Victim of ‘disgusting paedophile’ serving Australia’s longest sentence for child sex abuse tells of ‘lost decades’

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Woman tells court ‘I lost my teenage self’ from abuse by teacher William ‘Rob’ Gilfillan, already in prison for offences against daughter

A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in the 1980s by her high school PE teacher has told a court how the man’s actions resulted in her life being changed “negatively for decades”.

In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 16. The five counts against two victims took place at Traralgon high school in Gippsland.

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Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern – Reuters

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  1. Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern  Reuters
  2. South Korea deploys thermal imaging cameras in search for escaped zoo wolf  BBC
  3. Wolf escapes Daejeon zoo, opening halted as authorities launch search  The Korea Times
  4. Escaped Korean Wolf Is Now Something of a Celebrity  Newser
  5. Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea  Lebanon Democrat
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Lebanon: Images of a Nation Uprooted by War – The New York Times

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  1. Lebanon: Images of a Nation Uprooted by War  The New York Times
  2. In Lebanon’s shelters, not everyone is welcome  The Washington Post
  3. Forced from their homes by Israeli bombing, displaced Lebanese face uncertainty and sectarian tensions  NBC News
  4. Up to 1.2 million people forced to flee as Israel pummels Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  5. In Lebanon, sectarian tensions rise: 'We must stand united or we are heading for civil war'  Le Monde.fr
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Desperate for fuel, US allies in Asia are turning to its adversaries instead – CNN

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  1. Desperate for fuel, US allies in Asia are turning to its adversaries instead  CNN
  2. Allies turn to rivals as key oil route disruption alters global dynamics, reports say  bdnews24.com
  3. Will US sanctions waivers force Asia to choose between short-term Iranian oil and long-term energy independence?  Mitrade
  4. Asian allies diversify energy supplies after Hormuz disruption  mezha.net
  5. Iranian Oil Waivers: Temporary Relief or a Step Toward Greater Energy Autonomy in Asia?  Bitget
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How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online – NPR

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  1. How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online  NPR
  2. In the Room With Iran’s Social Media Savants  New York Magazine
  3. How Iran’s Information War Machine Operates Online  The New York Times
  4. Iran’s "Missile Messages": Media on a Steel Body  WANA News Agency
  5. How Iran Fought The Online Information War Against US, And Why Some Say It Won | Explainers News  News18
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Cutting fuel to Australia ‘won’t happen’, says Singapore PM, as Albanese secures pledge from our largest petrol source

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Australia and Singapore will ‘make maximum efforts to meet each other’s energy security needs’ in refined fuels and LNG, according to new agreement

Australia’s largest petrol source has pledged not to cut supplies, with Singapore’s prime minister telling Anthony Albanese that fuel will keep flowing despite the international crisis.

Albanese’s whistle-stop visit with his Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, culminated in a new agreement that the two countries would keep sending one another fuel and liquefied natural gas, amid the “acute energy crisis” caused by the war in the Middle East. Australia and Singapore will also add a legally binding addendum to their free trade agreement on essential supplies like energy.

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Hezbollah fires missile at southern port of Ashdod as IDF strikes launchers in Lebanon – The Times of Israel

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  1. Hezbollah fires missile at southern port of Ashdod as IDF strikes launchers in Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  2. Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel – as it happened  The Guardian
  3. Live updates: Israel and Hezbollah trade strikes ahead of high-stakes US-Iran talks  CNN
  4. Israeli military says Hezbollah launched missile at Israel, triggering sirens  Reuters
  5. Hezbollah rockets fired at Israel cause heavy damage; IDF strikes south Lebanon  Haaretz
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Australian War Memorial amends Ben Roberts-Smith display after former soldier charged with war crimes

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Text on plaque in Hall of Valour updated to include references to war crime – murder charges and the ongoing legal process

The Australian War Memorial has updated the display dedicated to Ben Roberts-Smith after the former Special Air Service (SAS) corporal was officially charged with five counts of the war crime of murder.

The changes, implemented on Friday, mean nearly half of the descriptive plaque in the museum’s Hall of Valour is now dedicated to events occurring after his military service, beginning with the initial reports of misconduct in 2016.

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‘Good for Russia, good for China, bad for America’: How the Iran war is reshaping global economies and power – Fortune

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  1. ‘Good for Russia, good for China, bad for America’: How the Iran war is reshaping global economies and power  Fortune
  2. America’s war on Iran has changed the Middle East—for the worse  The Economist
  3. Opinion | The Iran ceasefire pushes the Gulf toward what it fears most  The Washington Post
  4. The war on Iran: Nobody won, everyone paid  Al Jazeera
  5. Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran?  BBC
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Pakistan’s defense minister calls Israel ‘cancerous’ ahead of US-Iran talks in Islamabad – The Times of Israel

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  1. Pakistan’s defense minister calls Israel ‘cancerous’ ahead of US-Iran talks in Islamabad  The Times of Israel
  2. Pakistani defense minister blasts Israel over genocide in Lebanon  PressTV
  3. Asif calls Israel ‘evil’, retracts after Netanyahu’s ‘outrageous’ retort  Tribune India
  4. Pakistan calls Israel as ‘Evil, Cancerous State’ ahead of U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad  MSN
  5. Pakistan’s defense minister describes Israel as a “curse for humanity”  EDNEWS
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Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s appeal – NPR

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  1. Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil's appeal  NPR
  2. Anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil one step closer to deportation with immigration board ruling  Fox News
  3. Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appeal  AP News
  4. Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil loses latest bid to halt deportation  WPDE
  5. Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil appeal  The Hill
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