Who died alongside Iran’s President Raisi in the helicopter crash?
Foreign minister among officials and crew on board when the aircraft tumbled down, leaving no survivors.
What happens next in Iran after Raisi’s death?
Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar explains who is in office after the death of Iran’s president, and what happens next.
Ethnic cleansing in Palestine redux
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‘Stop threatening us’, Taiwan’s new president tells China
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Protestors block New Caledonia roads as French police pour in – Reuters
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- Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory The Associated Press
- Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements to territory PBS NewsHour
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First image of helicopter crash site as Iran President Raisi confirmed dead
First images of the crash site in Iran's East Azerbaijan province show burned-out wreckage of president's helicopter.
Delhi sizzles as temperatures cross 45C
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South Africans’ desperate search for jobs overshadows election
The country has the world's highest unemployment, leaving many cynical about this month's election.
UK court to rule on Julian Assange extradition appeal: What could happen?
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Iran’s President Raisi and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have been killed in a helicopter crash.
Slovakia PM Robert Fico’s attacker ‘may not have been lone wolf’ – BBC.com
- Slovakia PM Robert Fico's attacker 'may not have been lone wolf' BBC.com
- Slovak prime minister's condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid ABC News
- Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable and communicating, say doctors The Guardian
- Slovakia: PM Fico’s life no longer in danger after shooting, minister says Al Jazeera English
- The Slovak assassination attempt photo that nearly got away Reuters
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63
Iranian president was travelling in the country's East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi confirmed dead in helicopter crash
The helicopter, which was also carrying Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went down in poor weather.
‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for woes
Jute, a major Indian export, is in a crisis. The vote of millions of industry workers in Bengal state is up for grabs.
3 Americans among 50 detained after failed coup in DR Congo – New York Post
- 3 Americans among 50 detained after failed coup in DR Congo New York Post
- Who was behind the DRC’s attempted coup, and were Americans involved? Al Jazeera English
- Congolese Army Says It Foiled a Coup Involving Americans The New York Times
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US could sanction Georgia politicians to ‘defend democracy’ – POLITICO Europe
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- Georgia's parliament speaker vows to override presidential veto on divisive foreign influence bill ABC News
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- Georgia Dreaming: Is Another Color Revolution About to Kick Off? The Nation
- GOP lawmaker proposes sanctions against Georgian officials over Russian-inspired law The Hill
Taiwan presidential inauguration live: Lai Ching-te takes office
Lai represents an historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP)
The Guardian’s Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin are at the inauguration in Taipei. They have this report:
It is a sea of bucket hats outside the Presidential Office.
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The NSW police minister, Yasmin Catley, was on ABC News Breakfast earlier to discuss the state’s four-day domestic violence blitz.
She said it was the sixth operation in 18 months, with “thousands of arrests” in that time.
[The operations] are scheduled about every quarter, so police have been doing this for quite some time. NSW police [utilise] the DV registry, where they accumulate information about [alleged] high-risk offenders and it’s that intelligence that they use to then go out and undertake these operations.
We will debate it when we return. I would really urge the opposition to get behind it and support those bail laws that we have before the parliament.
Everything is on the table. We are all worried about this, I’m a parent as well myself. Social media companies are not doing enough and we need to seriously look if we need to change the law in order to keep your young people safe.
We need to get all the experts in one place. The premier [Chris Minns] has called this emergency summit. We are just seeing too many cases where the worst possible thing has occurred because of bullying online. We banned phones in schools in NSW and that has worked an enormous amount in the school day inside the school gates, but we need to look beyond that now.
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