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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Angelica Waite.
An elderly couple is fighting for life after a suspected home invasion in northern New South Wales.
Police allege a 34-year-old man broke into a rural property near Torrington, south-west of Tenterfield, shortly after midnight and stabbed a 75-year-old man and his 72-year-old wife.
The couple have been flown to Gold Coast Hospital in a critical condition, while the 34-year-old is under police guard in Armidale Hospital.
Superintendent Chris McKinnon says the resident shot the younger man as he allegedly tried to get back into the house.
"He certainly did his best, obviously under very difficult circumstances, to defend himself and his partner. So it's quite impressive that he was able to do that, given the extent of the injuries that he suffered."
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The federal government says the new US tariff proposal for 60 countries including Australia is not justified.
The United States is proposing tariffs of up to 12.5 per cent on countries it claims are not doing enough to end modern slavery in their supply chains.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the new taxes will not be positive for U-S consumers.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia has robust laws to tackle modern slavery.
"Well, we maintain the position that these tariffs are unwarranted, they're unjustified, and they're inconsistent with our free trade agreement with the US, and we've made that case repeatedly. Now, when it comes to the specifics of the modern slavery laws, we've got a world leading legislation in place already to combat the the evils of modern slavery."
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Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew a ceasefire aimed at reducing tensions along their shared border.
The agreement has been announced in a joint statement with the United States after talks in Washington.
The terms of the ceasefire include a complete cessation of fire from the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia and the evacuation of all of its operatives from the South Litani Sector.
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter says Hezbollah fighters must move north.
"They have to go back to the north... We will guarantee them safe passage as long as they leave. But after a certain amount of time, which is not very long, if they don’t make their way back to the north, then they know exactly what’s coming.”
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A WARNING THAT THIS STORY CONTAINS THE NAME OF AN INDIGENOUS PERSON WHO HAS DIED
Thousands have joined Eddie Mabo's family this week to celebrate and honour his life and legacy.
Eddie Koiki Mabo and five others launched their historic claim in 1982, with the High Court ruling five months after his death that Mer Islanders had continuing rights to their land.
The decision paved the way for land rights claims across Australia.
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Summit on the Gold Coast, his daughter Gail has paid tribute to her father's commitment and strength.
"That was my Dad who did that deadly thing. It took him 15 years bit he did it. He was someone who was hungry for knowledge. He worked at James Cook University. During his lunch times he went to the library and found every book they had on the Torres Straits, or anything on the history of the Torres Straits."
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Astronomers in outback Australia have moved a step closer to understanding how the Milky Way galaxy came to be.
They have generated a visual map of the galaxy's magnetic fields, using information from the SKA Observatory telescope in remote Western Australia, more than 700 kilometres from Perth.
Researchers from the Observatory and CSIRO say the telescope can generate data at the rate of 100 trillion bits per second, or more data at a faster rate than Australia's entire internet traffic.
A similar map was compiled by researchers in the northern hemisphere 17 years ago, but it could not capture all of the Milky Way because the best view is from the southern hemisphere.
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