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- Israel critical of Australia's response to the killing of an aid worker in Gaza;
- A hotel housing asylum seekers in northern England targeted by far right activists;
- Australia wins silver and bronze in the women's high jump at the Paris Games.
The Israeli embassy has criticised an Australian report into the killing of aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six of her colleagues in Gaza.
Former Australian Defence Force chief Mark Binskin found the incident was caused by failures to follow IDF procedures, mistaken identification and decision-making errors - exacerbated by confirmation bias.
Israel has said it takes full responsibility for the "grave incident".
But its embassy in Canberra has taken issue with some of the report's findings, saying the federal government had omitted crucial details, and misrepresented both the way the report was conducted, and the degree of co-operation and openness exhibited by the Israeli Defence Force during the inquiry.
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Police in a northern England town have struggled to hold back a mob of far-right activists seeking to break into a hotel housing asylum seekers.
At least ten police officers have been injured in the violence - one left unconscious - after rioters tried to storm the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Rotherham.
The violence is part of a wider unrest across a number of UK cities, sparked ostensibly bya deadly stabbing rampage at a dance class last week.
Police say false rumours were spread online that the stabbing suspect was a Muslim and an immigrant.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says those involved in the rioting will be punished.
"I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery we've seen this weekend. Be in no doubt. Those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law."
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A tropical storm is about to bear down on the state of Florida in the United States, with residents being warned it's expected to develop into a hurricane before it makes landfall.
The US National Hurricane Centre says the storm, named Debby, could cause ocean surges of up to 2 metres.
Governor Ron DeSantis has called up 3000 National Guard members and placed most of the state under emergency orders.
He says residents have been urged to evacuate from low lying areas and listen to official advice.
"There could be dangerous debris. There could be downed power lines. And please, do not drive your vehicles through flooded streets. The number one way we have fatalities as a result of floods, is people trying to drive through the floodwaters. So it is a hazard and please heed that."
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Four men have been charged over an alleged plot to smuggle methamphetamine into Australia.
Australian Federal Police officers charged the group after 306 kilograms of the drug were located concealed in a six-tonne hydraulic press in Melbourne.
The arrests follow a near $1 billion methamphetamine shipment seized from two large machines a shipping container at Sydney's Port Botany in July.
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New research shows millions of Australians feel persistently lonely.
A report released this week by the charity Ending Loneliness Together has found over 40 percent of young Australians are persistently lonely, which researchers define as being longer than eight weeks.
One in four adults have also reported feeling that way.
The group says those who experience financial hardship, are single or divorced, have a chronic illness, or come from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, are especially vulnerable to feeling alone.
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Dignitaries from Japan and Australia have attended a memorial in the New South Wales central west to mark the 80th anniversary of the Cowra breakout.
More than 230 Japanese people were killed and over 100 wounded in the battle, while four Australian soldiers were also killed – three in the breakout and one during recapture.
The camp has been preserved and a traditional garden now sits on the edge of the town, with cherry blossom trees and ponds full of Koi carp.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the site holds a powerful message.
"For generations, we've seen the spirit of humanity kept aglow by the Cowra community. We’ve seen the respect blossom in the Japanese garden, an oasis of reflection framed by Australian trees. The people of Cowra remind us that no matter what, our common humanity has the power to transcend everything. In the wake of the bleakest of nights, Cowra took the ashes of war and tenderly and carefully nourished the roots of friendship."
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Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson have added to Australia's medal haul, winning silver and bronze in the women's high jump.
It's the first time in 56 years that two Australians have finished on the same podium at an Olympics athletics event.
The last local competitors to do so were Maureen Caird and Pam Ryan, who won gold and silver in the 80m hurdles at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
