBC
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Pope Francis is buried in Rome after funeral attended by 250,000 – The Washington Post

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  1. Pope Francis is buried in Rome after funeral attended by 250,000  The Washington Post
  2. Catholic faithful pay respects to Pope Francis as his tomb opens to the public in Rome basilica  Click2Houston
  3. Who Is Kielce Gussie, the American Who Did the First Reading at Pope Francis’ Funeral?  The New York Times
  4. The pope’s last coded message  The Economist
  5. Column | The pope’s funeral was perfect, and perfectly flawed  The Washington Post
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Palestinian president names Hussein al-Sheikh vice-president of PLO and his likely successor

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Mahmoud Abbas appoints veteran aide to newly created role, making him frontrunner to replace ageing leader

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice-president. It’s a major step by the ageing leader to designate a successor.

The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice-president of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) does not guarantee he will be the next Palestinian president. But it makes him the frontrunner among longtime politicians in the dominant Fatah party who hope to succeed the 89-year-old Abbas.

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Trump mega-donor’s paper savages his pardon of Las Vegas Republican

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Las Vegas Review-Journal, owned by billionaire Miriam Adelson, condemns pardon of ex-lawmaker Michele Fiore

A Nevada newspaper owned by a Donald Trump mega-donor has savaged the US president’s decision to pardon a Republican councilwoman who was convicted of using donations intended to fund a statue of a police officer to pay for cosmetic surgery.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, owned by the billionaire Miriam Adelson, described the decision as a “debasement of presidential pardon power” in a scathing editorial published after Trump granted clemency to Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas councilwoman and Nevada state lawmaker.

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