A deadly explosion rips through central Moscow; Calls for Canberra to take control of remote Indigenous affairs; And in sport, Australia claims cycling gold at the Commonwealth Games.
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- A deadly explosion rips through central Moscow
- Calls for Canberra to take control of remote Indigenous affairs
- Australia claims cycling gold at the Commonwealth Games
At least three people have been killed in an explosion near a cafe in central Moscow.
Russian authorities say another 15 people were injured in the blast at Kudrinskaya Square.
Police, firefighters and emergency crews were sent to the scene, while nearby roads and metro entrances were closed.
The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
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At least nine people have been killed and 22 others injured after Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Emergency services say two people died and eight were injured, including two children, after a five-storey apartment building was damaged in the Solomianskyi district.
Thirty-five residents were evacuated.
In the Darnytskyi district, seven people were killed and 14 injured, as the attack sparked fires and damaged homes, vehicles and other buildings.
Firefighters also extinguished a blaze at a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
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Israel has carried out fresh strikes in Gaza, killing two Palestinians and destroying warehouses holding medical supplies near a hospital.
Palestinian health officials say the deaths occurred in an air strike on Gaza City, while Israel says it targeted Hamas militants.
In a separate strike, two medicine warehouses at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah were destroyed.
Israel says it hit a Hamas weapons site, while Gaza officials say the warehouses contained essential medical supplies.
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One of the architects of the Voice to Parliament, Noel Pearson, says Australia must find a new path forward for Indigenous affairs.
Speaking at the Garma Festival, the Guugu Yimidhirr lawyer and land rights activist reflected on the referendum’s defeat three years ago.
He said many remote communities most in need of economic and social development had backed the Voice, but the national result had stalled progress.
Mr Pearson is calling for remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to have a direct administrative and funding relationship with the federal government.
"It would stop Indigenous Affairs being the black hole for state and territory government budgets. A direct funding relationship between the Commonwealth and the organisations representing and serving these blue dot communities will enable development agencies to make progress with Closing the Gap."
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Fiona Jose, the co-chair of Cape York Partnership founded by Mr Pearson, says education is a key part of supporting younger generations - and she is proposing a form of legislated education guarantee to make it happen.
"We can close the gap by 2050. We need legislation to set in place the framework for action over the next 21 years. In Cape York, we call it our personal responsibility and opportunity act. This will be Australia's version of the GI Bill, which guaranteed opportunity to million of service personnel after the Second World War. Education, housing and other opportunities were not merely promised. They were delivered under this legislation."
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino is under mounting pressure after two major football bodies questioned his leadership.
UEFA says FIFA’s leadership has lost its confidence, while North America’s football body, CONCACAF, is demanding a full review after the collapse of plans to sell private investors a stake in the World Cup.
Football Australia has welcomed the back-down, but says FIFA must rebuild trust through transparency, proper governance and genuine consultation.
The fallout has also cast doubt over Infantino’s bid for re-election next March, with growing calls for him to take responsibility.
SBS football commentator David Basheer says the controversy has left the FIFA president with few options.
"I think his position is virtually untenable now. I think it has been such an ill-conceived plan, a poorly executed communication of that plan. And such a widespread outcry from, initially UEFA, but a lot of other member federations as well. And I think on that basis; and the fact that senior management are now starting to speak out openly about the ill-conceived plan. I don't think he has got any alternative but to resign."
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And in sport, Australia has claimed another gold on the cycling track, with Leigh Hoffman winning the men's sprint at the Commonwealth Games.
Hoffman defeated Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul in straight heats at Glasgow’s Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
Fellow Australian Tayte Ryan claimed bronze, beating England’s Harry Ledingham-Horn.
The sprint was expected to feature English rider Matt Richardson, who switched allegiance from Australia after the Paris Olympics, but he withdrew following a crash in the keirin earlier this week in Japan.
