Australia news live: Judge says Erin Patterson inflicted ‘untold suffering’ and should receive maximum sentence for mushroom murders

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Justice Christopher Beale says possibility of parole is ‘main dispute’. Follow today’s news live

Victoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.

Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to last about 30 minutes.

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Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to accept Gaza ceasefire deal

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President says ‘the Israelis have accepted my terms’ and urges release of hostages to secure peace agreement

Donald Trump on Sunday issued what he called his “last warning” to Hamas, urging the Palestinian militant group to accept a deal to release hostages from Gaza.

“The Israelis have accepted my Terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one!”

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Tom Phillips, fugitive father on run with children for nearly four years, shot dead by NZ police in exchange of fire

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Phillips, who has been on the run with his children for four years, was shot by police after officers came under fire while investigating burglary in Piopio, authorities said

A fugitive father who had been hiding in New Zealand’s rugged wilderness with his three children for nearly four years has been shot dead by police investigating an armed burglary, police said on Monday.

The whereabouts of Tom Phillips has attracted headlines around the world since just before Christmas 2021, when he fled into the Waikato wilderness with his children Ember, now 9, Maverick, 10, and Jayda, 12, following a custody dispute with their mother.

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Tom Callam Phillips: Police shoot dead fugitive father and find his three children missing for years in wilderness – CNN

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  1. Tom Callam Phillips: Police shoot dead fugitive father and find his three children missing for years in wilderness  CNN
  2. A New Zealand father who evaded authorities with his 3 children for years is shot dead by the police  yahoo.com
  3. Father on run with 3 kids in wilderness for 4 years is killed during shootout with New Zealand cops  New York Post
  4. New Zealand father on the run almost 4 years with his kids shot dead by police, authorities say  CBS News
  5. Tom Phillips, fugitive father on run with children for nearly four years, shot dead by NZ police in exchange of fire  The Guardian
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Londoners buying lowest share of property outside capital since 2013

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Stalling house prices and shift back to office working are affecting people’s ability to move out of city, say experts

Londoners are buying the lowest share of houses outside the capital in more than a decade as their moving plans are curtailed by a stalling local market and the shift back to office working.

They were behind just 5.3% of house purchases elsewhere in the country in the first seven months of this year, the lowest proportion since 2013, research has found.

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UK advertising watchdog accused of breaking rules in its own ad campaign

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Complaint lodged asks ASA to investigate claims made in promotion launched in conjunction with household brands

The UK advertising watchdog has received a complaint about its own high-profile UK-wide campaign, accusing it of breaking the rules it enforces around misleading marketing.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which investigates whether ads breach UK regulations, is being asked to investigate claims made in its campaign launched in conjunction with household brands including Tesco, Comparethemarket and Lloyds bank.

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Ex-congressman John Burton, influential California Democrat, dies at 92

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Governor Gavin Newsom hails ‘towering figure’ who stood up for working class and nurtured many political careers

The former US congressman John Burton, a salty-tongued and unabashedly liberal San Francisco Democrat who stood up for the working class and nurtured countless political careers, including that of Nancy Pelosi, died Sunday. He was 92.

Burton died in San Francisco of natural causes, his family said in a statement.

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White House envoy sends new proposal to Hamas through Israeli peace activist – Axios

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  1. White House envoy sends new proposal to Hamas through Israeli peace activist  Axios
  2. US puts forward new Mideast ceasefire principles that call for immediate release of all hostages, negotiations  CNN
  3. Trump delivers ultimatum to Hamas: Accept deal and release hostages or pay the consequences  Fox News
  4. Trump says a deal on Gaza could come soon, issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas  Al Jazeera
  5. Israeli foreign minister calls for Hamas' surrender as military pounds Gaza  Reuters
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Florida plan to drop school vaccine mandates won’t take effect for 90 days

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Health department says vaccines for polio, measles and other diseases will still be mandatory ‘unless updated through legislation’

Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said on Sunday.

The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida’s surgeon general, Dr Joseph Ladapo, said the state would become the first to make vaccinations voluntary and let families decide whether to inoculate their children.

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Turkey’s main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office – Reuters

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  1. Turkey's main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office  Reuters
  2. Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’  Financial Times
  3. Turkey Police Blockade Opposition Istanbul HQ in Stand-Off  Bloomberg.com
  4. Turkey's CHP to hold extraordinary congress after court dismisses Istanbul leadership  Middle East Eye
  5. Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for Sept 21  Chronicle-Tribune
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US treasury secretary denies Trump tariffs are tax on Americans

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Billionaire Scott Bessent dismisses concerns about president’s levies and predicts ‘acceleration’ in US economy

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has refused to acknowledge that the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by Donald Trump around the world are taxes on Americans.

In a new interview on Sunday with NBC host Kristen Welker, Bessent, a former billionaire hedge fund manager, dismissed concerns from major American companies including John Deere, Nike and Black and Decker who have all said that Trump’s tariffs policy will cost them billions of dollars annually.

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Chicago churches urge calm resistance as Trump threatens intervention

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Residents told to stay connected to family and tell people their whereabouts as city readies for expected crackdown

The Rev Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family and protest as the city readied for an expected federal intervention.

“You need to start telling people about your whereabouts, so you don’t disappear,” Hatch said during services at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist church. “We’re not going to despair. We’re not going to feel threatened. We’re not going to give up and give in to fascism and authoritarianism.”

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