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- Israel returns the bodies of 15 Palestinians under the Gaza ceasefire deal
- The New South Wales Premier says actions will be taken after a neo-Nazi rally in Sydney
- The Kangaroos achieve an Ashes clean sweep
Israel has returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza, a day after Hamas handed over the remains of an Israeli hostage under a fragile US-brokered ceasefire.
The exchange marks another step forward in efforts to maintain the truce, with Israel agreeing to return 15 Palestinian bodies for each Israeli hostage or casualty repatriated.
The International Committee of the Red Cross coordinated the transfer, bringing the bodies to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where medical teams are working to identify them despite severe shortages of forensic equipment.
Ahmed Dheir is the director of forensic medicine at Nasser Hospital.
"Today a number of bodies of martyrs held by the Israeli side arrived with the aid of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The total today is fifteen bodies, bringing the number received by the Ministry of Health to three hundred martyrs, of whom eighty-nine have been identified so far."
The Israeli remains returned on Friday were confirmed as those of Lior Rudaeff, an emergency responder killed in the Hamas-led attack on the 7th of October 2023.
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Turkiye has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials for alleged crimes against humanity and genocide.
The Istanbul chief public prosecutor's office alleges that Israeli state officials bear criminal responsibility for what they have called systematic acts of 'crimes against humanity' and 'genocide' committed in Gaza, as well as for the actions carried out against the Global Sumud Fleet.
Prosecutors say as a result of these crimes, thousands of people, including women and children, lost their lives, while thousands more have been injured and residential areas had been rendered uninhabitable.
Israel has dismissed the warrants as a publicity stunt.
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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns says the state government will consider giving police more powers under new laws to stop racism and hatred on Sydney streets, after a neo-Nazi rally was approved and allowed to take place on Saturday.
Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon says the force received an application on the 28th of October for the protest outside parliament house - which Premier Chris Minns has called unacceptable.
Almost 70 people ultimately attended, some with their faces partially obscured, the rally concluding with a chant of a Hitler Youth motto.
Mr Laynon says there is now an internal review over the authorisation, which he has attributed to a miscommunication between the police force and the state government.
"The government had not been briefed on this process. I take it very personally. It was a communication error in the police force, for which I did not personally overt today's protest taking place, accordingly, I had not briefed the minister of police or government."
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A powerful tornado in Brazil’s southern state of Parana has killed six people and injured more than 400 others.
The tornado, which hit speeds of more than 250 kilometres per hour, destroyed dozens of homes - and prompted the government to declare an emergency in the affected region.
The government said that 437 people have received medical attention at hospitals and on-site units.
In a message on social media, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed solidarity with the victims.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says Earth can no longer sustain humanity's dependence on fossil fuels.
Speaking at a pre-COP30 summit in the Brazilian Amazon, he warned the climate fight could be lost without a rapid transition to cleaner energy.
Mr da Silva is presiding over the world's top climate negotiations just weeks after his government approved new oil drilling in the Amazon region.
He has called for a "greater contribution" from wealthy individuals to compensate for the amount of carbon they use.
"Making COP30 the COP of truth means recognising science and the undeniable progress made. It also means, however, acknowledging an unpleasant truth: the world is still far from reaching the goal of the Paris Agreement."
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In Rugby League, the Kangaroos have claimed an Ashes clean sweep.
Harry Grant led Australia to victory at Headingley in Leeds.
The Kangaroos were tested, with the hosts pulling within four at half-time, but their defence proved up the task.
Reece Walsh says it is not the team's best performance, but there are things to be proud of.
"Awww, mate I wouldn't say that was the best we could play, for sure. A bit scrappy, but you know I'm proud of our defence and the way we worked hard. And we are really hungry to get better as a group and that is something that we can take pride in."
