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Egypt on Tuesday condemned the Israeli strikes on Jabalia camp ‘in the strongest terms’ amid reports medical team to receive wounded Palestinians; telecoms company says access disconnected againIsrael and Hamas at war: what we know on day 26The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has spoken with Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the first time since the latest conflict erupted in Gaza.His message to the Israeli prime minister remains unknown, but Albanese told a press conference on Wednesday that the government remained concerned about humanitarian issues and civilian lives in Gaza, and that while he believed Israel has a right to defend itself, “how it defends itself matters”. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Sullivan

Publish date : 2023-11-01 04:49:56

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Meanwhile fire near Tara has destroyed 53 homes in Queensland; and bushfire risk remains to Tenterfield in NSW. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW RFS has confirmed that just after 4am this morning one of its firefighting tanks rolled over 10km south of Jennings in the Tenterfield LGA.A spokesperson said there were four firefighters on board. They were all taken from the truck, with three being taken to hospital for observation.They’ve said they’ll be returning to bulk billing, or many of them who are considering a change would stick with bulk billing, for those more than 11 million Australians.That’s about 60% or more of the throughput of the average general practice. So it’s a huge boost in confidence and funding to a sector that I think is probably in its most powerless status been in the 40 year history of Medicare. Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2023-10-31 23:44:40

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Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’The director of the UN office for the high commissioner for human rights has resigned from his post, protesting that the UN is “failing” in its duty to prevent what he categorizes as genocide of Palestinian civilians in Gaza under Israeli bombardment and citing the US, UK and much of Europe as “wholly complicit in the horrific assault”.Craig Mokhiber wrote on 28 October to the UN high commissioner in Geneva, Volker Turk, saying: “This will be my last communication to you” in his role in New York. Continue reading…



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Author : Ed Pilkington in New York

Publish date : 2023-10-31 18:58:39

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Dominic Cummings starts to give evidence as Covid inquiry hears ex-PM said ‘we should let the old people get it and protect others’Heather Hallett, the chair, intervenes at this point. She asks Cain if he is defending the 10-day gap. She says she finds that curious if he is.Cain says locking down the country is a huge, huge undertaking. In government terms, that is government acting at speed. But it was “longer than you would hope”, he says.Do I understand from what you said earlier that you would defend the 10-day gap between the decision taken that there had to be a national lockdown and actually implementing that decision? Because I find that curious.As I said, I think it is longer than you would like, but I think it’s important just to emphasise the amount of things that had to be done and the amount of people we had to take with us to deliver a nationwide lockdown.It’s a huge, huge undertaking and to be honest, from my understanding of government, that is government moving at a tremendous speed – which maybe says more about government than other things. Continue reading…



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Author : Andrew Sparrow

Publish date : 2023-10-31 14:04:52

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White House to call for Congress to immediately send aid to Ukraine; Russia switches troops in Bakhmut from defence to offence, says Kyiv officialsWhat we know on day 615 of the invasionVolodymyr Zelenskyy has used international Black Sea Action Day to accuse Russia of turning the body of water into a “battleground”.The annual event has been celebrated by the Black Sea countries every year since 1996, when agreements were signed aimed at protecting the sea from pollution. Continue reading…



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Author : Charlie Moloney

Publish date : 2023-10-31 08:49:40

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Hamas claims it is ‘firing machine guns and anti-tank missiles’ towards Israeli forces in Gaza; leader of main UN agency in Palestine accuses Israel of ‘collective punishment’Israel and Hamas at war: what we know on day 25The US has dismissed Russian claims that the west was behind an antisemitic riot in Dagestan.President Vladimir Putin had accused Ukraine and “agents of western special services” after a mob descended on Makhachkala airport in Russia’s North Caucasus on Sunday evening in search of Jewish passengers on a plane that arrived from Israel. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Sullivan

Publish date : 2023-10-31 04:17:47

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Meanwhile Queensland and NSW are bracing for extreme fire danger on Tuesday. Follow the day’s news liveIsrael-Hamas war: live updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFire at Tara ‘remains uncontained’, QFES acting deputy commissioner saysQFES acting deputy commissioner Joanne Greenfield also spoke to Sunrise this morning, and provided an update on the bushfire at Tara:The Tara fire is quite large now and still remains uncontained in most of its edges.Crews have been down there working overnight trying to strengthen the control line and try to bring areas of it into containment. Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2023-10-30 23:48:35

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Netanyahu says Israel will not agree to cessation of hostilities, saying ‘this is a time for war’; families of hostages seen in Hamas video plea for their returnSee all our Israel-Hamas war coverageAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has urged Israel to “listen” when its friends ask it to protect innocent lives in Gaza and warned that the world “will not accept continuing civilian deaths”.Wong’s comments reflect a strengthening of the Labor government’s calls for Israel to minimise civilian deaths in Gaza. The foreign minister said civilians on both sides had been “murdered” in the “dreadful, tragic conflict”.“It is a dreadful, tragic conflict. We are seeing loss of life. We are seeing civilians on both sides [who] have been murdered,” Wong told Radio National.“We have seen civilians up on both sides in a lot of pain, and obviously, we still have Israeli hostages who have been taken, that Hamas is still holding.” Continue reading…



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Author : Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Martin Belam and Helen Davidson (earlier)

Publish date : 2023-10-30 19:00:32

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Michael O’Flaherty, director of agency for fundamental rights, says ‘dramatic moments in our societies trigger antisemitic responses’“Lovers and defenders of democracy, it’s high time to stand up,” tweeted the EU’s coordinator on combating antisemitism Katharina von Schnurbein.She was responding to the incident in Dagestan, describing the mob as “hatred unleashed by globally downplaying the barbaric acts of Hamas of 7 Oct and allowing antisemitism and anti-Zionism to fester around the globe.”The authorities in European countries have a responsibility to make sure that everyone is safe and protected from violence and discrimination.It’s also important for the authorities to protect people’s right to peaceful protest and expression and ensure that governments’ security responses to violence don’t harm rights. Continue reading…



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Author : Lili Bayer in Brussels

Publish date : 2023-10-30 14:29:30

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‘Block Cop City’ plans non-violent march onto site of police center and a week of panels and screenings aimed at Black audiencesThe movement against the police and fire department training center known as “Cop City” is planning two events for the coming weeks in and near Atlanta, Georgia – including a first-ever, non-violent protest march onto the project’s construction site.The action, planned for 13 November and aimed at occupying the Cop City site for a day, could draw a thousand or more people from across the county. This would make it the largest protest to date at the location. The other event is a Black-led “week of action” the week before, aimed at Black audiences. Continue reading…



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Author : Timothy Pratt

Publish date : 2023-10-30 10:00:11

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Foreign minister’s call comes as six former prime ministers issue joint statement expressing solidarity with Jewish and Palestinian communitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has urged Israel to “listen” when its friends ask it to protect innocent lives in Gaza and warned that the world “will not accept continuing civilian deaths”.Six former Australian prime ministers also weighed in on Monday, expressing solidarity with both the Jewish and Palestinian communities and suggesting that terrorists would win “if our hearts are filled with hatred”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Publish date : 2023-10-30 05:27:03

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The airline’s defence to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission legal action denies it charged customers a ‘fee for no service’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQantas has claimed that informing customers that it had already cancelled flights they were booked on would have created “uncertainty and frustration”, as the airline accuses the competition watchdog of ignoring the realities of the aviation industry.The embattled airline has also staunchly denied it had charged customers a “fee for no service”, as it filed its legal defence responding to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) legal action alleging it had advertised and sold tickets for more than 8,000 flights that it had already cancelled in its internal system.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Publish date : 2023-10-30 01:11:41

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Most of Queensland is under a total fire ban as crews battle almost 100 fires. Follow the day’s news liveForeign affairs minister Penny Wong has just spoke to ABC RN about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.She repeated the government’s stance that Israel “has a right to defend itself” but “the way it does so matters”, calling for the protection of civilian lives:I’m certainly deeply concerned, as so many people are, by the loss of life and the destruction and loss of life in Gaza. It’s something that I think the international community is deeply concerned about, just as we were horrified by the brutal terrorist attack of Hamas and the continuing holding of hostages, which we see.We have been engaging with the Israelis, with the Egyptians with others to try and assist or ensure that the Rafah crossing [to] enable people to exit is opened. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts … that recrossing has not yet been openedWe thank those helping on the frontline and will continue working closely with the Queensland Government to support communities during this difficult time. Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2023-10-29 20:27:14

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Guiness World Records to look into claims after scepticism over whether the Portuguese mastiff really lived to be 31The death of Bobi the Portuguese mastiff at 31 was history-making – no dog before had ever reached such a grand old age.But awe soon turned into scepticism, as vets wondered whether it was biologically possible for a dog to live for the equivalent of 200 human years. Continue reading…



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Author : Rachel Hall

Publish date : 2023-10-29 16:07:15

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Russian losses in Avdiivka may be its worst of 2023, says UK; Ukraine and Netherlands start bilateral agreement talksSee all our Ukraine war coverageRussia would confiscate assets belonging to EU states it deems unfriendly if the bloc “steals” frozen Russian funds in a drive to fund Ukraine, a top ally of president Vladimir Putin said. It comes after Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said that the EU executive was working on a proposal to pool some of the profits derived from frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine and its post-war reconstruction.Russia and Ukraine are locked in a stalemate on the frontlines of their war and the two sides need to sit down and negotiate an end to the conflict, the Belarus leader said. Alexander Lukashenko, a key Putin ally, described the current state of the conflict as “head-to-head, to the death, entrenched … Seriously stalemate.”Russian forces are believed to have suffered some of the country’s biggest casualty rates so far this year as a result of continued “heavy but inconclusive” fighting around the Donetsk oblast town of Avdiivka.Four Ukrainian police officers were wounded when a shell fired by Russian troops exploded by their police car in the city of Siversk, located in the partly occupied Donetsk province.A third round of Ukrainian-backed peace talks opened in Malta, but without Moscow. In a statement, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said 66 countries had taken part, proof that his plan “has gradually become global”.The head of the office of the president of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, has praised Qatar’s role in facilitating the return of four Ukrainian children from Russian captivity earlier this month.Ukraine and the Netherlands began talks on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees in Malta, Yermak also announced. It is the sixth country to start bilateral negotiations with Ukraine on security guarantees. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-10-29 11:54:43

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