News live: Chris Bowen travels to Pacific for Cop31 push; report finds older Australians support tax hike for high super balances
Climate change minister says joint bid to host summit is about ensuring ‘the region’s voice shapes global climate action’. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, has said the people of Yuendumu and of Central Australia more broadly are counting on action following the release of the report into Kumanjayi Walker’s death.Walker, an Indigenous teen, was fatally shot by then-Northern Territory Police Constable Zachary Rolfe in November 2019. The NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage will hand down her findings at a special hearing in Yuendumu from 10:45am.If there’s one word that can be used which I’ve heard elder Ned Hargraves use, it’s that they’re exhausted, they’re tired, they’re wearied by all of this.They are hopeful that some good will come from it, and I’m sure they’ll speak for themselves on it today. Continue reading...
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Texas floods: at least 78 people dead, officials say, as Trump declares major disaster
Rescuers still searching for missing people, including 10 girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryOfficials have said waters in some parts of Texas are starting to recede to where they were before the storm.The Guadalupe River near Kerrville – which surged by more than 20 feet within 90 minutes during the downpour — is, according to CNN, back down to just a foot or two higher than its level before the flood. Continue reading...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits White House to discuss Gaza ceasefire
President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House Monday to meet with President Trump, who is pressing the Israel leader for a ceasefire agreement and an end to the war in Gaza.
The Dalai Lama turns 90 amid reaction to succession announcement
The Dalai Lama turns 90 on Sunday and celebrates his birthday amid reaction to his recent announcement that he, not China, will choose his successor.
Texas floods: death toll rises as search and rescue turns into grim recovery operation
Residents observe day of prayer after 78 people killed and 10 girls and one camp counselor still unaccounted forResidents in central Texas were observing a day of prayer on Sunday for at least 78 people killed and dozens missing in Friday’s devastating flash flooding, as a search and rescue operation for survivors began to morph into a grim exercise of recovering bodies.Relatives continued an anxious wait for news of 10 girls and one camp counselor still unaccounted for from a riverside summer camp that was overwhelmed by flash flooding from the Guadalupe River, which rose 26ft (8 meters) in 45 minutes on Friday morning after torrential pre-dawn rain north of San Antonio. Continue reading...
Monday Briefing: Floods in Texas Killed nearly 80
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Israel attacks Houthi targets at three ports and power plant in Yemen
Israel says its military has attacked Houthi targets at three ports and a power plant in Yemen.
Why has Iran stepped up its deportation of Afghan refugees?
Thousands are being forced to go back to Afghanistan as Tehran tightens controls on immigration.
Gaza ceasefire talks begin in Qatar as Netanyahu heads to Washington
Hamas said it has responded to the latest ceasefire proposal positively but there are still gaps to be bridged.
Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents
The June 23 airstrikes on Evin prison, including the hospital ward, have turned it from a hated symbol of oppression into a new rallying cry against Israel, even among the Iranian regime’s domestic critics.