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- A boy is in critical condition after being attacked by a shark in Sydney
- A ceasefire is announced in Syria
- Carlos Alcaraz reaches the second round of the Australian Open, after beating Australian Adam Walton
A boy is fighting for his life after being bitten by a shark at a popular beach in Sydney's east.
The incident happened at Vaucluse, near Nielsen Park and Shark Beach, a popular swimming spot for families with a netted area in Sydney Harbour.
New South Wales Police say the boy - who is believed to be 13 years old - is in a critical condition after being treated at the scene for serious leg injuries.
He has been transported to Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick.
Shark Beach has been closed.
Hundreds of people have defied police restrictions on protests in New South Wales to demonstrate in Sydney against Indigenous deaths in custody.
The rally in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon was eventually dispersed by officers who cited an extension of the government's controversial protest restrictions, which do not allow police to authorise demonstrations.
Paul Silva organised the protest to remember inmates like his uncle David Dungay Junior, who died in Long Bay Prison after being restrained by five prison guards.
He says he urged the estimated 200 protesters to obey the police order to move on, despite believing the restriction is illegitimate.
"What we are seeing with the New South Wales laws is that police are giving people the allowance and the processes to stand within public and other static events. So what I have found as an organiser for the past decade now is that they're trying to get us segregated within a park, where mainstream society won't see the issues of what we are facing against this New South Wales government and against the police organisations."
The Coalition hasn't ruled out passing Labor's contentious hate speech laws.
The Albanese government have accused the Coalition of politicising the Bondi Beach tragedy by demanding that reforms be quickly introduced, but then being unwilling to accept changes.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says the government's adjustments to the bill - which include splitting it into two separate packages - has put the onus back on the Coalition to approve changes its own leadership has called for.
But Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonathon Duniam has blamed the government for the previous collapse in support, saying the rapid drafting of the legislation has been shambolic.
"What we're doing now should have happened weeks ago, where they could have worked with all parties, all communities - the Jewish community, the Muslim community, the firearms representatives - to get this right, along with other parties in the parliament. That's where they've failed and that's why we're going through this eleventh-hour process now."
Syria's government has announced a nationwide ceasefire with the chief of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
The ceasefire ends nearly two weeks of fighting, and forms part of a 14-point agreement that will see the SDF integrated into Syria's military and state institutions.
The text of the 14-point plan says the government will also take responsibility for I-S group prisoners and their families held in Kurdish-run jails and camps.
The deal was agreed upon after government troops advanced across Kurdish-held areas of the country's north and east.
European leaders have criticised United States President Donald Trump's threat to use tariffs to get support for his plans to take over Greenland.
Several countries, including Denmark, say they stand united against Mr Trump's threat on Saturday to impose tariffs of up to 25 per cent unless Greenland is ceded to the US.
The bloc secured a deal in July for most EU exports to receive a 15-per cent US tariff, and it is unclear how Mr Trump's threats would work against that deal.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen says Denmark will continue to engage diplomatically.
“We will not give up on that. I mean, I have an agreement with the American vice president. It was reconfirmed after we have listened to the press spokesperson. So we will stay on track unless the US decides differently. But then, at the same time, of course, we need the European Union to respond."
To sport, and in tennis, Carlos Alcaraz has progressed into the second round of the Australian Open.
Alcaraz, seeking his first Melbourne title to complete a career Grand Slam, beat Australian Adam Walton 6-3 7-6(2) 6-2 win.
The Spanish world number one decided not to play an official warm-up tournament, and it showed in his first tour-level match for nine weeks, particularly in the second set when he struggled to maintain his concentration.
Alcaraz has yet to get past the quarterfinals in Melbourne, but he says this time around he is looking to change that.
"The last two years I've been playing a really good tennis. But in quarterfinal I just lost against Zverev and lost against Djokovic. It's unusual players you play against in quarterfinal if you are 1 or 2 in the world. But it isn't an excuse. I just really want to perform better than I did previous years."
