- Australia joins international condemnation of Israel's strike on Qatar
- A group of elderly Ukrainians collecting pensions killed in a Russian attack
- Organisers cut short another stage in the La Vuelta race in Spain because of protesters
The strike on Hamas targets in Doha has angered many of Israel's international allies and neighbours.
Israel has taken full responsibility for the attack, but Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says it only demonstrates the State of Israel has no will or desire to reach a political solution or a ceasefire.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the attack an "intolerable" expansion of violence and an affront to Qatar’s sovereignty, while Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says it is a clear breach of the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has told Channel 9 the attack risks an escalation of conflict in the region.
"We certainly think this was the wrong thing to do because as you said, it violates Qatar's sovereignty. And Qatar has also been the country that has been so involved in the negotations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages, which is what we all want."
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A Russian air strike has killed 24 elderly people who were collecting pensions in a village in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says they were killed when a guided bomb struck the village of Yarova, about 24 kilometres from the city of Sloviansk — several kilometres behind the front line.
Russian forces have denied targeting civilians, but tens of thousands have been killed since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
President Zelenskyy says that alone should prompt the country's allies to increase pressure on the Kremlin to end its war.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has begun hearings against Uganda's fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, who is accused of a range of war crimes but remains at large.
ICC Prosecutor Leonie von Braun says evidence will be presented that clearly shows that Kony led the rebel Lord's Resistance Army — which was founded in the late 1980s with the aim of overthrowing the government — brutalised Ugandans for nearly 20 years as it battled the military from bases in the north of the country.
Diplomat Betty Bigombe, who once negotiated peace terms with Kony, says there is an element of frustration that he has not yet been captured because he cannot be tried until he is in ICC custody.
But she says the proceedings will still serve an important purpose.
"The fact that there is evidence and that it is going to be carried out and people know that it will be taken, it gives some kind of satisfaction to the victims. And he also, wherever he is, realises that his crimes are still haunting him."
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New analysis has found that first home buyers will have more choice thanks to an expanded government deposit program, but that some markets are likely to be pushed out of reach once again.
Property data company Cotality examined almost 5,000 (4848) house and unit markets, finding only about a third were accessible under the price caps of the federal government's Home Guarantee Scheme, which allows those eligible to buy with a five per cent deposit and no lenders mortgage insurance.
Cotality says this will expand to almost two-thirds with the updated scheme, including 51 per cent of house markets and 93 per cent of unit markets.
But Cotality economist Kaytlin Ezzy says demand is forecast to rise as more first-home buyers take advantage of the boosted scheme, pushing about 100 suburbs outside the scheme's caps by the end of the year.
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To sport and in cycling news,
Colombian Egan Bernal has won a 16th stage at the La Vuelta race in Spain, but the event has ended eight kilometres before the scheduled finish because of protests by pro-Palestine activists.
The decision to cut short proceedings was made after hundreds of protesters gathered at a point about three kilometres from the end of the 168-kilometre stage, in order to object to the continued presence of the Israel-Premier Tech team in the race.
The latest protest has prompted a strong repudiation from race director Javier Guillen, who says the intention is to finish the race in Madrid on Sunday as planned.
He says the actions of the protesters are illegal.
