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- G7 leaders 'fully endorse' Joe Biden's Gaza peace plan
- Mexico's first female president delivers her victory speech
- The Matildas defeat China in an international friendly ahead of the Olympics
G7 leaders say they "fully endorse" a ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden.
In a statement, the group says the deal will lead to an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says the US is confident Israel will agree to the deal.
"Endless conflict in Gaza, in pursuit of some idea of total victory is not going to make Israel safer. We agree with Israel that Hamas cannot run Gaza. We agree with Israel on Israel's right and Israel's obligation to pursue Hamas for the terrorist attacks of October 7th. But in endless conflict, without a political plan forward, is just going to leave Israel bogged down in Gaza and it's going to exacerbate the security challenges that they face in the north of Israel. It's going to exacerbate the security challenges they face in the West Bank. It's going to exacerbate the security challenges they face."
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Mexico has elected its first female president - and also its first president with Jewish heritage.
The country's electoral authority says Claudia Sheinbaum has won as much as 60 per cent of the vote.
The climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor celebrated her victory, delivering a speech to her supporters and pledging to not let voters down.
This supporter says he has great hopes for the future under her leadership.
"This is a great victory for the first woman president. For the first time in over 200 years of elections in Mexico, with the support of the people - a woman has arrived to power. A leftist woman who is committed to all the needs of the Mexican people."
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A high court in Pakistan has overturned jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets.
The 71-year-old had been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a lower court on charges of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in the United States in 2022.
He has been in jail since August last year - and will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case.
Imran Khan's lawyer, Gohar Khan, says he is working on securing his client's release.
"It was actually an appeal that had been filed against the judgment of the trial court whereby Khan Sahib (Sahib means 'sir' in Urdu) had been convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the so-called ‘cipher case’. Finally the Islamabad High Court has allowed the appeal, has acquitted (former prime minister) Imran Khan and (former foreign minister) Shah Mehmood Qureshi and has set aside the sentences. Now they should be released and they are supposed to be released. However, there is one case that is pending. That is the Iddat (illegal marriage) case. That could be decided any moment soon and once that is decided then Khan Sahib will be out soon, god willing."
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Economists say a pay rise for the lowest-paid workers is unlikely to throw the Reserve Bank of Australia's inflation fight off-course.
Millions of workers on minimum and award wages will get a 3.75 per cent pay rise from July, following the Fair Work Commission's annual decision.
Based on a new hourly rate of $24.10, full-time workers will take home an extra $33 every week.
With inflation running at 3.6 per cent in the year to March, Elise McKay from Pendal Group says the pay rise won't add to inflation.
"This impacts about 20 per cent of employees across Australia. And whilst you will still see real wage growth, it is not going to be as strong as we saw in the last year, which is better for services inflation. So hopefully, services inflation will continue to moderate, which should mean the RBA will be able to cut be the end of the year."
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In football, the Matildas are heading to the Olympics with their heads held high after securing a 2-nil friendly win over China.
The Matildas overpowered the well-organised China in front of almost 77,000 spectators in Sydney.
Coach Tony Gustavsson says the last two games have helped finalise the Olympic team.
"This game we wanted to show who we really are. I think we were very, very aggressive and very attacking minded and we should have been to nil up after 20 minutes. If a converted those chances, I think we finished the first half a bit slow. We did some tactical tweaks in halftime not just personnel wise but we did a change in rotation on the left side because we didn't get Steph and Mary included in the game enough and that caused a lot of problems for them."
