The ACT the latest jurisdiction to sign up to gun buyback scheme; Iran says its response to any new US threats would be 'devastating'; three Argentina players and one Spain player receive bans for their role in a brawl at World Cup final match.
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- The ACT the latest jurisdiction to sign up to gun buyback scheme
- Iran says its response to any new US threats would be 'devastating'
- Three Argentina players and one Spain player receive bans for their role in a brawl at World Cup final match
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is encouraging other states to sign up to a federal gun buyback scheme.
The ACT is the latest jurisdiction to sign up to the scheme which was set up following the Bondi mass shooting in December, 2025.
It is just the second jurisdiction to do so after New South Wales announced last Sunday it would be part of the buyback.
ACT Labor Minister for Police, Marisa Paterson, says the territory will work with the Commonwealth to ensure the scheme is properly implemented.
"I want to recognise that the majority of firearms licences holders are law abiding citizens. We are here to work with the community as we step through the terms and conditions of the buyback. Over the next few weeks we will work with the Commonwealth around the parameters of the ACT buyback, but this will be a significant undertaking for the ACT police."
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says 75 per cent of the cost of compensation to firearm holders, administration and gun destruction will be paid for by the federal government.
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At least 16 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded when Russian drones struck a Ukraine shopping centre, an attack President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as cowardly.
Regional authorities say that 22 children were among the wounded in the daytime attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih, which is Zelenskyy's hometown.
President Zelenskyy says the attack was a deliberate attempt to target emergency services.
"The attack was carried out by several Russian drones. It was a deliberate, cowardly attack - one strike after another. Authorities are gathering information on everyone who may have been in that shopping centre. This is an absolute atrocity committed by the Russians. They’re nothing but beasts. We will definitely respond."
Russia is escalating its air war on Ukraine as fighting on the battlefield grinds toward the 4 and half year mark.
Ukraine has also stepped up its own attacks on Russia, targeting oil facilities and logistics infrastructure to try to undermine Moscow's capabilities.
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Iran says its response to any new US threats would be 'devastating' after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim of toppling the Iranian leadership.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he will give details on Monday of the planned sanctions, after President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided any type of lifeline to Iran.
The chief of staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Major General Ali Abdollahi, says the Islamic Republic's reaction would be broad and decisive.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, says the UN is again asking all parties to return to negotiations, warning of the ongoing damaging consequences for the global economy.
"What we need is a serious return to negotiations, right? Because an increase in kinetic activity, an increase in economic conflict will not be good, as you say, for the global economy."
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A teenage boy is fighting for his life after being stabbed while on an apparent night out with a group of friends.
Police believe the 15-year-old was stabbed in the New South Wales Central Coast town of Terrigal shortly before 9.45pm on Friday.
Paramedics treated the boy before he was rushed to Gosford Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
Police were told the victim was in a group with several other teenagers at the time of the stabbing.
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Three Argentina players and one Spain player have received bans for their role in a brawl at the end of the World Cup final match.
Argentina's Leandro Paredes has been given a 10-match ban and a $125,000 fine by FIFA, with Nahuel Molina given a seven match ban and fined the same amount.
Thiago Almada was given a one match ban and a $42,000 fine, while Argentina coach Roberto Ayala was banned for three matches and fined the same amount.
Spain's Gavi was also fined $42,000 and banned for one match.
Several of the players are also facing assault counts.
