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- Israel's military mistakenly kills three of the hostages held in Gaza
- A judge finds broadcaster Piers Morgan knew about phone hacking while a newspaper editor
- AFL player Clayton Oliver charged with driving on a suspended licence
The Israeli military says it's killed three of the hostages being held in Gaza after they were mistakenly identified as a threat.
The three were shot and killed in the northern town of Shejaiya.
Their bodies have been returned to Israel.
The Israeli Defence Force has issued a statement saying it expresses deep remorse over the tragic incident and sends the families its heartfelt condolences.
It's named the victims as Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka and Alon Shamriz.
More than 100 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza after being captured in the October 7 attacks in Israel.
US National Security spokesman John Kirby says it's a tragic mistake on the part of the Israeli Defence Force.
"It's heartbreaking. It's tragic. This news coming out of Gaza today about these hostages being killed in the conduct of a raid. I want to be careful here not to speak to too many specifics because we don't have perfect visibility on exactly how this operation unfolded and how this tragic mistake was was made. But obviously, this is not an outcome that anybody wanted to see."
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An Israeli attack on the school in Gaza's Khan Younis has killed Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa and injured the network's Gaza chief Wael Dahdouh.
The pair was reporting at Farhan school in Khan Younis when they were hit by an Israeli strike.
Witnesses reported heavy shelling in the area around the school.
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Israel says it will allow 200 trucks a day into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing near the border with Egypt.
The announcement comes as the Israeli offensive continues in Gaza with reports of fighting in the north, central and southern areas.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says while the aid is welcome but a long term solution is needed.
"In addition to emergency aid, indeed, we must also try to work on the day after. There can be no peace unless there is the prospect of a political solution both for Israelis and Palestinians and this is the two state solution."
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A judge in London has found high-profile broadcaster Piers Morgan knew about phone hacking while editor of the Daily Mirror tabloid newspaper.
Judge Timothy Fancourt says he accepted the evidence of several witnesses who claimed Morgan was aware that stories published by the Mirror Group Newspapers were the product of phone hacking.
His findings came in a judgment where he awarded more than $260,000 to Prince Harry after ruling his phone was targeted between 2003 and 2009.
Piers Morgan was editor of the Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004.
He says he had no knowledge of the single article about Prince Harry that the judge found involved phone hacking while he was editor.
"To be clear I had then, and still have, zero knowledge of how that particular story was gathered. All these other claims against the Daily Mirror under my leadership were rejected. With regards to the charges other references to me in his judgement - I also want to reiterate as I have consistently said for many years now, I have never hacked a phone or told anybody else to hack a phone and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that I did.
The judge found 15 of 33 articles about Prince Harry were the result of phone hacking.
Prince Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne read a statement from the Duke of Sussex.
"The court has found that Mirror Group's principal board directors, their legal department, senior executives and editors such as Piers Morgan clearly knew about or were involved in these illegal activities. Between them, they even went as far as lying under oath to parliament during the Leveson inquiry, to the stock exchange and to us all ever since."
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More than 60 fires are burning in New South Wales and authorities are warning windy conditions and high forecast temperatures could cause the blazes to intensify.
Total fire bans are in place for much of the state, including the Greater Sydney area.
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A United States court has ordered Donald Trump's former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to pay $221 million to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in the 2020 election.
The decision comes after a judge found the 79-year-old was liable for defaming two former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Moss.
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AFL player Clayton Oliver has been charged with driving while on a suspended licence.
Police say the 26-year-old was pulled over last month in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell.
In October, Oliver was suspended from driving on medical grounds after having a seizure.
The Melbourne Demons player will face court in January.
