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The US and its Arab allies appeared divided after meeting between regional foreign ministers and secretary of state Antony BlinkenThe United States and its Arab allies appeared divided over calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s military offensive against Hamas, as the US pushed for a more temporary pause in fighting amid growing global anger over the rising death toll among Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.On Saturday, several Middle East foreign ministers urged the US to persuade Israel to agree to a ceasefire in a meeting with the secretary of state, Antony Blinken. The top US diplomat, however, dismissed the idea, saying such a halt would only benefit Hamas, allowing the militant organisation to regroup and attack again. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-05 05:19:38

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RBA has left cash rate on hold for four months while warning it might need to keep pushing up interest rates if still-high inflation does not fall. Follow the day’s news updates liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTreasurer Jim Chalmers says the prime minister’s official visit to China is not without challenges but is critical to a “prosperous relationship” between the two countries.It’s the first official visit by a prime minister into China since 2016 and I think it recognises that this – a stable relationship – is in the interests of both countries. Now, we are clear-eyed about the complexities and the challenges of managing this relationship. But we give ourselves the best chance of prospering together if we engage with one another.And we’ve already seen some of the fruits of that effort – something like 95% of the trade restrictions by dollar value have been lifted. That’s good for our businesses, our exporters, and our workers. And that’s why it’s so important that this engagement has been happening for some time and why it’s so important that this official visit is taking place this week.I think this is a sort of rapprochement based on realism. As [Katharine Murphy] was saying earlier, from China’s point of view, they haven’t changed their long-term strategic or economic goals. And neither have we changed our strategic allegiances. But it suits both sides for lots of reasons to get the trade relationship flowing again, to get the economic relationship flowing again, and to be talking again. And that’s what this visit is going to achieve. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-05 00:09:20

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Organizers expected rally to be largest of its kind since the Israeli bombardment of Gaza following the cross-border Hamas attackThousands of marchers gathered in downtown Washington DC on Saturday for a pro-Palestinian protest in what organizers hoped may be the largest of its kind to take place in the US since the Israeli bombardment of Gaza began after the cross-border attack by Hamas last month.Up to 30,000 people were expected to attend the National March on Washington: Free Palestine, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-04 19:23:55

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PRCS says deliberate targeting of medical teams is a war crime after 15 reported dead in strike on ambulance convoySee all our Israel-Hamas war coverageAgence France-Presse has reported on the aftermath of what Hamas authorities said was Israeli tank shelling that killed 20 people at the Osama bin Zaid boys’ school north of Gaza City.The report said:Ambulance teams rushed into the debris-littered building to aid the injured and remove the dead.Stunned onlookers wept and wandered the scene with hands clasped above the head in horror and disbelief. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-04 09:22:14

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Residents of Wooroloo told they could return to normal activity following earlier lockdown but urged to ‘remain vigilant’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Western Australian community has spent several hours in lockdown and a man has been taken into custody after an alleged shooting on the outer fringes of Perth.On Saturday morning, WA Police said officers responded to a “firearm incident” in the township of Wooroloo, about 45km from Perth.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-04 04:16:38

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Transport secretary had given police power to stop protest at mainline station on public order groundsFive people have been arrested during a pro-Palestinian sit-in at King’s Cross station in London after the demonstration was banned.The transport secretary, Mark Harper, said he had given an order to allow police to stop the demonstration on Friday evening under section 14a of the Public Order Act 1986. It was later announced that protesters would also be prevented from gathering outside the Israeli embassy in London over the weekend. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-03 23:23:57

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Science minister Michelle Donelan requests UKRI cuts links with two members of panel she accuses of promoting extremist viewsThe UK’s independent research funding body has become embroiled in a fight with ministers over free speech and diversity initiatives, with the body’s chief executive saying she is “fully committed” to defending her organisation.Prof Ottoline Leyser, chief executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has been criticised for her response to demands by the science minister Michelle Donelan that UKRI cut its links with two academics that Donelan accused of promoting “extremist views” on the Israel-Gaza war. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-03 18:32:55

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Ukraine claims to have shot down 24 out of 40 drones launched by Russia; Anthony Blinken urges Russia not to resume nuclear testingWhat we know on day 618 of the invasionRussian shelling in Kherson has interrupted water and electricity supply in parts of the city, Suspilne reports. It cites the head of the city administration, saying: “Repair crews are working, electricity is planned to be restored during the day.”Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine for weeks early on Friday, hitting critical infrastructure in the west and south of Ukraine and destroying private houses and commercial buildings in Kharkiv. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-03 14:22:06

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US secretary of state says he will discuss concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in Gaza on second visit to Israel in monthIsrael and Hamas at war: what we know on day 28On Friday afternoon, the Hezbollah secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, is to make a highly anticipated speech. The head of the influential Iran-backed Shia militant group will break weeks of silence with a broadcast from Beirut, which comes in the wake of a rise in violence on Israel’s northern border.Hezbollah said on Thursday it had simultaneously attacked 19 positions in Israel on Thursday evening. The clashes have so far been mostly contained to the frontier, and Hezbollah has used only a fraction of the firepower that Nasrallah has been threatening with Israel for years. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-03 08:51:00

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Centre-right party loses two seats in final tally and will need to rely on traditional partner Act as well as NZ First to form coalitionAfter weeks of political limbo, the final results of New Zealand’s election have been released showing the centre-right National party will need the support of the libertarian Act party and populist party New Zealand First to form a coalition government.The governing Labour party was ejected from office after six years in the October election, with preliminary results handing a slim majority to National and its traditional coalition partner Act.Reuters contributed to this report
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Publish date : 2023-11-03 03:32:50

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Follow the day’s news liveErin Patterson charged with murder over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in VictoriaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHusic was on the show to discuss the results of the AI Safety Summit held in the UK this week, where Australia and 27 other countries signed a major artificial intelligence agreement.The Bletchley Declaration affirms that AI should be developed, designed and deployed in a human-centric and safe manner.It has been very clear from a number of countries, not the least of which the US, which brought in a big executive order this week to improve AI safety and security, that there will be more safety testing and also evaluating those AI models, and holding companies much more accountable for the way that they do that development work.There will be safety institutes set up in the US and the UK to help with that testing and it will involve researchers in that work and a state of the science report that will look at the developments particularly around what they call frontier AI, generative AI and Australia will have a voice there with the CSIRO’s chief scientist, Dr Bronwyn Fox, who will represent our country in the development of that research work to give governments and regulators a heads up on how the technology is evolving too.I have been concerned for weeks about where things would head. I was concerned that innocent Palestinian families would bear the brunt and the heaviest burden, in terms of the type of action that was being foreshadowed.I think the world, the international community, is watching very closely. I have said previously there has to be a much more strategic, precise way to hold Hamas to account. Israel’s actions do matter, in terms of the way in which they conduct these military operations, and I think a lot of us are deeply concerned about the impact, not only on innocent Palestinians but particularly kids. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-02 23:30:15

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Teenager nabbed in ‘National Booty Behavior Protection’ truck says it was ‘just funny, it was never meant to be anything bad’The driver of a “Booty Patrol” truck in Florida, parodying border patrol vehicles, was pulled over by local police.The driver was cited by Florida police on Sunday under a law that bans vehicles from having similar lights of those used by law enforcement. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-02 18:39:29

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Top Ukraine official says Russia to strike against critical infrastructure; General Valery Zaluzhny says quick breakthrough not likelySee all our Ukraine coverageIn response to the evacuations of Ukrainian civilians from Kupiansk were announced, Igor Bodnia, the Internation Rescue Committee’s field manager in Kharkiv, said:“The situation in Kupiansk is dire, and the impact on children is particularly devastating. Many of them have seen violence and displacement more than once, and they are in urgent need of protection and support. The IRC is working in a reception hub and dormitories in Kharkiv, focusing on providing primary health care to evacuated families, as well as psychological first aid to children to help them cope with the trauma they have experienced.”Ukraine’s commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Gen Valery Zaluzhny, has said that the war in Ukraine in “at a stalemate”, warning that there is likely to be “no deep and beautiful breakthrough” soon in the counteroffensive against Russia.Ukraine’s army should have been able to push back at a pace of 18 miles a day as it breached Russian defensive lines, the general said.The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has issued its latest defence intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine as of today, that Russian air defence has suffered significant loses.Russia is preparing to attack Ukraine’s critical infrastructure once the temperatures drop, according to Ukraine’s national security and defence council secretary, Oleksiy Danilov. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-02 14:24:22

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Prime minister due to wrap up AI safety summit at Bletchley Park as Labour calls for urgent regulationA delegation of current and recently resigned Labour councillors, including the former and acting Oxford CLP chair, are to visit Westminster this afternoon to force a meeting with Keir Starmer’s office.The delegation will be welcomed by John McDonnell. Caroline Raine, the acting chair of the Oxford and District Labour party, is heading the delegation. Raine became chair after the former post holder, Jabu Nala-Hartley, quit the party, citing Starmer’s “refusal to condemn collective punishment of Palestinians”.I would like to again emphasise that we have made arrangements to come to Westminster tomorrow afternoon. We expect to be seen by someone from LOTO [the leader of the opposition’s office] between 2.30 and 4pm please. We gave notice in good time and it would be very poor practice in a crisis like this for us to be sent away without being heard.We want an Israel where Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and liberty. By agreeing that the war against Hamas can continue after a humanitarian pause, the Labour party is colluding in the endorsement of war crimes and of breaches of international law. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-02 10:09:46

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US president says he supports a two-state solution as he responds to anti-war protester; White House says it’s working ‘non-stop’ to get Americans outIsrael and Hamas at war: what we know on day 26The Israeli military has disputed a statment from Hezbollah, in which the group claimed to have destroyed an Israeli drone over south Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile.Earlier we reported that Hezbollah had said in a statement that its fighters shot down the drone just after midnight over two villages on the Lebanese side of the frontier. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-02 05:18:52

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