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Turkiye will host the next COP meeting - not Australia
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 25 Palestinians...
Matildas trio help Arsenal seal comeback win over Real Madrid in Champions League.
The Prime Minister has confirmed Australia has dropped its bid to host the next COP conference in Adelaide.
The concession means that Turkiye will now host the event.
Anthony Albanese says the decision has been made in exchange for a series of concessions, including Australia taking up the president's role for COP negotiations at the conference.
If a decision had not been made, the conference would have reverted to the UN’s climate headquarters in Germany.
At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in four Israeli air strikes across Gaza, despite a fragile ceasefire in place since October.
Medics say 10 people were killed in Gaza City’s Zeitoun suburb, two in Shejaia, and the rest in two attacks in Khan Younis.
Israel’s military says it struck Hamas fighters who opened fire on its troops, as both sides continue to accuse each other of violating the U-S-brokered ceasefire.
More than 300 Palestinians have been killed since it began, nearly half in a single day in response to what Israel says was an attack on its troops.
This comes as U-S House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington to discuss the prospect of a two-state solution.
"The crown prince reiterated his view that a one-state solution in Israel is impractical. And that the best path forward, of course, involving the reconstruction of Gaza, is to eventually find a robust path to a safe and secure Israel living side-by-side in peace and prosperity with a Palestinian state, I support that position."
Survivors of one of Russia's deadliest attacks on western Ukraine have shared their experiences.
At least 26 people, including three children, have been killed after a Russian drone and missile barrage struck two apartment blocks in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil.
About 80 others were injured, with rescuers still searching the rubble.
A local resident Halyna, who survived one of the blasts, describes the devastation around her.
"There's our house, but many of my friends are here. At the moment they are behind the barrier, I don't know what's going on with them. This is horrifying seeing all this - children are being taken away by ambulance. It's horrible."
Russia fired 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine amid the latest attacks, striking energy and transport infrastructure and forcing emergency power cuts in a number of regions in cold temperatures.
The neighbouring Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were also struck, and a drone attack on three districts of the north-eastern city of Kharkiv has wounded more than 30 people.
Australians under 16 are being warned they have just two weeks before their accounts are deleted from several major social media platforms.
With Australia’s world-first age ban taking effect on 10 December, Meta has begun alerting teenagers they will lose access to Instagram, Threads and Facebook.
YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, X and the live-streaming service Kick are also covered, while gaming platform Roblox is temporarily exempt.
The eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says these platforms are included because their primary purpose is user-to-user social interaction.
Ten-year-old Bethos tells SBS Arabic he’s preparing for life beyond social media.
"I feel like sad, but like, happy at same time. And yeah, I'll be like, happy, sad, but as well, it's like, a good lucky, like, it's a good thing. I'll be like, singing music and playing more sports. I'll be with my cousins and everything."
Communications Minister Anika Wells says the laws are not a cure-all for online harm, but they form part of a broader plan to better protect children.
Matildas stars Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord and Kyra Cooney-Cross all featured as European champions Arsenal returned to form with a 2–1 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League.
Caroline Weir put Madrid ahead with a crisp first-half volley, but England striker Alessia Russo turned the match with two second-half headers, securing Arsenal’s second win from four group games.
Catley played the full 90 minutes, Foord came off the bench, and Cooney-Cross impressed in midfield before being substituted late on.
The result offers timely relief for coach Renee Slegers after a three-match winless run, including last week’s shock defeat to Bayern Munich.
