Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release as hostages freed – BBC.com

  1. Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release as hostages freed  BBC.com
  2. Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release after Hamas' 'humiliating' treatment of hostages, Netanyahu says  Fox News
  3. Israel halts Palestinian prisoners’ release demanding guarantee on captives  Al Jazeera English
  4. Shiri Bibas' family says her remains have been returned  CBS News
  5. Hamas Frees 6 Hostages as Israel Delays Palestinian Prisoner Release  The New York Times
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Pope Francis has peaceful ninth night in the hospital – Vatican News

  1. Pope Francis has peaceful ninth night in the hospital  Vatican News
  2. Pope at Gemelli hospital: Respiratory crisis on Saturday morning  Vatican News
  3. Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following respiratory crisis and blood transfusion  The Associated Press
  4. Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Rome hospital, receives blood transfusion  Catholic News Agency
  5. Pope Francis in critical condition, Vatican says  Fox News
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Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake – CNN

  1. Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake  CNN
  2. Polls open in high-stakes German elections, with conservatives strong favorites  The Times of Israel
  3. Germans head to the polls in critical election with far-right gains expected  CNBC
  4. Shocked by Trump, Europe Turns Its Hopes to Germany’s Election  The New York Times
  5. German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings  The Guardian
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Hezbollah Plans Show of Strength at Killed Leader’s Funeral – The New York Times

  1. Hezbollah Plans Show of Strength at Killed Leader’s Funeral  The New York Times
  2. Lebanon's Hezbollah to bury Nasrallah in mass funeral  Reuters
  3. At Nasrallah’s funeral, Hezbollah and Iran set to put on a ‘show of strength’  FRANCE 24 English
  4. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon as Beirut prepares slain Hezbollah chief's funeral  Ynetnews
  5. Thousands of people attend the funeral of late Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his death  The Associated Press
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Australia news live: Jim Chalmers meeting with US Treasury to discuss Trump’s steel tariffs; one dead after police standoff in Tamworth

The treasurer will continue to lobby US officials for an Australian exemption to steel and aluminium tariffs

Greens want Labor’s new Medicare plan implemented before election

The federal Greens have welcomed the Albanese government’s plan to significantly boost bulk-billing rates, as part of an $8.5bn policy, but claimed its campaigning influenced the decision.

Greens pressure works. In a wealthy country like ours everyone should be able to see a GP, psychologist, dentist or nurse with their Medicare card.

It’s good Labor has adopted part of our plan to help people see the GP for free. Now let’s make it law before the election.

Trade and tariffs will be part of the conversation, but not the whole conversation. That is an ongoing discussion that we’re having with our American counterparts. I don’t expect he will conclude those discussions on steel and aluminium while I’m in DC.

I am not going to pre-empt the outcome of those conversations, nor do I expect those discussions will necessarily be concluded this week, to be upfront with you.

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Enrique Tarrio follows and insults officers who defended US Capitol on January 6

Ex-leader of far-right Proud Boys trails group through lobby of Washington hotel, engaging officer Michael Fanone

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group who was convicted and then pardoned for his role in the January 6 insurrection, confronted a group of police officers who defended the Capitol during the attack, accusing one of them of being a “coward”.

A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through the lobby of a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a “profile in courage” award.

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US politics live: Donald Trump addresses Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland

US president’s 75-minute tirade of repeated false claims ranges from voter fraud and stolen-election lies to foreign wars

Donald Trump launched into his speech by assailing “the fraudsters, liars … globalists and deep-state bureaucrats” that he said “are being sent back”.

“We’re draining the swamp and restoring government by the people for the people,” he said before going on to his oft-repeated claims of Washington DC being controlled by a “sinister group of radical-left Marxist warmongers”.

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Police shut parts of M4 motorway near Bristol after human remains discovered

Drivers had told Avon and Somerset officers that there was something on the road between junctions 20 and 21

Police have discovered human remains on a motorway carriageway near Bristol and have shut parts of two motorways in both directions.

A number of drivers called the police and reported seeing something on the road between junctions 20 and 21 of the M4 at 6.40pm on Saturday.

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Artists who represented Australia at Venice Biennale call for Khaled Sabsabi to be reinstated

Open letter from some of the country’s most distinguished artists ‘strongly protests’ at the removal of Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino

Living artists who have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale over the past five decades – and the estates of a number of now deceased artists who have done the same – have signed an open letter to the board and chief executive of Creative Australia to reinstate sacked artist Khaled Sabsabi and his curator Michael Dagostino.

Some of Australia’s most distinguished living artists, including Imants Tillers, Mike Parr, Susan Norrie, Fiona Hall, Judy Watson, Patricia Piccinini and Tracey Moffat have signed the petition, as has the estate of Howard Arkley who represented Australia in Venice more than a quarter of a century ago.

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Berlin Stabbing Extends Chain of Attacks Ahead of German Election – The Wall Street Journal

  1. Berlin Stabbing Extends Chain of Attacks Ahead of German Election  The Wall Street Journal
  2. German police suspect antisemitism in Holocaust memorial stabbing  The Washington Post
  3. Police arrest a suspect in a stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial that injures 1 person  The Associated Press
  4. ‘Religious Motivation’ Possible in Berlin Stabbing, Police Say  The New York Times
  5. Man stabbed at Holocaust memorial in Berlin  Euronews
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Israeli hostage only discovered fiancee had survived 7 October after his release

Eliya Cohen spent more than 500 days in captivity fearing Ziv Abud had died in Hamas attacks in 2023

An Israeli hostage only discovered his fiancee had survived the 7 October attacks after his release on Saturday, Israeli media has reported.

Eliya Cohen had spent more than 500 days in captivity fearing his bride-to-be, Ziv Abud, was dead. The last time they had seen each other, they were hiding in a shelter with relatives and friends after attending the Nova festival.

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Two children killed by decades-old grenade in Cambodia

Accident happened in Siem Reap province that saw heavy fighting in 1980s between government soldiers and Khmer Rouge

A grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two toddlers when it blew up near their homes in rural Cambodia, officials said.

The accident happened on Saturday in Siem Reap province’s Svay Leu district, where there had been heavy fighting in the 1980s and 90s between Cambodian government soldiers and rebel guerrillas from the communist Khmer Rouge. The group had been ousted from power in 1979.

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