Ben-Gvir Promotes Officer Whose Soldiers Shot Dead Surrendered Palestinians – Haaretz

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  1. Ben-Gvir Promotes Officer Whose Soldiers Shot Dead Surrendered Palestinians  Haaretz
  2. Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians After They Appear to Surrender, Video Shows  The New York Times
  3. Jenin killings latest example of Israeli indifference to Palestinian death  Al Jazeera
  4. Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender  The Guardian
  5. UN says Israeli forces' killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution'  Reuters
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Australia news live: grounded Jetstar flights resume; foreign couple arrested over alleged $1m Sydney casino fraud

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Follow all the day’s news live

Welcome to Guardian Australia’s Sunday live blog.

The Jetstar Airbus A320 planes that were recalled yesterday (leading to more than 90 domestic flights being cancelled) have all received the necessary software update and services have resumed as normal this morning.

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Corbyn’s new party faces crisis as cofounder skips first day of conference – Al Jazeera

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  1. Corbyn’s new party faces crisis as cofounder skips first day of conference  Al Jazeera
  2. Sultana attacks the monarchy, Israel and ‘pathetic’ Labour in Your Party speech – UK politics live  The Guardian
  3. Corbyn and Sultana will not lead new left-wing party  BBC
  4. Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana dropped as Your Party leaders  The Independent
  5. Your Party reveals new name after months of indecision and confusion  The Independent
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Germany news: Rallies against new far-right AfD youth group – DW

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  1. Germany news: Rallies against new far-right AfD youth group  DW
  2. German far-right party sets up its new youth wing as thousands protest  AP News
  3. Antifa agitation turns violent in Germany, bolstering Trump admin's foreign terror label  Fox News
  4. Mass protests against founding meeting of AfD youth organisation  Euronews.com
  5. Germany’s far-right AfD sets up youth wing, drawing thousands of demonstrators  France 24
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88 – The Washington Post

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  1. Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88  The Washington Post
  2. Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88  The New York Times
  3. Where to start with Tom Stoppard: from Brazil to Leopoldstadt  The Guardian
  4. Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88  The Hollywood Reporter
  5. Sir Tom Stoppard dead at 88: Legendary playwright won 5 Tony Awards and an Oscar  New York Post
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Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000, says health ministry

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Two Palestinian children reportedly killed on Saturday as Israel continues its strikes after latest ceasefire

The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Gaza war began, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday, while a hospital reported Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south.

The toll has continued to rise after the latest ceasefire took effect on 10 October. Israel still carries out strikes in response to what it has called violations of the truce, and bodies from earlier in the war are being recovered from the rubble.

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Gaza Death Toll Crosses 70,000 Since Israel-Hamas War Began, Gaza Health Ministry Says – Haaretz

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  1. Gaza Death Toll Crosses 70,000 Since Israel-Hamas War Began, Gaza Health Ministry Says  Haaretz
  2. LIVE: Gaza death toll rises as Israel intensifies West Bank attacks  Al Jazeera
  3. More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says  BBC
  4. Gaza death toll rises to 70,000 as ceasefire is tested by repeated outbreaks of violence  NBC News
  5. Palestinian death toll surpasses 70,000 since start of Israel-Hamas war, Gaza ministry says  PBS
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Beauty Influencer Stefanie Pieper Found Dead in Forest – TMZ

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  1. Beauty Influencer Stefanie Pieper Found Dead in Forest  TMZ
  2. Beauty Influencer Stefanie Pieper, 31, Found Dead in Forest: Report  People.com
  3. BREAKING Influencer, 31, found dead in forest after her ex 'confessed to strangulation'  Daily Star
  4. Beauty Influencer, 31, Was Last Seen on Sunday. Now Her Ex-Boyfriend and 2 of His Family Have Been Arrested  Yahoo News UK
  5. Austria News Today: The Influencer Mystery Captures Investor Attention  Meyka
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Australian taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’

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Exclusive: Health department data shows spending on the 2004 extended safety net has nearly tripled, from $324.9m in 2010 to $850.4m in 2024

Taxpayers are increasingly subsiding the rising fees of specialist doctors, as new data shows “explosive” government spending on the Medicare safety net, which has more than doubled in 15 years.

Total Medicare safety net benefits rose from $339m in 2010 to $871.4m in 2024, data requested by Guardian Australia from the federal health department shows, with an Abbott-era expansion causing the biggest blowout in costs while also increasing inequities in the health system.

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New behaviour standards are in place for parliament but crossbenchers say question time still rife with bullying

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Independent MP Zali Steggall says it’s not always clear who is behind disorderly behaviour – and sometimes it can be a whole section of a political party

Sweeping behavioural standards have now been in place in Australia’s parliament for years, but crossbench MPs have warned question time is still rife with bullying and a “mob mentality” that needs to be stamped out.

Data obtained through the speaker’s office shows 21 MPs across the Coalition and Labor have been booted out of question time 31 times, under standing order 94a during the first six months of the 48th parliament.

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