Dezi Freeman shooting live updates: Victoria police give update on Australian fugitive shot dead after months-long manhunt

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Porepunkah fugitive, 56, had been on the run after allegedly killing two police officers in Australian alpine region in August

The chief commissioner is asked about the fact that the most recent update from police regarding Dezi Freeman indicated that they believed Freeman was dead. He is asked if that was a genuine belief or a tactic.

Bush responds:

It’s a very good question because, you know, we have to follow every avenue of inquiry and there was a lot to suggest that Freeman had taken his own life. But I can tell you standing here that our investigators – that’s why they’re professionals – keep their mind open to every possible outcome and follow every possible lead.

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Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church – AP News

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  1. Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church  AP News
  2. Israel reverses course after barring Palm Sunday Mass in Jerusalem  CNN
  3. Police, Catholic patriarchate reach agreement on prayer at Holy Sepulchre after cardinal blocked  The Times of Israel
  4. Israeli police block Catholic figures from Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre  NBC News
  5. Cardinal Pizzaballa blocked from Church of Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday  The Jerusalem Post
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Ukraine uses drone innovation to help level battlefield in war with Russia – CBS News

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  1. Ukraine uses drone innovation to help level battlefield in war with Russia  CBS News
  2. Opinion | Ukraine’s drone army has done the incredible  The Washington Post
  3. Ukraine's drone masters eye Iran war to kickstart export ambitions  reuters.com
  4. Zelenskyy says 10 Ukrainian interceptor drone factories built "behind state's back"  Українська правда
  5. Ukraine’s Air Defense Units Have Filled the Shortage of Interceptor Drones  Мілітарний
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Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar – AP News

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  1. Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar  AP News
  2. Shops and restaurants in Egypt told to close early as energy crisis deepens  BBC
  3. Egypt imposes emergency measures to save fuel  Financial Times
  4. Eye on Africa - Egypt imposes business curfew to counter soaring fuel costs  France 24
  5. Egypt introduces 9 p.m. closing time for commercial premises in bid to save electricity  Yahoo
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Trump appears to relax oil blockade on Cuba as Russian tanker arrives

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US president says he has ‘no problem’ with countries sending oil to Cuba, in potential lifeline to island nation

Donald Trump appears to have relaxed his blockade on fuel-starved Cuba after a Russian tanker reached the Caribbean island carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude.

Russia’s transport ministry said the Anatoly Kolodkin tanker arrived at the port of Matanzas on Cuba’s northern coast on Monday to deliver the crisis-hit country’s first such cargo in more than three months.

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Israel prevents Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church – politico.com

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  1. Israel prevents Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church  politico.com
  2. Catholic Leaders Barred From Jerusalem Holy Site on Palm Sunday  The New York Times
  3. Cardinal Parolin meets Israel’s ambassador, expresses regret over Holy Sepulchre incident  Vatican News
  4. Palm Sunday: Cardinal Pizzaballa blocked by Israeli police from Holy Sepulchre as Pope Leo denounces war in Rome  America Magazine
  5. Israel blocks cardinal from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, sparking outcry  Reuters
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Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’

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Pontiff’s unusually pointed comments come after Pete Hegseth’s prayer for violence against enemies ‘who deserve no mercy’

Pope Leo has said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have “hands full of blood”, in an apparent rebuke to the Trump administration.

The pontiff made the comments on Sunday as thousands of US troops arrived in the Middle East and days after the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed for violence against enemies who deserved “no mercy”.

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Keir Starmer to launch local elections campaign with focus on cost of living

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PM will also cite Iran war as reason to stick with Labour, as party adopts new slogan: ‘Pride in Britain’

Keir Starmer will say that a vote for Reform UK will put at risk progress Labour is making on the cost of living, arguing that Britain’s values are being tested in a volatile world.

Launching the party’s local elections campaign with a new slogan: “Pride in Britain”, Starmer will urge voters to stay the course with Labour. A dire set of results are predicted for the party in Wales, Scotland and English councils, especially in the north-east of England and London.

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Sperm Whale Birth Filmed For The First Time Reveals Astonishing Group Behavior – Indian Defence Review

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  1. Sperm Whale Birth Filmed For The First Time Reveals Astonishing Group Behavior  Indian Defence Review
  2. Description of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events | Scientific Reports  Nature
  3. Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.  The New York Times
  4. Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her  The Guardian
  5. The Astonishing Lessons of a Sperm-Whale Birth  The New Yorker
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Chesney the kangaroo found three days after hopping away from farm

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Marsupial escaped from enclosure at Wisconsin’s Sunshine Farm on Wednesday after he was spooked by stray dogs

How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo?

It’s not the opening line to a dad joke. If you’re Chesney the kangaroo, you scale an 8ft (2.5-meter) fence and go on the lam for three days, giving your keeper sleepless nights and sending residents of a small Wisconsin town on a search that would end happily on Saturday.

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