Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail

Opposition leader promises to release secret modelling within days as former ACCC chair urges Coalition to explain how they would lower prices

Energy minister Chris Bowen claims Peter Dutton is “making it up as he goes” with his gas plan, as experts question how a Coalition government would force gas producers to sell to Australians at cheaper prices.

In his first public comments on Dutton’s plan to bring more gas into Australia’s energy market, Bowen claimed the Coalition was simply dusting off a plan created under the former Morrison government.

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Gazan man murdered by Hamas after joining protests against terror group, family says – The Times of Israel

  1. Gazan man murdered by Hamas after joining protests against terror group, family says  The Times of Israel
  2. Gazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule  The New York Times
  3. Why Israel should stay quiet on Gaza's anti-Hamas protests  MSNBC
  4. Hundreds join Gaza's largest anti-Hamas protest since war began  BBC.com
  5. Palestinians protest Hamas in a rare public show of dissent in Gaza  The Associated Press
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Gazan man murdered by Hamas after joining protests against terror group, family says – The Times of Israel

  1. Gazan man murdered by Hamas after joining protests against terror group, family says  The Times of Israel
  2. Why Israel should stay quiet on Gaza's anti-Hamas protests  MSNBC
  3. Hundreds join Gaza's largest anti-Hamas protest since war began  BBC.com
  4. Gaza's anti-Hamas protests are an opportunity for new leadership. Will Israel squander it? | Opinion  Haaretz
  5. Gazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule  The New York Times
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‘Expressing your pain in artistic form is not easy’: exiled Russian theatre director builds bridges in London

Dmitry Krymov, who fled Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans Dickens hybrid with UK and Russian actors

The acclaimed Russian stage director Dmitry Krymov the winner of many of Moscow’s top theatre prizes before his exile due to public criticism of the invasion of Ukraine, has spoken angrily of the impact of the war ahead of his first work with British actors. The Moscow-born director, 70, plans to use Dickens’s two stories Great Expectations and Hard Times to create a new performance.

Arriving in London this weekend for a short stay, Krymov, who is regarded by many western theatre pundits as among the best directors in the world, told the Observer he wants to link British and Russian performers and audiences, despite the divisions caused by President Vladimir Putin.

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Roasts Everyone In White House’s War Chat Scandal – Rolling Stone

  1. ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Roasts Everyone In White House’s War Chat Scandal  Rolling Stone
  2. ‘S.N.L’: Live From New York, It’s More Military Secrets.  The New York Times
  3. Mikey Madison texts with government officials in ‘SNL’ cold open spoof of Signal group chat leak  CNN
  4. ‘SNL’ Cold Open spoofs Signal chat controversy with Trump officials adding teens to group text  The Hill
  5. In 'SNL' cold open, Pete Hegseth shares war plans with high school girls  USA TODAY
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Queensland premier warns worst flooding yet to come after NSW man swept away by rising waters

Man had been attempting to cross a causeway through rising flood waters that have now cut off a campsite, stranding more than 20 people

Police have resumed the search for an elderly man who was swept into a flooded river on Saturday night, as authorities warn more heavy rain could isolate inland parts of New South Wales and Queensland for up to six weeks.

Flood warnings remain in place for vast areas of eastern Australia, after a record-breaking rain event.

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‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan

Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule

More than 50 prominent female Afghan women’s rights activists sheltering in Pakistan are facing deportation home, where they fear they will be imprisoned or killed under Taliban rule.

Under a draconian policy, the Pakistan government has pledged to deport millions of Afghan nationals, after relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan severely deteriorated and attacks by militants in the border areas surged.

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Israel-Gaza conflict: Ceasefire plan back on table – BBC.com

  1. Israel-Gaza conflict: Ceasefire plan back on table  BBC.com
  2. Hamas agrees to Egyptian ceasefire proposal, Israel counters  CNN
  3. Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire  The Guardian
  4. What We Know About Talks for a Renewed Gaza Cease-Fire  The New York Times
  5. Hamas says it agrees to new Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Israel makes counteroffer  CBS News
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War Day 540: IDF Strikes Beirut, Egypt Had Tricked Israel – Anash.org – Good News

  1. War Day 540: IDF Strikes Beirut, Egypt Had Tricked Israel  Anash.org - Good News
  2. Report: Lebanese Army Arrests Syrians, Palestinians Suspected of Firing Rockets at Israel  Haaretz
  3. Israel conducts first strike on Beirut since Hezbollah ceasefire  BBC.com
  4. Hezbollah chief threatens response to continued Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel's Foreign Ministry slams Erdogan for condemning Israel's Beirut strike  The Jerusalem Post
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Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake – The Guardian

  1. Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake  The Guardian
  2. Voices are starting to emerge from quake devastated Myanmar. Here’s what we are hearing  CNN
  3. Catastrophic Earthquakes Test Myanmar Junta’s Grip on Power  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Search for Survivors at Collapsed Bangkok Building  The New York Times
  5. M 7.7 - 2025 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake  USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
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The Secret History of America’s Involvement in the Ukraine War – The New York Times

  1. The Secret History of America’s Involvement in the Ukraine War  The New York Times
  2. How British commandos helped bring the CIA into the heart of the Ukraine war  The Telegraph
  3. Ukraine breaches US trust with operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast, NYT says  Ukrainska Pravda
  4. Key takeaways from United States’ secret military partnership with Ukraine  Deccan Herald
  5. Ears of a dead donkey, trenches instead of a panel and German pirates: morning coffee with EADaily  Eurasia Daily
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