Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says – CNN

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  1. Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says  CNN
  2. Protection of Minors: Second Report proposes restorative measures against abuse  Vatican News
  3. Catholic Church is failing abuse victims, Vatican panel says  Reuters
  4. Vatican report says clergy sex abuse victims need reparations and tangible sanctions to heal  Crux
  5. Vatican Panel Says Church Is Still Too Slow in Addressing Sexual Abuse  The New York Times
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Hamas Says It Can’t Find Dead Hostages as Israel Pushes Back – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Hamas Says It Can’t Find Dead Hostages as Israel Pushes Back  Bloomberg.com
  2. Live updates: Israel-Gaza, Hamas says it has handed over all hostage bodies it can access  CNN
  3. Hamas needs more time to recover hostages' remains, U.S. advisers say  NBC News
  4. Sa’ar claims Hamas is able to return bodies of additional hostages, is choosing not to  The Times of Israel
  5. Remains of last female Hamas hostage and IDF soldier handed over to Israel  Fox News
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Ricky Hatton is thought to have killed himself, inquest told

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Provisional cause of death for former boxing world champion given at opening of inquest in Stockport

Ricky Hatton, the former world champion boxer who died in September, is believed to have killed himself, according to a provisional cause of death given at the opening of his inquest at Stockport coroner’s court.

Hatton, 46, was found dead in his home on 14 September. News of his death caused an outpouring of grief across the world and thousands of people lined the streets for his funeral.

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U.S. forges ahead on Gaza deal amid disputes, clashes and executions – Axios

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  1. U.S. forges ahead on Gaza deal amid disputes, clashes and executions  Axios
  2. France and Britain refine plans at UN for Gaza force resolution  Reuters
  3. EU diplomat says US role in Gaza security force still unclear, delaying mission  The Times of Israel
  4. The countries volunteering to patrol Gaza  Politico
  5. Focus on peace process turning to demilitarizing Gaza, Trump admin advisers say  JNS.org
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Anti-Israel rioters break store windows, light fires as thousands march in Barcelona – The Times of Israel

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  1. Anti-Israel rioters break store windows, light fires as thousands march in Barcelona  The Times of Israel
  2. Barcelona: Violent 24-hour March Denounces 'genocide In Gaza'  i24NEWS
  3. Tens of thousands in Spain strike to protest Israel's military action  Yahoo
  4. Violence erupts at anti-Israel rallies in Spain  JNS.org
  5. Pro-Palestinian riots rock Barcelona despite Gaza ceasefire: McDonald’s and Starbucks vandalized  Ynetnews
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Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered amid Israel threat to resume Gaza fighting

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Hamas says it needs specialist equipment to recover remaining bodies as Israel’s defence minister threatens to resume fighting

Israel has threatened to resume fighting in Gaza after Hamas announced that it could not return any further remains of deceased Israeli hostages without specialist recovery equipment that is needed to retrieve the rest from the ruins of the devastated territory.

The threat from Israel Katz, the defence minister, came after Hamas handed over the remains of two further bodies late on Wednesday, bringing the total of known deceased hostages returned by Hamas to nine – along with a tenth body that Israel said was not that of a former hostage.

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‘Conflicts of interest’ behind Australian parliamentary official’s $315k retirement payment, report finds

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Barrister finds ‘multiple procedural failures’ in payment to Cate Saunders, who had ‘close’ relationship with former DPS secretary

An independent “fact-finding mission” into a $315,126 retirement payment to a senior parliamentary department official has found “multiple procedural failures” including overpayment, a disregard for specialist advice and “excessive pressure” applied in the payment’s timing.

The report by Sydney barrister Fiona Roughley SC, released Thursday, found there were “conflicts of interest” and “conflicted persons” within the Department of Parliamentary Services involved in the decision-making process.

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From protest laws to deaths in custody, Minns’ rush to claim the conservative high ground is clumsy and costly

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At almost every opportunity, the NSW premier chooses a conservative path: get the cops on side and let nobody fault Labor’s toughness on crime. It’s not working

There is a lesson for Chris Minns in the NSW supreme court’s declaration that police powers to deal with protesters near places of worship are invalid: laws curtailing civil liberties should never be rushed.

They should certainly not be pushed through in an atmosphere of panic and incomplete facts such as existed in the fevered days after the now notorious Dural caravan incident.

Anne Davies is Guardian Australia’s NSW state correspondent

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Queensland’s 10-cent container refund scheme referred to crime and corruption commission

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Parliamentary inquiry into Containers for Change recycling program reveals allegations of bullying and conflicts of interest

Ten allegations against Queensland’s container recycling scheme have been referred to the state’s corruption watchdog after a parliamentary inquiry on Thursday revealed allegations of bullying and conflicts of interest.

A parliamentary committee revealed claims that the board coordinating the state’s Containers for Change is “dominated” by Coca-Cola and Lion, with several submissions to the inquiry claiming that the two beverage companies have an incentive to reduce the number of containers being recycled in order to lower their costs.

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Nestlé to axe 16,000 jobs as new chief targets sales growth

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Almost 6% of global workforce will be cut over next two years, including 12,000 white-collar professionals

Nestlé has said it will cut 16,000 jobs over the next two years as the owner of KitKat and Nescafé attempts to reduce costs and increase sales.

The Swiss-headquartered multinational said the cuts would include 12,000 white-collar professionals and 4,000 in its manufacturing and supply chain, close to 6% of Nestlé’s global workforce.

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The Long Road to Peace and Trump’s Short Attention Span – The Bulwark

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  1. The Long Road to Peace and Trump’s Short Attention Span  The Bulwark
  2. What Donald Trump gets right in the Middle East  The Economist
  3. To Democrats, Trump is Hitler. To Israel, the president's a hero. What gives? | Opinion  USA Today
  4. Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s focus on reaching the Gaza peace deal  PBS
  5. Column | Trump declares a new ‘dawn’ in Middle East. It could be a false one.  The Washington Post
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Three Australians accused of premeditated murder in Bali villa could face the death penalty

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Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was fatally gunned down in a Bali villa in June

Three Australians accused of shooting a Melbourne man in a Bali villa are set to be charged with premeditated murder, an offence punishable by the death sentence.

Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was fatally gunned down in the bathroom of Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach, in Bali’s Badung district in June.

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Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work

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Watchdog says some business and practitioners are taking advantage of the compassionate release of superannuation process

Australians withdrew more than $1.4bn from their superannuation accounts for compassionate reasons in the last financial year, with much of that used to fund medical procedures ranging from dental work to weight loss treatments.

Of the 112,400 applications in 2024-25 for compassionate super access, 93,500 were made on medical grounds, up from 71,900 the year prior. There was a particularly sharp rise in applications to use superannuation to fund dental services, with the number doubling in two years to 32,875 requests.

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Australia’s rainforests are releasing more carbon than they absorb, warn scientists – BBC

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  1. Australia's rainforests are releasing more carbon than they absorb, warn scientists  BBC
  2. Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source  The Guardian
  3. Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source  Nature
  4. One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?  New Scientist
  5. Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Hamas accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire by ‘killing at least 24 people’ since Friday – as it happened – The Guardian

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  1. Hamas accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire by ‘killing at least 24 people’ since Friday – as it happened  The Guardian
  2. LIVE: Aid ‘critically low’ in Gaza a week into ceasefire amid Israeli delay  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce violations amid delay in return of dead hostages  Reuters
  4. Two said killed by Israeli fire in north Gaza; IDF: suspects crossed ‘Yellow Line’  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza  The Intercept
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