Pope Francis in critical condition with early kidney failure but remains alert as prayers pour in – The Associated Press

  1. Pope Francis in critical condition with early kidney failure but remains alert as prayers pour in  The Associated Press
  2. Pope Francis Suffering From Kidney Failure in Addition to Pneumonia  The New York Times
  3. Pope Francis in critical condition with early kidney failure but remains alert, AP explains  Yahoo
  4. Pope Francis in critical condition with pneumonia and kidney issues, Vatican says  NBC News
  5. Pope Francis shares written message while continuing hospitalization  Fox News
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How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report – The Washington Post

  1. How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report  The Washington Post
  2. Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’  The Guardian
  3. Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report  CNN
  4. Scoop: U.S. to pull delegation from UN climate science meeting  Axios
  5. Countries warn against delaying global climate assessment after US exit  Reuters
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German AfD sees record gains but still shut out from power – DW (English)

  1. German AfD sees record gains but still shut out from power  DW (English)
  2. Alice Weidel took the German far right to new heights. Here’s how she did it.  POLITICO Europe
  3. Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions  The New York Times
  4. Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD  Al Jazeera English
  5. Far-Right AfD Rises in Germany, Boosted by Trump Backing  TIME
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Three years on, Ukraine’s extinction nightmare has returned – BBC.com

  1. Three years on, Ukraine's extinction nightmare has returned  BBC.com
  2. Ella Baron on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – cartoon  The Guardian
  3. Demonstrators in Detroit call for end to Russia-Ukraine war at rally  CBS News
  4. On the third anniversary of Russian invasion, Ukraine supporters march through Detroit  Detroit Free Press
  5. Dozens rally in Pack Square to support Ukraine on eve of invasion anniversary  WLOS
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Massive funeral held for Hezbollah leader 5 months after his killing – POLITICO

  1. Massive funeral held for Hezbollah leader 5 months after his killing  POLITICO
  2. Masses of mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, 5 months after his killing  The Associated Press
  3. Huge crowds gather in Lebanon for funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah  NPR
  4. Anti-Israel activists hold funeral event for terror chief Nasrallah in NYC  The Times of Israel
  5. IDF releases footage of assassination of Nasrallah on day of funeral  The Jerusalem Post
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German election: Friedrich Merz urges ‘independence’ from US – DW (English)

  1. German election: Friedrich Merz urges 'independence' from US  DW (English)
  2. Germany’s Merz offers hope for Ukraine amid the Trump nightmare  POLITICO Europe
  3. CNBC Daily Open: Europe-U.S. relationship takes center stage  CNBC
  4. Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’  Financial Times
  5. Trudeau presses Trump on Ukraine peace deal ahead of Kyiv summit.  Kyiv Independent
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Australia news live: Victoria threatens to strip planning powers from councils that don’t approve more homes; BoM tracks new cyclone in Coral Sea

Allan warns councils that fail to pull weight towards goal of building 2.24m new homes by 2051 that she intends to ‘shake things up’. Follow today’s news live

How will the bulk-billing increase be paid for?

There’s been criticism of the opposition that their support of the $8.5bn package hasn’t come with a plan to pay for it.

We’ve been very clear about the things that we don’t think that the federal government should be investing in. I mean, we’ve done things like, you know, we don’t believe [in] the federal government’s rewiring the nation, as an example, the national reconstruction fund, all of these things we’ve voted against, you know, we believe that public servants in Canberra are not what we need. We actually need frontline services, service workers, like doctors, like nurses which this policy addresses.

We are going to have to expect, unfortunately, a scare campaign. I mean, yesterday, at the launch, the prime minister and [Mark] Butler spent more time talking about Peter Dutton and the Liberal party than they did about themselves. So I think we can expect a scare campaign. But the facts don’t lie. The truth of all of this is quite clear in the statistics – under their watch, the health system in Australia has been significantly diminished.

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Cult folk singer Bill Fay, who wrote The Healing Day, dies aged 81

Songs by the reluctant performer have been covered by The War on Drugs, Wilco, Pavement and Marc Almond

The folk singer Bill Fay, known for songs such as The Healing Day and Thank You Lord, has died aged 81, his record label has announced with “great sadness”.

Fay began work on his latest album just a month before his death, and his label Dead Oceans said they hoped to “find a way to finish and release it”.

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Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians can’t return – NBC News

  1. Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians can’t return  NBC News
  2. Israel moves tanks into West Bank for first time since 2002  Fox News
  3. LIVE: Israel sends tanks into West Bank as Hamas says Gaza talks on hold  Al Jazeera English
  4. Israel expels residents of three West Bank refugee camps  BBC.com
  5. Expanding West Bank Campaign, Israel Sends Tanks for First Time in Decades  The New York Times
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Search resumes for man dragged overboard near Newcastle during fishing competition

People on board the boat said a shark was involved in the man being lost overboard, but another fisher disputed the account

A multi-agency search resumed on Monday for a man reported to have been taken by a shark after falling off a boat near Newcastle.

However another game fisherman has denied a shark was involved and said the man was dragged overboard in a freak accident while fishing.

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Police release image of wetsuit in attempt to identify body found in Welsh reservoir

Public asked to help with investigation after postmortem examination in October failed to find any DNA

He was wearing a wetsuit when police found his body floating in a Welsh reservoir in October. No clothes or belongings were discovered on the shoreline, and no car or bicycle was found nearby, despite it being a seven-mile hike to the nearest bus stop.

A postmortem examination failed to find any DNA or fingerprint matches and two police appeals for information about the man were unsuccessful.

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Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles support

Preliminary results show CDU/CSU will be largest party but success of Alternative für Deutschland likely to complicate formation of a government

The conservative opposition has won the most votes in Germany’s general election, preliminary results indicated, but a dramatic surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is likely to complicate the formation of a government to help spearhead a European response to growing global threats.

The CDU/CSU candidate, Friedrich Merz, was preparing on Sunday night to try to form a ruling coalition after clinching roughly 29% of the vote from a high turnout.

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