- Deadly Israeli strike targeted 'spotter' on Beit Lahia building's roof, official says BBC.com
- Updates: Deadly new Israel attack on north Gaza as south Lebanon targeted Al Jazeera English
- ‘Who is going to take them out of here?': Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza kills over 90 people CNN
- More than 90 killed in north Gaza strike as Israel bans U.N. relief agency The Washington Post
- Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill at least 88, officials say The Associated Press
‘Alive in our hearts’: grieving family pays tribute to 11-year-old Jack Davey after Melbourne school crash tragedy
‘Beloved son and brother’ mourned, as three children injured in Auburn South primary school car crash remain in hospital with one discharged
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Michael and Jayde Davey are clinging to the memories of the positive influence their son Jack had on the community in his 11 years of life after he was killed in a school crash.
Grade 5 student Jack Davey died after a car ploughed through a fence and into a school yard on Tuesday afternoon, hitting a group of Auburn South primary school students sitting at a table.
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Continue reading...North Korea says it conducted ICBM test, days ahead of US election – CNN
- North Korea says it conducted ICBM test, days ahead of US election CNN
- Video North Korea ICBM launch intended as message to 'rivals,' Kim says ABC News
- North Korea leader says longest ICBM test 'appropriate military action' against enemies Reuters
- North Korea confirms launch of ICBM in longest-ever ballistic missile test Al Jazeera English
- North Korea test-launches long-range missile POLITICO
Anti-abortion advocate Joanna Howe banned from South Australia’s upper house for alleged ‘threatening’ tactics towards politicians
Upper house president Terry Stephens says of ‘highest concern’ is suggestion Howe attempted to ‘improperly influence the free performance’ of MLCs’ duties
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The anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe has been banned from South Australia’s upper house after its president revealed in parliament that he had received several complaints from MLCs alleging she had used “insults and threatening and intimidating tactics” towards politicians during a debate about the state’s controversial “forced birth” legislation.
The legislation, if passed, would have meant any South Australian seeking an abortion after 27 weeks and six days, would instead be induced, give birth, then either keep or adopt out the child.
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Continue reading...Muslim Broadcaster Explains Why He Stormed Off CNN Panel – The Daily Beast
- Muslim Broadcaster Explains Why He Stormed Off CNN Panel The Daily Beast
- CNN bans conservative commentator who made a racist ‘joke’ on air CNN
- CNN Bans Ryan Girdusky After ‘Beeper’ Remark to Mehdi Hasan The New York Times
- Pro-Trump conservative reacts to getting banned from CNN for racist comment MSNBC
- CNN bans conservative writer after ‘beeper’ comment to Muslim commentator The Associated Press
At least one killed in Taiwan as Super Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall – Al Jazeera English
- At least one killed in Taiwan as Super Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall Al Jazeera English
- Typhoon Kong-rey bashes Taiwan, the largest storm to hit island since 1996 CNN
- Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall NBC News
- LIVE UPDATES: Super Typhoon Leon INQUIRER.net
- China's Shanghai braces for torrential rain as Typhoon Kong-rey advances Reuters
Teen found not guilty of murdering Emma Lovell in Brisbane home invasion
Queensland judge finds 18-year-old guilty of burglary and assault occasioning bodily harm in 2022 home invasion
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A teenager who broke into the home of Emma Lovell, alongside another teen who stabbed her to death, has been found not guilty of murder in a case that shocked Queensland in December 2022.
In a Brisbane court on Thursday, the now 18-year-old – who cannot be named for legal reasons as he was 17 on the night Lovell was killed – was also found not guilty of manslaughter and not guilty of malicious act with intent.
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Continue reading...Thom Yorke confronts Gaza protester at Australian gig
Thom Yorke hit back at the fan after he heckled the singer over death numbers in Gaza during a performance in Melborne.
NSW Labor accused of ‘pretty deliberate attempt’ to minimise impact of long-promised drug summit
Once-in-a-generation summit set to commence in Griffith on 1 November amid concern over transparency and questions over commitment to meaningful change
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New South Wales Labor has been accused of trying to minimise the impact of a once-in-a-generation drug reform summit amid last-minute changes and concern from experts over transparency.
The long-promised NSW drug summit begins on Friday in the regional city of Griffith before hearings in Lismore and Sydney.
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Continue reading...Drone strikes on civilians suggest new Russian tactics of fear in Ukraine
Ukrainians tell of their fear as BBC Verify analyses videos appearing to show drone strikes on civilians.
Peter Dutton’s office asked Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting for flight on private jet
Opposition leader, who says Anthony Albanese is ‘obfuscating’ in his answers on Qantas upgrades, says he never personally asked mining magnate
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Peter Dutton has admitted his office asked the mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company for a lift on a Hancock Prospecting jet to a Bali bombing memorial service, days after he said he had never personally asked Australia’s richest person for help with flights around Australia.
The opposition leader said his office’s request to Hancock came after he claimed the government would not help him get a flight on a special purpose flight, that commercial options were not available, and that a chartered jet would be too expensive. The admission came as Dutton again ridiculed Anthony Albanese for his explanations over the widening Qantas upgrades scandal, accusing the prime minister of being “dishonest”.
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Continue reading...Trump deploys garbage truck to trash Biden gaffe at Wisconsin rally
Republican presidential candidate in high-vis vest says ‘250 million Americans are not garbage’ as he capitalises on latest twist in Puerto Rico debate
Dressing like a sanitation worker and, at one point, appearing in the cab of a garbage truck, Donald Trump sought to convince voters in battleground state Wisconsin on Wednesday that Democrats believe those who vote for him are “garbage”.
The theatrics came in response to an apparent verbal gaffe made by Joe Biden the night before, which the president said was intended to condemn a comedian over his racist remarks at a massive rally Trump staged at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the weekend.
Continue reading...N Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet
The test shows that Pyongyang is building weapons that "fire farther and higher", Seoul says.
8 of 11 members of Mexico’s Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul – The Associated Press
- 8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul The Associated Press
- Majority of Mexico’s Supreme Court justices resign after judicial reform CNN
- Mexico Passes Bill Barring Legal Challenges to Constitutional Changes The New York Times
- 8 of 11 Mexican Supreme Court Judges Resign After Constitutional Overhauls VICE
- Mexico’s Supreme Court seeks compromise in clash over elected judges Financial Times
Deadliest weather made worse by climate change – scientists
Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
UK Budget: Wealthy and businesses face tax rises as Reeves aims to rebuild public services – as it happened – Reuters UK
- UK Budget: Wealthy and businesses face tax rises as Reeves aims to rebuild public services – as it happened Reuters UK
- UK Bonds Fall With Market Still on Edge After Reeves’ Budget Bloomberg
- Britain cranks up taxes by £40B and gambles on growth POLITICO Europe
- UK Budget: Labour Party to Raise Taxes by 40 Billion Pounds The New York Times
- Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF The Guardian
‘Ready to die’:Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique
At least 11 people have died in a police crackdown on post-election protests following disputed October 9 polls.
Lebanese PM Mikati ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Lebanon, Israel ceasefire
Lebanon's caretake PM Najib Mikati said Washington's Middle East envoy 'suggested' a ceasefire could be within reach.
Elon Musk ordered to appear in court to defend his $1m election giveaway
World's richest man told to be present on Thursday morning but unclear if he will attend.
It doesn’t matter if Trump or Harris win. Europe has already lost. – POLITICO Europe
- It doesn’t matter if Trump or Harris win. Europe has already lost. POLITICO Europe
- America’s European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election The Associated Press
- US election: EU wants Kamala Harris in the White House DW (English)
- It’s not just Democrats who fear a Trump victory – it would be a disaster for Europe too The Guardian
- Thursday Briefing: How Europe Sees the U.S. Election The New York Times