‘It’s pretty bleak’: A warming planet is poised to get even hotter, forecasters warn – Los Angeles Times

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  1. ‘It’s pretty bleak’: A warming planet is poised to get even hotter, forecasters warn  Los Angeles Times
  2. Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years  The Washington Post
  3. Earth's 5-year forecast is in: Brace for extreme heat  USA Today
  4. Arctic predicted to warm more than three times faster than global average: WMO report  The Barents Observer
  5. Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years  The Guardian
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How much does a Russian drone attack on Ukraine cost? The question is more complicated than it sounds – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. How much does a Russian drone attack on Ukraine cost? The question is more complicated than it sounds  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,190  Al Jazeera
  3. What do Ukrainians think of Trump? ‘Nothing good’  The Hill
  4. Russia Defies Trump With Largest-Ever Drone-and-Missile Attack on Ukraine  WSJ
  5. NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets After Long-Range Russian Missile Strikes  Newsweek
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Russia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine Amid Peace Talks – The New York Times

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  1. Russia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine Amid Peace Talks  The New York Times
  2. Putin masses 50,000 troops on Ukraine's north front as Trump again agrees to meet Russian, Ukrainian leaders  Fox News
  3. Russia masses over 50,000 troops for offensive on northeastern Ukraine, Zelenskiy says  Reuters
  4. Ukraine braces for expected Russian summer offensive in the east  The Washington Post
  5. Russian troops massing in north, says Ukraine after drone offensive  The Times
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Lead detective denies police errors in mushroom lunch investigation as Erin Patterson trial continues

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Defence argues photos taken by police inside Patterson’s home appear to show computers and a phone that were not seized during search

The detective in charge of the investigation into the deadly beef wellington lunch served by Erin Patterson has denied police made several errors in the case, including failing to seize electronic items during a search of her house and wrongly identifying her son on CCTV footage, a court has heard.

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning her four lunch guests – relatives of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson – with a beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria on 29 July 2023.

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Man allegedly raped by Gareth Ward quizzed on route he took to NSW MP’s house

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Kiama MP allegedly sexually assaulted political staffer after offering him place to stay following mid-week event

A political staffer has accepted he could be confused about his movements before and after he was allegedly sexually assaulted by a state MP who invited him to his house.

Kiama MP Gareth Ward, 44, is on trial in the New South Wales district court after pleading not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent and indecent assault charges.

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Warm winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk

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BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for south

Australia’s winter will be warmer and wetter this year, with higher than average day and night temperatures, and above-average rainfall likely in central and interior parts of the country.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range forecast said parts of the tropical north, south-east and south-west could expect typical winter rainfall, including coastal areas of New South Wales affected by the May floods, and parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania where there have been prolonged dry conditions.

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Heartbroken mother tells inquest she’s ‘lost her way’ after ‘stuff of nightmares’ murders at Bondi Junction

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Elizabeth Young, who is mourning her ‘slightly goofy’ daughter Jade, gives emotional evidence that 2024 attack was due to ‘cumulative failures’

The mother of Jade Young, a victim of the Bondi Junction stabbings, has described her daughter’s murder as the “stuff of nightmares” and the result of “years of neglect” within the mental health system.

Elizabeth Young told the New South Wales coroner’s court on Thursday that her words were “both a distillation and a manifestation of anguish”.

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