Australia Mourns the Youngest Victim of the Bondi Beach Shooting
Sydney’s devastated Jewish community gathered for the funeral of “Matilda Bee,” an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl.
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Bondi shooting updates: Ley says Coalition would not issue visas to any person coming from ‘a terrorist enclave’; bee tributes to Matilda at pavilion memorial
Follow today’s news liveVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – video | Warning – distressing footageSyrian home town of Ahmed al-Ahmed rallies around the Bondi hero, amid the rubble of civil warJust to break away from our Bondi attack aftermath coverage for a minute– it’s worth reporting that it’s a big day for high school graduates in New South Wales.A record number of students in NSW are waking to receive their exam results this morning, and for 53, they’ll be finding out they’ve received the top possible Atar of 99.95. Of the top scorers, 19 students are female and 34 students are male.As you think about what comes next, remember there are many different pathways to university, and your Atar is just one part of the story. Whatever your goals, you don’t have to navigate them alone.That’s not what’s needed right now. What’s needed right now is more action.The prime minister and the foreign minister and our home affairs minister have all said, we’re going to do more in this area. We’re going to make sure that whatever resources are needed are now put into making sure that Australia is again a place where Jews can feel safe, because it isn’t now. Continue reading...
Thursday news quiz: AI mishaps, fan fury and a tiny baby hippo
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?Welcome to the final Thursday news quiz of the year – a small festive tradition involving the news, a handful of jokes, and the knowledge that somewhere there are 1,057 pedants limbering up to find something to nitpick. And it is a bumper 20-question edition. Thank you for quizzing throughout the year, for your comments, corrections and good-natured quibbles, and most of all for the kind messages literally hundreds of you sent the quizmaster during the Great Thursday Quiz Hiatus of 2025™, when he was off sick. It really meant a lot. Allons-y!The Thursday quiz will return in the new year and wishes you a Merry Christmas, a great festive holiday period and all the best for 2026. Sign up for First Edition to get a Thursday quiz-style quiz of the year in your inbox on Christmas Day. Continue reading...
Morocco accused of ‘horrific’ abuse of detained gen Z protesters
As country prepares to host Africa Cup of Nations, families and rights groups tell of police brutality, with hundreds still heldThe arbitrary detention of hundreds of gen Z protesters in Morocco and alleged “horrific” beatings have been condemned by human rights groups, as the country prepares to host the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.A wave of youth-led demonstrations swept across Morocco in late September and early October – the biggest since the 2011 Arab spring – in protest at underfunded healthcare and education. Continue reading...
US approves $11bn in arms sales to Taiwan in deal likely to anger China
Huge US arms package for Taiwan includes HIMARS rocket systems, howitzer artillery, antitank missiles, and drones.
Albanese announces new hate speech laws as he concedes more could have been done before Bondi beach attack
Australian prime minister unveils new measures to combat antisemitism as Coalition outlines own plan Victims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesHate speech laws will be expanded to directly target “hate preachers” under a new push to stamp out antisemitism, as Anthony Albanese concedes more could have been done to combat anti-Jewish sentiment ahead of the Bondi beach massacre.The home affairs minister will also be granted powers to cancel and reject visas of people who spread “hate and division” under a five-point plan announced on Thursday, after days of intensifying pressure on the prime minister to do more to address antisemitism and radicalisation after Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hanukah celebration. Continue reading...
‘Protests had nothing to do with the attacks’: activists condemn premier’s plan to restrict rallies after Bondi shooting
Pro-Palestine activists, some Jewish groups and civil liberty campaigners criticise NSW Labor for ‘eroding our democratic freedoms’Victims of Bondi beach shootingWhat we know so far about the alleged terrorist attack‘Left an immeasurable void’: Holocaust survivors, community heroes and ‘spirited child’ among victims of Bondi terror attackFollow the latest live updatesA New South Wales government plan to restrict protests in the wake of the Bondi beach terrorist attack has been condemned by two Jewish groups who are vocal supporters of the Palestine movement, with one warning against “allowing culture wars to distract and divide responses to Sunday’s antisemitic mass shooting”.The state premier, Chris Minns, announced on Wednesday Labor would move to effectively ban protests when there’s a “terrorism designation” – which is for an undefined time period. Minns also vowed to strengthen gun laws. Continue reading...
Dashcam Footage Shows Couple Confronting a Suspected Bondi Beach Gunman
Dash cam footage has emerged of Boris and Sofia Gurman trying to disarm one of the suspected attackers. The couple were killed, but their bravery was lauded by Australians.
US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four, as Trump accuses Venezuela of taking ‘our oil’
The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel it said was engaged in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, as Trump further ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela, accusing the country of taking US oil.On Wednesday Hegseth said the “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel engaged in “narco-trafficking operations” had killed four people. The latest strike in the Pacific brings the death toll to 99 since the US began its campaign of striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in September. Continue reading...
A Militant’s Transformation
Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda ally, is now president of Syria. We look at his transformation, and whether he can transform his country, too.