More Australians being ‘priced out’ of homes by big rent hikes, advocates fear

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Renters in some cities forced to spend on average nearly $15,000 more a year on rent since the Covid pandemic, analysis reveals

Renters in Australian capital cities are on average spending nearly $15,000 more a year to rent a house since the pandemic, analysis has revealed.

Research from the advocacy organisation Everybody’s Home showed on average renters in capitals are paying $14,700 more annually to rent a house, and $9,600 more to rent a unit compared with 2020.

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Hezbollah Shakes Israel On Holiest Day For Jew; 320 Rockets, Nearly 3,000 Hospitalised On Yom Kippur – Hindustan Times

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  1. Hezbollah Shakes Israel On Holiest Day For Jew; 320 Rockets, Nearly 3,000 Hospitalised On Yom Kippur  Hindustan Times
  2. Medics treat 2,842 for injuries on Yom Kippur, including three wounded by rocket blast  The Times of Israel
  3. Man dies in violent incident during Yom Kippur as MDA treats nearly 3000 cases  The Jerusalem Post
  4. 'Coordinated' Attacks Target Israel's Southern & Northern Cities With Missiles On Yom Kippur  The Times of India
  5. Israel Marks Jewish Holiday Amid Multi-Front War For First Time Since 1973  NDTV
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Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

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The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summit

Keir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, after an explosive cabinet row cast fresh doubt over his Downing Street operation and threatened to overshadow a key international investment summit in London.

Government sources said the prime minister and Haigh had spoken and made up on Saturday after Starmer appeared to rebuke her on Friday for branding P&O Ferries a “rogue operator” in a statement and then calling for customers to boycott the company in a subsequent media interview.

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Norway introduces temporary border checks amid threats to Jewish, Israeli targets – The Times of Israel

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  1. Norway introduces temporary border checks amid threats to Jewish, Israeli targets  The Times of Israel
  2. Norway introduces temporary border checks over terror threat level  Euronews
  3. Norway raises terrorism alert level due to Middle East conflict  Reuters.com
  4. Norway introduces temporary border checks after terror threat level raised  VOA Asia
  5. Norway introduces temporary border checks after its terror threat level was raised  The Washington Post
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Iran Fearless After ‘Nuclear Test’? Top Leader Himself ‘Lands’ Plane In Lebanon, Visits Beirut Ruins – Hindustan Times

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  1. Iran Fearless After ‘Nuclear Test’? Top Leader Himself ‘Lands’ Plane In Lebanon, Visits Beirut Ruins  Hindustan Times
  2. Iran Issues New Warning: 'We Have No Red Line'  Newsweek
  3. Iran’s parliament speaker meets with Hezbollah officials, Lebanese PM  The Times of Israel
  4. Tehran's hidden message: Why an Iranian official visited war-struck Beirut - analysis  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Iraq says against expansion of war towards Iran, use of airspace  Al Arabiya English
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Inside Israel’s combat zone in southern Lebanon – BBC.com

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  1. Inside Israel's combat zone in southern Lebanon  BBC.com
  2. Hezbollah Says It Launched Missiles on Israel Base Near Haifa  Bloomberg
  3. Hezbollah fires rockets, drones throughout Yom Kippur; Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV  The Times of Israel
  4. Updates: Lebanon’s Hezbollah hits Israel’s Haifa; Israel pounds Gaza  Al Jazeera English
  5. Hamas, Hezbollah increase attacks on Jewish holiday - despite seeking Ramadan respite - analysis  The Jerusalem Post
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Political and media figures pay tribute to former first minister Alex Salmond

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Ex-leader of the SNP, who has died at 69, described by Keir Starmer as a ‘monumental figure of Scottish and UK politics’

Politicians and commentators in the UK have been paying tribute to Alex Salmond after the death of the former first minister of Scotland on Saturday.

Keir Starmer called Salmond a “monumental figure of Scottish and UK politics”.

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Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny’s memoir show he knew he would die in prison – The Associated Press

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  1. Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny's memoir show he knew he would die in prison  The Associated Press
  2. Prison Diaries: An Excerpt from Alexei Navalny’s Memoir, “Patriot”  The New Yorker
  3. Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals  The Guardian
  4. ‘Nothing but lies’: New Navalny memoir foretells collapse of Putin’s regime  Al Jazeera English
  5. Alexei Navalny believed he would die in Russian prison, memoir reveals  BBC.com
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Alex Salmond, former first minister of Scotland, dies aged 69

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High-profile politician reported to have collapsed after delivering speech in North Macedonia on Saturday

Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who led Scotland to the brink of independence, has died at the age of 69.

Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007. He stood down from the role after failing to secure independence in the 2014 referendum, handing over to his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon.

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As Gaza war grinds on, Israeli military faces daunting new challenges in Lebanon – FRANCE 24 English

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  1. As Gaza war grinds on, Israeli military faces daunting new challenges in Lebanon  FRANCE 24 English
  2. IDF troops capture Hezbollah fighter in underground bunker, take him to Israel for interrogation  The Times of Israel
  3. Watch: IDF captures Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon  The Jerusalem Post
  4. From Defense to Offense: First Israeli Soldiers in Lebanon See Hezbollah Threat Up Close  Haaretz
  5. Israel says Hezbollah was planning Hamas-like attack  VOA Asia
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‘The fear is unspeakable’: airstrikes on northern Gaza leave hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go

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Roughly 400,000 people trapped in latest offensive with most of territory under evacuation orders

At least 22 people have been killed in airstrikes in northern Gaza, with Israeli forces stepping up their campaign on the besieged Palestinian territory even as fighting in the new war in Lebanon escalates.

On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) renewed its evacuation orders for Palestinians still living in the decimated northern half of Gaza, although many residents say the fighting and Israeli sniper fire make it impossible to leave.

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Erdogan: Russia, Iran, Syria must take measures against Israel after alleged Damascus strike – The Times of Israel

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  1. Erdogan: Russia, Iran, Syria must take measures against Israel after alleged Damascus strike  The Times of Israel
  2. How can Israel attack Syria?  Al Jazeera English
  3. Russia, Syria, Iran should take measures after Israel's strike on Damascus, Erdogan says  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israel Strikes Damascus, Targeting Hezbollah Weapons Smuggler  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Israel carries out airstrikes on sites in Syria, state TV says  Reuters.com
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James Cleverly warned MPs that tactical votes could kill his leadership hopes

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Dismayed senior Tories predict second contest for head of party will be needed amid chaos after centrist’s shock ejection from race

• Paul Goodman: No matter who Tory members choose, the party has a mountain to climb in 2029

James Cleverly launched a last-minute and doomed attempt to stop supportive MPs from trying to manipulate the Tory leadership contest in his favour, after fearing the tactics could accidentally knock him out of the race.

The shadow home secretary’s narrow departure from the contest last week came as a huge shock across the party, coming just a day after he had topped a poll of MPs. As the one remaining centrist candidate, he seemed certain to pick up votes from supporters of one nation Conservative Tom Tugendhat, who had just been knocked out.

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Video: Iran warns US that it will retaliate against any future Israel strike – CNN

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  1. Video: Iran warns US that it will retaliate against any future Israel strike  CNN
  2. Iran engages in urgent diplomacy as it braces for Israel’s response to missile attacks  CNN
  3. Iran warns its neighbors not to help Israel attack  NBC News
  4. Iran Looks for Allies as Israel Weighs Action  Bloomberg
  5. Don't Help Israel, Or Else...: Iran's Big Warning To Oil-Rich Allies Of US  NDTV
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