Bondi beach shooting live: alleged gunman Naveed Akram out of coma; father entered Philippines as Indian national weeks before attack, Manila authorities say
Police investigating claims father and son duo received ‘training’ overseas before attack. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDreyfus says Australians rising to support community in wake of terror attacksThe former attorney general and special envoy for international human rights, Mark Dreyfus, just been on Radio National. He said this type of hatred will not divide Australia.People are going to unite to reject this hatred. It’s much worse than anyone’s worst nightmares.It’s the event that we in the Jewish community feared, the murder of 15 of our community members celebrating Hanukah ... Continue reading...
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What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza
Nour AbuShammala has returned to her partly destroyed apartment in Gaza City. This is her story of multiple displacements, injury and devastation over the last two yearsWhen 26-year-old Nour AbuShammala stepped back into her family’s apartment in Gaza City in October the rooms were gutted, the walls were damaged by bombing, and there was no water or electricity, but it was still home.Since the outbreak of war in October 2023 she has been forced to flee six times. This is her story of relentless displacement, survival and loss, told using photography and videos provided by AbuShammala and satellite imagery of a ruined Gaza. Continue reading...
Starmer’s communications chief to address cabinet on media strategy overhaul
Exclusive: David Dinsmore to advise ministers as they step up efforts to combat far-right rhetoric onlineKeir Starmer’s Whitehall communications chief will address the cabinet on overhauling the government’s media strategy on Tuesday as ministers increasingly try to combat far-right rhetoric online.David Dinsmore, a former editor of the Sun who was appointed permanent secretary for government communications in November, will speak to ministers about modernising the way they reach voters. Continue reading...
Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's police said Tuesday.
‘They were shot in the front’: premier and top cop defend police response to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns and Mal Lanyon questioned about police resources at Hanukah event and response time after Naveed Akram and father Sajid allegedly started shootingFull report: Bondi terror attack Victims of Bondi beach shootingWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attack Follow the latest live updatesThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and the commissioner, Mal Lanyon, have defended the police response to the Bondi beach terrorist attack, saying officers with handguns took out the two gunmen who were armed with high-powered weapons.“I am incredibly proud of our police officers,” Lanyon said on Tuesday. “They were confronted by two men armed with long arms. Our police at the scene were armed with pistols.” Continue reading...
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Morocco’s Safi counts the cost in aftermath of deadly flash floods
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Anthony Albanese ‘ready for the fight’ to tighten firearms laws as National party and gun groups push back
The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, claimed ‘this isn’t a gun problem, it’s an ideology problem’Full report: Bondi terror attack Victims of Bondi beach shootingWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attack Follow the latest live updatesAnthony Albanese says he is “ready for the fight” to tighten Australia’s firearms laws after the Bondi beach terror attack, as the gun lobby and the National party push back against changes they claim are attempts to divert attention from radicalisation.Former Liberal prime minister John Howard, who introduced sweeping gun control measures after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, said he’d support tightening firearms laws and there were too many guns in Australia, but claimed Albanese was focusing on the wrong issue. Continue reading...
Australian police say Bondi Beach attackers inspired by ISIL
Investigators say the deadly Bondi Beach attack is being treated as 'terrorism' after evidence of ISIL influence found.
Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active
It remains unclear what the two men did there last month.