In this bulletin, Anthony Albanese talks up free and fair trade at the APEC summit; the United Nations says its peacekeeping forces have been shot at in southern Lebanon; and in tennis, Nick Kyrgios is making a return to the game after almost 18 months off with injuries.
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- Anthony Albanese talks up free and fair trade at the APEC summit
- The United Nations says its peacekeeping forces have been shot at in southern Lebanon
- Nick Kyrgios is making a return to the game after almost 18 months off with injuries
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has emphasised the importance of free and fair trade during an address to the APEC summit in Peru.
World leaders are meeting in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Mr Albanese says APEC represents 75 per cent of Australia's trade.
"Also spoke about the importance of free and fair trade between our economies to lift up the living standards of people throughout this region. This a region that represents some 75 per cent of the global economy. So, it's pretty important and it's important for Australia."
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The United Nations says its peacekeeping forces have come under direct attack in southern Lebanon with about 30 shots fired in their direction.
The UN peacekeepers say they were on a patrol when they discovered a cache of weapons near the roadway.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says after informing the Lebanese Armed Forces of the discovery, the peacekeepers continued their planned route before being shot at just after making a brief stop to deal with debris on the road.
"A short while later, while they got out of their vehicle to remove some debris from a roadway. When getting back into their vehicles, two or three unknown people fired approximately 30 shots in their direction. The peacekeepers fired back from their vehicles and moved to safety. No one was hurt and there was no damage to the vehicles. The peacekeepers, as we have said repeatedly, must never be a target."
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Three daughters of the civil rights leader Malcolm X, who was assassinated in 1965, are suing multiple law enforcement agencies in the United States accusing them of playing a role in the killing.
They claim the CIA, FBI and the New York Police Department were aware of and were involved in the assassination plot and failed to stop the killing.
Three men were convicted of crimes in the death but two of them were exonerated in 2021 after investigators took a fresh look at the case.
Lawyer for the Malcolm X family members Benjamin Crump says he's collected enough evidence over the past three years to prove government involvement.
"The government fingerprints are all over the assassination of Malcolm X And finally, we believe we have the evidence to prove it."
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The Bureau of Meteorology is warning parts of Victoria and South Australia to prepare for extreme and catastrophic fire conditions today.
In South Australia, a catastrophic fire warning has been issued for the Eastern Eyre and Yorke Peninsula regions.
An extreme fire rating has also been declared for the West Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, Mid North, Mount Lofty Ranges, Riverland, Murraylands and Upper South East.
In Victoria, extreme fire danger ratings have also been issued for the Mallee and Wimmera districts.
The Bureau's Angus Hines says there will be a cool change through South Australia later in the evening.
"The warm and windy conditions will bring widespread extreme fire danger and possibly even catastrophic fire danger around the Eyre Peninsula, that means that any bush fires that do begin on Saturday, could spread very rapidly, and be very difficult to contain."
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A peak group representing carers is calling on the government to allow them to be paid superannuation.
The federal government says the carer payment is indexed twice a year to account for cost of living increases and says it's invested more than one billion dollars in carer support schemes.
But the Chief Executive of Carers Australia, Annabel Reid, says the national carer wellbeing survey shows carers are three times more likely than other Australians to be poor or very poor.
"We would ask the government to consider paying superannuation on the carer payment to both recognise the role of the carer and their contribution to the community but also to ensure that they're able to have some choices around the way they want to retire themselves because they have given up many of their working years for somebody else."
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In tennis, Nick Kyrgios is making a return to the game after almost 18 months off with wrist and keen injuries.
He'll play in the Brisbane International next month ahead of competing in the Australian Open.
The 29-year-old says he has some great memories of competing in the Brisbane, including winning the Brisbane International.
"And played some amazing Davis Cup ties here so really it was an easy decision for me, you know, this last couple of years has been excruciating physically. I was playing the best tennis of my life and had setback which I was unable to play a tournament for about a year and a half."
